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RSS passCarrefour supermarkets to sell phone services
News Carrefour's phone service will only be available to Carte Pass payment card holders to minimise payment risks. Carrefour, France's largest retailer, has announced plans to sell and manage Omnicom phone services... [27 Oct 1998]
UK high-street banks sign up to Link network
News The Barclays spokesman said his bank intends to pass on 1.5 per cent of the transaction cost onto the customer. Three UK high-street banks have announced plans to connect to the Link ATM (Automated Teller Machine) network. [22 Oct 1998]
3Com boss warns of networking brain drain
News Speaking in a Silicon WAN channel interview, Castle advocated peering arrangements so that data traffic - particularly on the Internet - can pass efficiently across Europe, rather than going via the US. [15 Oct 1998]
London law firm takes to the Net
News According to Wegenek customers should pass through a terms and conditions page before entering into any online transaction. London law firm Edge and Ellison is setting up a Web law service called WebVet, designed to... [14 Oct 1998]
Web site hits back at copyright claims
News We are simply one huge town hall meeting where we pass round copies of news reports.for discussion purposes. Jim Robinson, owner of Freerepublic.com, has hit back at claims that his Web site is violating copyright laws... [05 Oct 1998]
Cattle line up to join UK government database
News Y can't pass off the meat as organic. The UK government's £35m cattle tracing service (CTS) goes live today. CTS is a computerised database that functions on top of the paper-based cattle passport. Farmers and... [28 Sep 1998]
UK retail chain turns its back on ecommerce
News Call centre staff then add £4 to the bill and pass on the orders to neighbourhood stores, who deliver the items. Frozen food chain Iceland is giving Internet shopping the cold shoulder, at least for the present. [10 Sep 1998]
In brief: Smartcard reader to tackle Internet fraud
News Gemplus claims the GCR420 will solve authentification problems on the Internet because the pin code, entered on the keyboard, does not pass through the computer but is directly transmitted to the reader. [19 Aug 1998]
Email bug hides viruses from firewalls
News The Secure Computing Group at Finland's Oulu University found the flaw, which allows email messages containing viruses to pass undetected through any firewall or anti-virus protection. A group of Finnish computer... [30 Jul 1998]
US Senate proposes Net filtering for schools
News Heppel agreed that in the event of a lawsuit, the US law would pass responsibility from the government - who paid for the computer - to the local school. The US Senate has proposed compulsory Web filtering for all... [27 Jul 1998]
In brief: Nationwide says "no" to bank conversion
News A company spokesman welcomed the result, saying: "We can now pass on the benefits to our customers by retaining good value services. Nationwide has voted to remain a building society. Its Annual General Meeting sealed... [23 Jul 1998]
In brief: NatWest employee fined for disclosing customer information
News Noel Larbey used his position at the bank to pass customer information to his father, private investigator Michael Larbey. A former NatWest Bank employee and his father will pay more than £9,000 for a breach of the Data... [17 Jul 1998]
Smartcard-based road toll schemes get financial boost
News Smartcards are used to debit road users' accounts as they pass under a reader to enter the city. Recent reports indicate UK smartcard-based road toll schemes may get a boost from road tax revenues. Reuters reports that... [17 Jul 1998]
Ovum predicts change in international call billing
News It is in our interests to ensure low rates so that we can pass savings on to our customers. Research company, Ovum, has signed the death warrant of accounting rate with a report saying its days are numbered. [10 Jul 1998]
Ovum predicts change in international call billing
News It is in our interests to ensure low rates so that we can pass savings on to our customers. Research company, Ovum, has signed the death warrant of accounting rate with a report saying its days are numbered. [10 Jul 1998]
