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News An independent inquiry is to be set up to discover the cause of the continuing problems at Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport. Systems faults are still dogging the freight-handling system and all imports and exports have been stopped... [10 Jul 1998]
In brief: Netscape to aim search facility at consumers
News Netscape has announced it is to plough $10m into promoting its Netcenter search directory. The move comes as the firm shifts the target of its directory from business users and professionals to more consumer content in... [09 Jul 1998]
In brief: Intelligent agents create ecommerce price wars
News Watson Research Centre, said that intelligent agents were programmed by consumers to search for products on the Internet by price alone. Intelligent software agents will turn online commerce into a boom and bust economy,... [02 Jul 1998]
In brief: SAP and Verity search for deal
News Verity has signed a deal to integrate its search engine software into SAP's ERP (enterprise resource planning) R/3 software. SAP has integrated a customised version of Verity Information Search into the... [30 Jun 1998]
EC tightens up data protection
News He cited search engines that offer lists of email addresses as one market that will soon become illegal in Europe. A revised EC data protection act, which is expected to take effect in October, will impose tighter... [30 Jun 1998]
In brief: Lotus integrates Notes and Domino
News Lotus' next-generation Notes and Domino - version 5.0 - will offer closely integrated search functions which will enable the user to look for documents across multiple Notes databases and file systems. [26 Jun 1998]
In brief: Disney searches out Infoseek
News Walt Disney has bought a 43 percent stake in Infoseek, one of the leading online search engines. In exchange for 25.8 million shares, Disney will hand over its stake in Web design company, Starwave, plus $70m (£43.8m) in... [26 Jun 1998]
