Archive - 19 Apr 2001
Apple grabs a bigger slice of the pie
Apple has posted a net profit of $43m for its second quarter results compared to a net profit of $23...
Cert puts a price on security know-how
US-based Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert) wants to make its findings about potential cyber at...
The best of 'Reader comments': Electoral liberties, 'rip-off Britain' and farewell to the paperclip
Each week silicon.com is inundated with comments from you, our readers.
ASP model will not make it
The current ASP model is fundamentally flawed and needs a radical overhaul if it is to survive, acco...
Sun leaps into peer-to-peer arena - industry winces
Sun Microsystems' peer-to-peer plans have been met with concern from industry observers, who fear it...
SAP shines on through the doom and gloom
SAP, Europe's largest software company, has exceeded analysts' expectations and more than doubled it...
IBM shares rise on results news
IBM shares jumped eight per cent in early trading on the back of positive results. IBM increased pro...
'Customers, schmustomers!' E-tailers don't give a monkey's
UK e-tailers are neglecting their customers by failing to respond to online queries.
StorageNetworks celebrates loss
Data storage company StorageNetworks has beaten analyst estimates by posting a smaller than expected...
Siebel execs worse off as staff are slashed
Siebel has laid off 800 staff despite bucking the high-tech trend by doubling first quarter profits.
Microsoft's pro-MP3 defence
Microsoft has declared its support for the MP3 format in reaction to media criticism of the limited ...
'Everybody was to blame but us', claims failed ASP
Herbert Goertz, former CEO of now defunct ASP Hostlogic, has blamed his company's demise on a combin...
Start-up of the Month: Webscreen Technology
The only UK networking start-up to get cash in 2001?
GPRS is here, but it's late and it doesn't really work
BT has set the launch date for the first mass-market phones using the new high-speed data service - ...
Micromuse bucks the market
Network management company Micromuse has announced record financial results for its second fiscal qu...
Sony and Ericsson toy with tie-up
Sony and Ericsson are in talks about whether to merge their mobile phone handset units, the companie...
eBay gets stuck into fixed pricing
eBay is to increase the number of fixed-price goods it sells through its half.com service.
Wireless losses add to tech stock misery
Anglo-Dutch IT consultancy CMG saw its shares fall dramatically this morning following the announcem...
Three weeks a year lost to web surfing at work
Web surfing in the office by almost half of the UK workforce is costing employers dearly, as each we...
Stockwatch Daily: Europe droops after early surge
US tech big boys IBM and Apple have both posted encouraging results. The strength of sales of its Ti...