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RSS spendMormon missionaries lose email privileges
News Once missionaries start corresponding back and forth they spend more time than they should. The Mormon Church - formally known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - has banned its members from sending... [12 Jan 1999]
Londoners get online benefits
News People don't object to spending a long time receiving information but they do not like to spend a long time waiting to receive a service. A London borough has started testing the first interactive kiosk system for... [05 Jan 1999]
Christmas e-shopping flops
News The survey found men are more likely to shop online than women, but they are unlikely to spend more than £50. Britons may be rushing to get online, but there has been no rapid acceptance of e-shopping this Christmas,... [22 Dec 1998]
US shoppers surf their way to a Christmas bargain
News Jupiter Communications is predicting a total online spend of $2.3bn over the holiday season in the US. He blamed media speculation about the recession for encouraging people to spend less than usual.... [17 Dec 1998]
Fake Microsoft Office CDs flood UK market
News Microsoft blames the crime on drug syndicates in the Far East, which Gregory claimed spend up to £750,000 each time they set up a forgery unit. Microsoft has put out a desperate plea to stop a wave of counterfeit Office... [17 Dec 1998]
UK libraries get £3m online boost
News UK libraries are to receive £3m to spend on IT equipment from the government and the Wolfson Foundation. The deal was announced by arts minister Alan Howarth, who said the scheme was designed to remove the boundary... [08 Dec 1998]
UK small firms get Net boost
News It is not a matter of what you spend but what you know and how quickly you are prepared to adapt," he said. Small businesses in the UK received a boost yesterday when the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), 3Com,... [01 Dec 1998]
The Carphone Warehouse gets interactive on the Net
News The site, designed by new media consultancy Clarity, asks the user detailed questions about how often they would use the phone, what time of day they'll use it, and how much they want to spend. The Carphone Warehouse... [17 Nov 1998]
C&W invests $1bn in pan-European voice and data network
News The expansion is part of the UK company's aggressive growth plan that has seen it recently spend $1.75bn on Internet services in the US - making it the second biggest carrier of Net traffic in the country. [16 Nov 1998]
Cable & Wireless Global Marine plans global seabed database
News Companies installing cables on the sea bed currently spend years researching the ideal location. Cable & Wireless Global Marine is secretly working on an integrated database for the world's underwater cable industry,... [13 Nov 1998]
BT profits reach £120 per second
News The greatest part of BT's recent wealth comes from the one off windfall from its withdrawal from the MCI merger, and the question remains how the company will spend it. BT has released its half-year financial results... [12 Nov 1998]
US set to spend $1.1bn online this Christmas
News US consumers will spend $1.1bn online this Christmas according to eMarketer, a New York-based Internet research company. The company predicts that US consumers will spend a total of $173bn during the... [12 Nov 1998]
IT giants refuse to exhibit at Comdex
News Intel still plans to spend $1m on a 3,000 square foot meeting and promotion space, cutting the costs of last years show almost in half. Intel has decided for the first time in nine years not to hire a booth at the Comdex... [06 Nov 1998]
SyQuest closes for business
News Jon Newman, research director at Spikes Cavell, commented: "Iomega has done well with its 100MB Zip drives in the consumer space, and although SyQuest 1GB Sparq drives might have done well in companies, a lot of corporate IT... [03 Nov 1998]
America Online profits up 255 per cent
News Reeve said: "It can afford to spend money on getting new subscriptions because the profitability of having those customers is quite high. America Online (AOL) has posted record profits for its first quarter for fiscal 1999. [28 Oct 1998]
