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News This will make life easier for consumers as well as generating business for smaller post offices. The second part of the trial, according to the Sunday Times, will give customers the option of choosing... [30 Oct 2000]
London voted internet capital of Europe
News However, the UK capital slipped up in the 'freedom from pollution' and 'quality of life for employees' categories, and also suffers from expensive staff and office space. Frankfurt languished in second,... [11 Oct 2000]
The Directors' Cut: David Taylor on... synchronicity and the way to work...
Comment I firmly believe that life stands aside for those who know where they are going, and when we as individuals, teams or companies are absolutely clear, focussed and certain of what we are going to achieve, events will... [04 Oct 2000]
Sony plays on despite £532m losses
News Previously a film's cost could be spread over the life of a film. Sony reported high losses in its second quarter (Q2) results after changes in US accountancy rules left the company with a $968m (£637m)... [27 Jul 2000]
Microsoft verdict: View from Gates
News Bill Gates said: "This reminds me of the old saying 'today is the first day of the rest of your life' and today is the first day of the rest of the case. The second option, according to Rutstein, is to... [07 Jun 2000]
Dell hot on heels of AMD Athlon processor
News The rumour has been doing the rounds for several months, and took on a new lease of life when Dell attributed recent below-par quarterly results to problems with the supply of Pentium IIIs. However, US news wires have... [07 Apr 2000]
Silicon.com Skills Survey 2000: Train them, pay them, anyway you want them
Comment The ongoing IT skills crisis has simply become a fact of life for British businesses. The results from the second annual Silicon Skills Survey show exactly the same result as the first: almost half of... [01 Mar 2000]
Database Nation: What did you do today?
Comment And he was right: with keyword searching and advanced text-processing algorithms, it will be a simple matter for some future historian to assemble a very accurate record of my life as a college student - and my... [08 Feb 2000]
The IT girl: millennium schmillennium
Comment And second, couldn't you tell I was joking? Well, am I ever glad we booked that log cabin to see out the millennium. As expected, there was a hell of a storm kicked up and it was nice to have somewhere to keep our heads... [01 Feb 2000]
IDC Forum, Paris: Negroponte claims US will beat cautious Europe
News Firstly, an attitude to risk - he believes that children are brought up in Europe expecting to find a risk-free job and are more unwilling than US job seekers to enter high-risk careers later in life. [14 Sep 1999]
Witness lashes out at Microsoft grilling
News When Lacovara suggested Microsoft's inclusion of a Web browser in its operating system makes life easier for the consumer, Fisher sharply responded: "If Microsoft forced upon the world a single browser, that would make... [07 Jan 1999]
IDC predicts rosy future for Asia Pacific PC sales
News Brian Kornegay, research manager at IDC Asia Pacific, said: "After one year of turmoil, the regional PC market is showing some signs of life as we look toward 1999. Compaq again topped the region's vendor rankings, with... [09 Dec 1998]
Police to use virtual reality to steer kids away from crime
News The police force intends to develop a second VR programme aimed at older teenagers, called The Life Simulator, which builds on and extends the scope of Crime Conquest. The Greater Manchester Police Force... [09 Sep 1998]
DIY supercomputer points 'the way forward'
News According to the Los Alamos Labs the computer has not suffered a single hardware failure or operating system crash on any of the processors in the first six weeks of its life. The result is a machine with a top computing... [06 Jul 1998]
