Archive - 20 Dec 2000
Bouygues borrows billions
French construction and communications group Bouygues is to borrow $5.3bn.
IBM brings Unix to Christmas
Christmas has come early for IBM Unix fans with today's online auction for an IBM eServer p680.
Byers wins backers for Post Office banking network
Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers has succeeded in signing up six leading UK banks to help ...
Gates campaigns against 'unfair monopoly'
Microsoft has filed a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against the 'monopoli...
beenz rings the changes with strategic axe
Charles Cohen, founder, chairman and CEO of Web currency firm Beenz.com has revealed that the latest...
BT gets more time to mull writ action
UK ISP Zone Corporation has given BT an extra fortnight to prepare its defence against a writ issued...
Playstation marketeer set to join Speedy Tomato
Alan Welsman, marketing director for Sony Playstation, is to join Speedy Tomato, a web portal subsid...
Freeserve takes lottery tickets online
Freeserve has announced an exclusive partnership with newly reaffirmed National Lottery operator Cam...
Germans are at home with online shopping
Germans are buying more presents online than any other European country this Christmas, according to...
Softbank's Body Shop deal goes down the plug hole
International cosmetics retailer, Body Shop, has announced it is to end its Body Shop Digital joint ...
Vodafone clinches Japan telecom stake
Vodafone has confirmed its acquisition of a 15 per cent share in Japan Telecom, paying Y249.2bn (£1....
Geo confirms Ericsson deal for video technology
Geo Interactive Media has officially announced the signing of a deal with Ericsson to provide server...
Phone bill website confuses consumer watchdog
The Consumers' Association today shot itself in the foot by criticising residential billing comparis...
Bertelsmann passes the buck for Napster Nazi content
Bertelsmann has been told by the German interior ministry to put measures in place to prevent the ex...
Ericsson to use Geo video technology
Israel-based Geo Interactive Media is set to sign a deal with Ericsson to provide server technology ...
StorageTek boss vows to return the company its core
Struggling data storage manufacturer StorageTek will focus on its core business to create investor c...
beenz staff canned
Web currency company, Beenz.com, has informed its 260-strong workforce that two of its 10 overseas o...
Railtrack and Marconi link to raise 3G masts
Telecommunications equipment firm Marconi and Railtrack have announced they will together form Eurom...
Ginger Online chief quits
John Ousby, director of Ginger Online, has announced his intention to step down.
'Disappointment' for BT as Oftel rules on leased lines
Oftel today cracked down on BT's leased line charges to the delight of ISPs and end users.
Taste.co.uk releases recipe for board of directors
Taste.co.uk, a joint venture between Sainsbury's and Carlton Communications, has appointed its board...
French regulator rules on unbundling
French telecom regulator ART has ordered France Telecom to reveal details that will help rivals prep...
L&H mired in fraud
Belgian speech recognition firm Lernout & Hauspie may have been victim of as much as $227m worth of ...
E-tail's Christmas test: Who will be the stars and who will be the turkeys?
The Christmas will be the biggest test of how far ecommerce has moved on from the seasonal failings ...
Playstation mania, war games and not so magic Beenz
This morning's Guardian brings two interesting pre-Christmas tales for under fire parents and...
Why partnerships are important in the B2B market
Various vendors are vying for supremacy in the B2B space - but one thing's clear: they cannot stand ...
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