Archive - 23 Apr 2001
Fighting Fraud: IoD boss backs silicon.com campaign
The Institute of Directors is backing silicon.com's campaign to boost confidence in ecommerce by est...
Unisys serves up challenge to IBM
Unisys today launched two mainframe servers which it claims offer a range of functionality surpassin...
Online money management: Don't bank on it
Online banks are consistently failing customers and some of the worst culprits are denying access to...
Siebel foresees CRM bloodbath
Three out of four CRM vendors won't see the end of the year, according to Tom Siebel, CEO of CRM ven...
What sexually satisfies women?
With all the different sex aids on the market it turns out the PC is enough to satisfy most women, a...
Ethical hacking - no reason to run scared
"Hundreds of man-years of development and the most rigorous testing in the industry were invested in...
KPNQwest promises profit 'before the end of the year'
KPNQwest shares jumped almost 10 per cent today as the company announced lowered losses and promised...
Security conference hacked before doors open
A group of four Polish hackers has won $50,000 in a hacking challenge at InfoSecurity 2001 at London...
Cracked Egg proves a recipe for customer chaos
Up to 60,000 Egg credit card holders have had direct debit payments cancelled after the bank scrambl...
Action back in the black
Troubled British computer supplies company Action Computer Supplies today announced a turn-around in...
Cisco in a class action of its own
Cisco Systems has been accused of forcing ISPs and telephone companies in the US to buy faulty produ...
ebookers starts well on LSE
Online travel company ebookers started trading on the London Stock Exchange.
Linux speeds IBM servers
IBM today launched two new midrange Unix servers and boosted its support for Linux.
SAP to outline exchange strategy
SAP is set to use its European user conference in Lisbon this week to announce its future strategy, ...
Yahoo! unveils broadcast partnerships
Web portal Yahoo! today unveiled a number of partners who will offer a greater selection of multimed...
Soros a knight in Shamrock ardour
Financier George Soros and Irish press baron Sir Anthony O'Reilly have teamed up to make a £1.7bn wh...
Who is setting the IT Agenda?
silicon.com's Agenda Setters 2001 poll has once again revealed the key figures we believe will be se...
Directory firms embroiled in $2bn takeover talks
Italy's largest phone directory publisher, Seat Pagine Gialle is expected to announce later today th...
Stockwatch Daily: Europe opens on a downer
After a week in the green, Nasdaq closed on Friday slightly down at 2,163.41 points.
The Bloor Perspective: Oracle's next gamble, India gets the Simputer, and X-Box issues
In this week's look at three key developments, Robin Bloor and his team assess Oracle's next drive f...