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RSS conferenceIn brief: Laser technology helps new-born babies
News Dr Jeremy Hebden, who is leading the project, presented his findings at the annual conference of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, last week. Medical researchers at University College London are... [14 Sep 1998]
Magnetic resonance gives boost to food safety
News IGC yesterday presented a research paper to a food science conference in Norwich, UK, which shows how MR can be used to trace the presence of bacteria in food manufacturing. Magnetic resonance (MR), once the exclusive... [10 Sep 1998]
Videoconferencing hailed as key business tool
News Tektronix reformed its video division this week and will launch a videoconferencing product on Friday at the Internet Business Conference in Amsterdam. IT directors lack understanding of visual communications which are... [08 Sep 1998]
Gates pours scorn on Ellison's NC
News Reported as describing the clash with Ellsion as "fun while it lasted", he told visitors to the IDC conference in Paris yesterday that after the founder of the NC predicted NCs would eventually replace the PC, his only... [08 Sep 1998]
In brief: AT&T celebrates telesurgery success
News The network linked doctors at the World Congress of Eudorourology Conference in New York with the surgical team in Baltimore. Another 1,100 were able to link up from the conference centre to witness the... [07 Sep 1998]
In brief: Industry criticises Quark/Adobe merger
News A merger between Quark and Adobe is looking less likely as analysts and customers openly voted against the bid at the Seybold conference in the US. Quark's annual revenue is less than half that of Adobe's and when asked... [03 Sep 1998]
In brief: SAP opts for XML
News At a technical education conference in Los Angeles, the company explained that all SAP interfaces will work with XML, meaning developers will have a much easier job of transferring data between companies in a supply... [02 Sep 1998]
Malicious Net rumour sends AgriBioTech shares tumbling
News AgriBioTech's chief executive, DR Thomas, openly blamed the rumours for the financial loss, calling the perpetrators "scumbags" in a conference call. As agricultural firm, AgriBioTech, saw its share price plunge 25 per... [28 Aug 1998]
US government invests in Internet security
News The contract - which was announced at this week's Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) conference - was won jointly by Network Associates and the Internet Software Consortium (ISC). The US Department of Defense is to... [27 Aug 1998]
Software buyers to get protection guidelines
News The guidelines, which are part-funded by the EC, will be launched at a conference in Manchester on 14 October. Early registrants to the conference include the procurement manager from Siemens and other... [27 Aug 1998]
Deutsche Telekom cuts 90 per cent of admin staff
News However, analysts and unions are reserving judgement until the company makes a statement tomorrow, at a half-yearly press conference. Deutsche Telekom is planning to lay-off 90 per cent of its administrative staff,... [26 Aug 1998]
Ecommerce for everyone
Comment Top business managers from leading private sector companies made up the majority of the conference. Now this is established, the conference argued, efforts can be concentrated on solving these problems. [10 Aug 1998]
European Net chiefs reach domain name consensus
News One of the conference leaders, Michael Schneider, vice president of EuroISPA (Internet Service Providers Association), told Silicon News that he expects a board will be set up by the end of September to tackle important... [29 Jul 1998]
Mobile ban highlights radio pollution danger
News A conference centre is being forced to consider banning mobile phones because they interfere with research at the nearby Jodrell Bank Observatory. Cranage Hall conference centre is now obliged to stay in... [27 Jul 1998]
RealPlayer accuses Microsoft of dirty tricks
News The encouraging results come after the company announced its next generation of media streaming products - RealSystem G2 - at its conference in June. Rob Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, has accused Microsoft of... [23 Jul 1998]
