Archive - 26 Mar 2001
IBM kills Lotus but keeps brand and products
Lotus is to be consumed for good within the corporate structure of IBM, leaving only the brand name ...
Microsoft inks e-book deal with WHSmith
Microsoft and whsmith.co.uk have joined forces to create the UK's first online store to offer downlo...
ISP points finger at BT in net access debacle
Sniff Out, a UK ISP, has cut one of its key net access packages - blaming BT for its decision.
Mac OSX: Winning over Wintel?
In March 1994, Apple outlined plans for its next-generation operating system. Codenamed Copland, it ...
KPN tackles debt mountain
Dutch telecoms operator KPN is to sell off a range of non-core operations and cut jobs in a bid to c...
Police are 'blind and hamstrung' without industry help
One of the UK's top police chiefs is urging the IT industry to cooperate more closely over computer ...
Vodafone says: 'Pay more as you talk'
Vodafone has followed One2One's lead by hiking the prices of its entry-level phones as mobile compan...
Intershop warns of troubled times
Ebusiness software maker Intershop has admitted that its revenues for this quarter will be lower tha...
Dell aims to make big bucks from small businesses
Dell has upgraded some of its lower-end servers in a bid to corner the SME market.
Mac OSX: Apple delivers its new baby - at last
Apple unveiled its latest operating system, OSX, to UK journalists this morning, seven years after t...
Linux Lion worm hears call of the wild
A Linux worm named Lion has been reported in the wild, according to security research organisation S...
IBM adds data mining to DB2
IBM is to integrate the scoring service capability of its Intelligent Miner tools into its DB2 to gi...
CeBIT update: Internet can drive you mad
The constant barrage of mobile internet technology may affect your sanity, according to a German res...
Vodafone loses out down under
Vodafone has withdrawn from the battle to take over Australia's second-largest mobile network, Optus...
Telecoms lead markets to positive territory
After the carnage of last week, the European markets have opened this morning on a higher note.
Menage à trois - the truth about users, vendors and consultants
IT directors are essentially sheep, afraid to think strategically yet willing to follow the advice o...
BT scoops £300m outsourcing deal with Liverpool council
Liverpool City Council is to outsource all of its IT services and call centre operations to BT in a ...
John Lamb's Week: Dell disarmed, Blunkett on the attack, CODA celebrating
Dell kicks off the week by launching two new servers in its PowerEdge range and by announcing plans ...
Butler puts IT vendors in 'fashion parade of shoddy systems'
Large IT systems vendors have consistently delivered the industry a "fashion parade of shoddy soluti...
The Bloor Perspective: Oracle has it all to do (again), ads that WILL get to you, and the CRM wars
This week Robin Bloor and his team of experts consider life for Oracle away from the database, ads o...