World Cup
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News Hacker defaces World Cup site http://www.silicon.com/a46729 Firewall security was the fastest growing segment of the $5.1bn worldwide online security market last year according to a report from analysts... [23 Aug 2001]
Hacker defaces World Cup site
News The official website for the Japanese 2002 football World Cup has been taken down after it was hacked. The site's front page displayed the message "*uck Japan hack by Chinese GX boy", while other pages... [22 Aug 2001]
AOL Time Warner and Vivendi face the music
News The two companies agreed a joint venture to market and promote audio and video recordings of a concert performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo ahead of the Football World Cup in... [01 Aug 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Apple goes blue and surfers see red
Comment Jobs will then go on to describe it as 'too cool for words' and show all the world's assembled press how he has added a cup holder and velcro (so that fluffy toys don't slide down it's aerodynamic back). [20 Jul 2001]
This season's iMac colours are... last year's
News Jobs will then go on to describe it as "too cool for words" and show all the world's assembled press how he has added a cup holder and velcro (so that fluffy toys don't slide down its aerodynamic back). [18 Jul 2001]
Novices, politicians and the page 3 'stunner'...
Comment Then there was the health and safety inspector who was lecturing an office worker on computer misuse when he knocked over a cup of hot chocolate, depositing the contents neatly on the screen. He also directed Thames... [08 Jun 2001]
World Cup gets wired for sound (and data)
News Avaya, the networking spin-off from Lucent, has signed a multi-million dollar deal with FIFA to sponsor football's World Cup. The company will provide networking and communications technology to the 2002... [07 Jun 2001]
In the mix: Catching the integration bug
Comment XML might have a high profile but it's not everyone's cup of tea. Integration technologies have the power to bring to life islands of data held in databases and ERP and CRM systems. Research company Datamonitor claims... [27 Apr 2001]
Model Management: Man Utd, the Yankees and successfully scoring strategic partnerships
Comment Despite huge attempts to promote soccer in the US, including staging the World Cup there in 1994, success has been limited. In 1999, Manchester United achieved the treble, winning the English Premiership... [13 Feb 2001]
Should Bill Gates shave it like Beckham
News It graced the World Cup in 1990, 1994 and 1998. The improbably coiffeured US captain was a feature of the 1994 World Cup. Clue 4: Number six - as if you need any help... [01 Jan 2001]
IPC targets women with 'BeMe.com'
News The BeMe.com site will be mirrored around the world, hosted from the Bristol Internet Exchange (BINX), and use the infrastructure HP set up for the France 98 football World Cup site. IPC... [04 Feb 2000]
WIN WORLD MATCHPLAY GOLF TICKETS
News What was the final score in this year's Ryder Cup? Silicon.com and Sterling Software Applications Development Group have teamed up to give away ten tickets to the Cisco World Match Play golf tournament... [06 Oct 1999]
EDS, Cisco and HP launch ebusiness dream team
News The three companies first worked together to create a sales Web site for the 1998 World Cup, which offered tickets and merchandise to consumers across the world in multiple languages and... [04 Nov 1998]
Novell survey reveals football is more popular than sex
News Novell interviewed 1,000 people who use the Internet at work, and found that over half used the Web to access World Cup sites. Eugene Forrester, regional product manager at Novell, explained that since... [14 Jul 1998]
In brief: World Cup goes widescreen
News GlobeCast - a global communications provider - will be demonstrating public widescreen technology in association with the BBC's coverage of the World Cup. Using transmissions on GlobeCast's satellite... [29 Jun 1998]
