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RSS R&DOne year of Silicon.com: CEOs give their views
News In its first year, Silicon.com has interviewed some of the most prolific high-tech CEOs about their companies and the technologies that are shaping the industry. One technology that stands out as making an impact is the Internet. [07 Jul 1999]
New technology will boost DSL access
News US R&D specialist, Telcordia, has developed a technology that can quickly test telephone lines to determine whether they can or cannot support DSL speed. Telcordia - formerly Bellcore, an... [02 Jul 1999]
Celltech and Chiroscience agree £700m merger
News Celltech and Chiroscience have agreed a £700m merger deal that will see the two pharmaceutical companies join forces to push the anaesthetic Chirocaine to Europe. The new company will use the 400 plus research and development staff to... [16 Jun 1999]
Intel and HP unveil IA-64 ISA
News Intel and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have finally released details of the chip giant's IA-64 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). Merced, the first implementation of Intel's 64bit architecture, is not due to be available until next year, but... [26 May 1999]
Silicon Valley appeals for cash injection
News Silicon Valley, long heralded as a free-market dream, faces stagnation without a serious financial injection from the US government, according to 3Com CEO, Eric Benhamou. He told Silicon.com that Clinton's IT advisory committee, which he... [23 Apr 1999]
A Budget for entrepreneurs?
Comment The UK government's 1999 Budget introduced changes in three key areas designed to help entrepreneurs: investment, research and development (R&D) and employee incentives. But if business culture does... [19 Mar 1999]
IT chiefs lobby for tax breaks in UK budget
News UK technology experts have spoken to Silicon.com about their Budget '99 wish list as Chancellor Gordon Brown prepares to present his speech in the House of Commons later this afternoon. Tax relief for investment in... [08 Mar 1999]
Sun offers free access to chip designs
News Sun Microsystems has promised to give its chip designs away for free, providing developers don't use it for commercial products. Tool vendors, chip developers and academic researchers will gain free access to Sun's picoJava and Sparc... [03 Mar 1999]
Experts call for Budget incentives to boost investment
News UK chancellor Gordon Brown's March Budget needs to offer real measures to boost business for technology companies, according to the Technology Industry Group at consultancy, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The group has published a wish list of... [17 Feb 1999]
Motorola and Cisco set to unveil wireless data network
News Motorola and Cisco are set to announce the creation of a wireless network for transmitting faxes and email. Over the next four to five years, the companies will invest more than $1bn in creating a system that will use cellular telephone... [08 Feb 1999]
The high price of mergers and acquisitions
Comment Mergers and acquisitions appear to have become an unstoppable force in the IT industry in recent years. High-tech companies have wholeheartedly adopted the mantra that big is beautiful. But despite the activity's undoubted popularity... [24 Nov 1998]
Cable & Wireless Global Marine plans global seabed database
News Cable & Wireless Global Marine is secretly working on an integrated database for the world's underwater cable industry, Silicon.com can exclusively reveal. A source close to the situation said Cable & Wireless Global Marine's... [13 Nov 1998]
Lucent bucks chip trend and expands manufacturing plant
News Showing its strength in the face of a global chips crisis, Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group last Friday announced plans to expand its main semiconductor manufacturing facility. The Union Boulevard Allentown plant in... [12 Oct 1998]
Cisco dips toes in European waters
News Cisco is to invest £7m in a research facility in the UK, creating 60 jobs. The decision marks the first real commitment to Europe for a company which has long been criticised for refusing to open manufacturing or... [11 Oct 1998]
Analysis: UK telemedicine finally gets into gear
Comment Telemedicine has caught the political imagination this month, following the UK Department of Health's decision to pilot the technology. But the UK is still five years away from a national telemedicine strategy, and NHS plans are lagging... [17 Aug 1998]
