Archive - 21 May 2001
Blair turns online child abuse fears into political football
Tony Blair's proposal to give the police fresh powers to fight online paedophiles less than three we...
Keep hands off IT sector, Tories tell Tony
The government should keep its hands off the IT sector, according to shadow DTI minister David Heath...
Hot stuff: A third of all software pirated
Despite software piracy falling in Western Europe, a third of all business software is still pirated...
Japan hopes to be king of the IT castle
Japan's Ministry for Post and Telecommunications has launched an ambitious five-year project to push...
Online commentary not out as cricket fans tune in
Cricket fans unable to attend Lords over the weekend were able to listen to England's test victory o...
"Not our problem": Vodafone ducks nuisance call row
Mobile phone giant Vodafone is refusing to block nuisance calls because it claims it is not "economi...
Bull rings in the changes with services sales
French computer group Bull hopes to get about $263m from the sale of its European services operation...
Labour asks online supporters to sponsor ad space
Having dropped online ads, the Labour Party is going online to beg supporters for cash to put up bil...
BT no better off on first day of rights issue
BT shares were down in early trading this morning - the first day shareholders can either begin sell...
IBM 'pixie dust' conjures disk storage magic
IBM today announced a technological breakthrough that will eventually quadruple the storage space of...
Pixel perfect for Bertlesmann
German media giant Bertelsmann has increased its share in the ISP and web consultancy Pixelpark from...
Compaq turns up the heat on Dell in PC war
Compaq is to revamp its range of corporate PCs in an effort to reclaim the top spot from rival Dell.
Euro markets creep up
Changes to the Morgan Stanley Capital International global indices over the weekend have generally p...
MP3 goes 'legit' with Vivendi buyout
Vivendi's 'if you can't beat them, join them' approach to combating the illegal distribution of its ...
Siebel set to snap up Ariba
A marriage between B2B giant Ariba and CRM specialist Siebel looks increasingly likely, according to...
The Bloor Perspective: Cute C&W, that elusive Linux desktop and Proxicom's suitors
In their latest assessment of three topical issues, Robin Bloor and his colleagues take a close look...
MP3 goes 'legit' with Vivendi buyout
Vivendi's 'if you can't beat them, join them' approach to combating the illegal distribution of its ...
MP3 goes 'legit' with Vivendi buyout
Vivendi's 'if you can't beat them, join them' approach to combating the illegal distribution of its ...
