Archive - 16 Nov 2000
Your net liability - safety first
Imagine having to admit to your CEO that your company is being sued for millions and it's all your f...
Forrester predicts growth in online export trade
The global market for online exports will be worth $1.4 trillion with cross-border e-marketplaces wo...
A tale of a telco, a regulator and a frustrated government
Earlier this week, silicon.com reported on the UK Trade and Industry Select Committee hauling tel...
Asian countries unite to address digital divide
Delegates at the twelfth ministerial meeting of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), takin...
The end of TheStreet.co.uk
Online financial news service, TheStreet.co.uk has sent out an email reporting that it has been clos...
404 frustration drives cartographer to map entire web
A UK-based software company has signed up Dell Computers to help build what it claims will be the fi...
Strategy brings Intel to Quantum Beam for infrared
Intel is taking a strategic stake in a British infrared technology company which could transmit data...
'Be secure or be sued' businesses warned
Businesses around the world are sitting on a legal powder keg by failing to adequately protect their...
Scoot.com Q4 profits down
Fourth quarter profits for Scoot.com were boosted by the company's acquisition of classified ads mag...
Siemens buys Trango to build on CRM
Siemens is rumoured to have bought Canadian CRM firm Trango in a deal worth almost $20m, adding to t...
Spirent announces £1.1bn acquisition
FTSE100-listed UK telecoms testing company Spirent is to acquire Hekimian Laboratories, a US-based s...
Quintus in the dock over reporting irregularities
Executives at Quintus Corporation are today fighting a securities class action law suit filed in a C...
BEA and BroadVision unite for ebusiness solutions
BEA Systems is to embed its WebLogic Server with BroadVisions' One-To-One Enterprise, forming a stra...
Liberty Media spun off as AT&T begins four-way split
AT&T has announced it is to spin off Liberty Media Group as an independent traded company in the sec...
Shinei and Palm make music on the move
Palm and Shinei International have teamed up to offer an add-on MIDI player for Palm V and Vx handhe...
European banks warm to knowledge management
Spending on knowledge management by European banks is set to increase by almost 40 per cent over the...
Legal action pending for software pirates
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has swooped on web-based counterfeit software suppliers in a wo...
Healthy business and a cash mountain at C&W
Cable & Wireless (C&W) is sitting on a cash mountain of £4.2bn and should raise another £2bn from it...
Telewest ramps up revenues and losses in Q3 results
Telewest Communications posted third quarter results today reporting an increase in both loss and re...
SEC goes easy on accountants' consulting practices
The US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has ended a long running battle with accountants an...
Caution ordered in virus battle
Practising safe computing is the best way to avoid the latest virus threats, according to a security...
Nokia gets ready for the big push
Push technology will become an essential part of the wireless corporate infrastructure, according to...
Autonomy's interactive TV and Cable & Wireless' big pile of cash
This morning's Telegraph reports on yesterday's announcement from Autonomy that third quarter...
IT directors given weapon to attack ISPs' performance
ISPs may soon have to face up to a string of compensation claims as IT directors are given better in...