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RSS historyThomas Cook goes online with foreign exchange service
News Jonathan Steel, analyst at The Bathwick Group, said: "Thomas Cook has a credible history of Internet projects. Travel group, Thomas Cook, has launched an Internet-based foreign exchange service. Industry observers claim... [04 Aug 1998]
UK car industry struggles with data
News Those surveyed recognised that good sales and marketing programs require information on customer interests, age, marital status and service history - but said that their databases do not support these fields. [31 Jul 1998]
Scottish clan redesigns tartan online
News Interest in ancestors means that most Irish, Scottish and Welsh names have Web sites devoted to their history. An ancient Scottish clan is taking to the Web in order to update its tartan. Some members of the Moncrieff... [31 Jul 1998]
Oxford University to run online courses
News He added that the first three courses will cover computing, history and immunology. Oxford University is to run courses over the Internet from January, as part of the Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning (Tall) project. [21 Jul 1998]
Nortel's purchase of Bay: Milestone or millstone?
Comment Bay and Nortel certainly have a stormy period to ride through if history is anything to go by. Nortel's acquisition of Bay Networks is a landmark deal. It is the biggest merger of telecoms and data networking hardware... [06 Jul 1998]
Microsoft delays NT5 again
News Microsoft has to be particularly cautious because it has a history of unstable releases and is very determined to get away from this with Windows NT," he said. Windows NT 5 has been delayed again, as Microsoft attempts... [01 Jul 1998]
In brief: US government launches Web payment system
News To mark the technology's launch, GTE Corporation will be paid $32,000 (£20,000) for a US Air Force contract in a cheque sent via email, a first in Web history. The US Treasury will unveil Echeck this week, a pioneering... [01 Jul 1998]
In brief: AT&T in further trouble over TCI
News Nader claims the merger of two companies "with a history of anticompetitve actions" could lead to them bundling products and services and "binding the consumer to the monopolist". AT&T has met with further resistance to... [30 Jun 1998]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Vic-20 and the Commodore 64
Comment Still, the history of Commodore is incredible. I probably don't deserve to write silicon.com's eulogy to the Commodore 64 because I have a shameful secret. A secret, nearly 20 years later, I only now dare tell. [24 Dec 1982]
