Archive - 15 Jan 2001
NHS gets £500m technology booster
The UK government today unveiled plans to invest over £500m to make the NHS fully networked by 2005.
Sema shares leap on takeover rumours
Shares in Anglo-French services company Sema enjoyed a big jump in share price today as talk of an i...
UUNet servers still hampered with spam
UUNet customers are still experiencing delays to email services after the ISP's servers were cripple...
Bull sees red on balance sheet
French company Bull's cash flow problem is expected to worsen this year unless a rescue plan to rest...
Bouygues ponders Deutsche Telekom share deal
French mobile company Bouygues Telecom is in talks with Deutsche Telekom about a possible share deal...
IBM opens up AIX server for Linux
IBM is making a concerted effort to promote Linux on the mid-range server and mainframe platforms wi...
Eastern promise: E-minister forges tech links in China
Ecommerce Minister Patricia Hewitt today embarks on a tour of China and Japan. It is the first time ...
Little Davinia causes virus havoc says Panda
Five large European companies may have been infected by a new email worm called Little Davinia, acco...
Air France wings its way onto the web with Travelprice
Air France has signed its first commercial deal with an international internet site to promote its h...
Baltimore launch is a first for Windows security
E-security vendor, Baltimore Technologies, has become the first such party to support Microsoft Wind...
Technology expansion belies economic uncertainty
Analysts who believe continued growth in the UK technology sector is a sign of economic expansion ha...
Alcatel onboard for C&W submarine venture
Cable & Wireless is to build a £800m transatlantic network, called Apollo, with the help of French c...
Tech mismatch leaves m-commerce struggling
M-commerce transactions are being slowed down because the encryption standards employed by most webs...
NHS gets £500m IT budget
The UK government has unveiled plans to invest over £500m to make the NHS fully networked by 2005.
Emusic.com axes one-in-three staff
Online music download shop Emusic.com is to cut over a third of its staff in a bid to reduce expense...
NCR profit warning hits shares
Data storage specialists NCR today announced that revenues for its fourth quarter will be below earl...
Microsoft sitting pretty with antitrust ruling
Microsoft has won a ruling in 38 antitrust cases running on the back of its battle with the US Depar...
Ariba in the black as competitors see red
E-marketplace giant Ariba has recorded an operating profit for the first time, claiming to be the fi...
Intershop: A third of staff shown the door
German ebusiness software provider Intershop Communications announced late on Friday the loss of aro...
The death of a Silicon founder and rising internet stars
Our quick flick through the broadsheets this morning brings us many tributes to William Hewlett of H...
European markets endure uninspiring opening
As America takes a day of rest for the Martin Luther King holiday, concerns over the future of its e...
Y2K refusing to die, Bluetooth lurching forward, and top secret Ginger getting hyped
In their latest assessment of three topical issues, Robin Bloor and his colleagues take a close look...