Archive - 20 Apr 2001
Fighting Fraud: silicon.com readers have their say
silicon.com's campaign against internet fraud has met with an unprecedented response from readers an...
He nailed the tobacco giants - now he's turned on the telcos
High-profile lawyer Peter Angelos has taken the mobile industry to court, branding their products "h...
B2B leaders take a dive
Leading B2B vendors Ariba and Commerce One have both reported a sharp jump in second quarter losses ...
Foot and mouth threatens Europe's first 3G network
Plans to roll out Europe's first 3G mobile network on the Isle of Man are at risk from the outbreak ...
Ericsson to Nokia: "So what's your secret?"
Ericsson and Nokia often find themselves grouped together. They compete head-to-head in several area...
Fat lady clears her throat for the end of BT's Concert
BT is reported to be on the verge of selling its stake in Concert to its partner in the venture, AT&...
Online porn swoop catches teenage boy
A 13-year-old boy from Teeside has been charged with 10 counts of possessing indecent photographs as...
Dell flattens Compaq in PC fight
For the first time in seven years Dell has become the world's number one PC maker.
eBay profit: Going, going, gone sky high
Online auction house eBay made a net profit of $21m for its first quarter, ended 31 March 2001, up f...
Gateway staggers as losses swell
Troubled PC maker Gateway has turned in massive losses of $503m.
EMC meets its lowered expectations
Shares in data-storage specialist EMC jumped nearly 11 per cent yesterday on news that the company m...
John Lamb's Week: Cry England for St George and Larry
Monday is St George's day and a brewer's website is running a petition (at www.bombardier.co.uk) to ...
Microsoft launches fleet of server products
Microsoft today announced the release of three products for its Biztalk, SQL and Exchange server ran...
Balfour Beatty builds on BT foundations
International construction firm Balfour Beatty has chosen BT Ignite to manage its IT and communicati...
Egg beats expectations
Online bank Egg cracked analyst expectations today with first quarter results which saw strong custo...
Microsoft results lifts technology gloom
Microsoft has posted strong third quarter profits and revenues, beating Wall Street estimates, drive...
5,000 more jobs go at Nortel
Nortel has added to the misery of the tech sector, adding another 5,000 redundancies to the 15,000 j...
Sun: It doesn't shine anymore
The company that put the 'dot in dot-com' has seen its profits almost halved during the last three m...
Microsoft foiled in first foray into security
Microsoft has admitted to a fundamental flaw in its first security product, the Internet Security an...
AMD dodges the chip dip - for now
AMD has announced better than expected results for its first fiscal quarter 2001, but warned that th...
Stockwatch Daily: Europe down with sector strife
Despite positive results from Microsoft and Nokia, European bourses were down this morning as Ericss...
BT fails to unbundle silicon.com journalist
The Round-up tries, it really does. It tries to exercise restraint, tries to remain positive and tri...
