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RSS payIn brief: NatWest employee fined for disclosing customer information
News A former NatWest Bank employee and his father will pay more than £9,000 for a breach of the Data Protection Act. Noel Larbey used his position at the bank to pass customer information to his father, private investigator... [17 Jul 1998]
Supermarket tests information displays
News A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's denied the company will use the system to introduce 'happy hour pricing' - whereby customers using the store at peak times pay more. Sainsbury's will test electronic edge-of-shelf labels in... [17 Jul 1998]
BT shareholders to vote on share buy-back
News However, Steve Wallage, a Dataquest analyst, said: "A share buyback wouldn't make that much difference - any company would still have to pay well over £50bn, and you have to remember WorldCom will have paid less than... [14 Jul 1998]
ISPs speak out over BT pay-as-you-surf service
News The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has confirmed it has written to Oftel, calling for an investigation into BT's pay-as-you-surf Internet service. David Kennedy, chief executive of ISPA, said there are... [14 Jul 1998]
Gates extortionist goes to jail
News Sentenced on Friday, Pletcher, of Illinois, USA was also told by US District Judge, Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, to pay $400 (£250) into a crime victims assistance fund and spend three years of his six-year term on... [13 Jul 1998]
Telco undercuts opposition to attract home users
News Home Connect users must pay a £20 connection fee, and then spend at least £35 per quarter on non-local calls, otherwise charges will be rounded up to the £35 level. Telinco, a fledgling telco based in Cheshire, England,... [10 Jul 1998]
Cable firms set to clean up with bundled services
News The market research group found that one in ten UK households already purchase bundled telephony and pay-TV services, mainly from Cable & Wireless Communications, NTL and Telewest. BT and BSkyB could lose out to... [07 Jul 1998]
Imagex shows off reverse photocopier
News According to reports, the decopier can clean 60 sheets of paper per second, and will pay for itself within 18 months, if 1,000 sheets are cleaned per day. Imagex has unveiled a machine which removes photocopier toner... [06 Jul 1998]
In brief: Orange and KPN NV win Belgium mobile licence
News There were no rival bids against the pair, who will have to pay the Belgian government 8bn Belgian francs (£130m) to become official operators. Orange and Dutch national telco, KPN NV, have been jointly awarded Belgium's... [06 Jul 1998]
Computacenter waits for verdict
News Computacenter will have to wait until early August to find out if it will have to pay £0.5m to ex-employee Caroline Olds. All evidence has now been heard at the tribunal and the three judges will meet in secret to decide... [03 Jul 1998]
In brief: AOL announces online banking deal
News DLJdirect, E*Trade and Waterhouse Securities will each pay AOL $12.5m annually for the two year cross-marketing agreement. America Online has announced a $75m deal with online brokerages for its personal banking channel. [03 Jul 1998]
Microsoft settles Internet Explorer lawsuit
News It probably had to pay its own legal fees and is looking at a loss in excess of what it paid out to settle. Microsoft has avoided a costly court battle over its right to use the term "Internet Explorer" as the trademark... [03 Jul 1998]
BBC and Microsoft in European WebTV trial
News However, he said it remains to be seen whether consumers will be prepared to pay for services and products that get them onto the Internet at home. The BBC has joined Microsoft's WebTV company to launch the first... [03 Jul 1998]
In brief: Intel closes chip plants
News The two fabrication plants in Oregon both manufacture older .35 chips and will be closed from 4 July to 12 July.workers will be sent home without pay during the nine day closure. The spokesman couldn't comment when asked... [02 Jul 1998]
Are your Java developers certifiable?
News Sun Microsystems is warning companies to pay close attention to Java accreditation after the company revealed a lack of skills among some Java developers. Bill Richardson, vice president of Sun Educational Services,... [01 Jul 1998]
