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Congress debates database copyright Bill
News Smith explained that while no one can copyright the publicly available elements of a database, such as addresses and phone numbers, the collection as a whole is subject to copyright in Europe. US Congress is considering... [19 Mar 1999]
Free ISPs to get even freer
News But Oftel said it is "tinkering with the elements of the formula". Subscription-free ISPs (Internet service providers) could become even cheaper thanks to changes to the Number Translation Service announced by Oftel today. [10 Mar 1999]
Racal wins Fischer network deal
News Fisher Scientific said it opted for Racal's Nsure Direct LAN service because it will allow the company to streamline its disparate legacy network elements into a uniform IP-based platform. Racal Telecom has been awarded... [16 Feb 1999]
ICL recycles old Marks & Spencer kit
News ICL also has a network of substance recovery specialists, so valuable elements can be recovered from unusable components. ICL has developed an IT recycling service in collaboration with retailer, Marks & Spencer... [03 Feb 1999]
Securicor wins UK police crime system contract
News Other elements of the plan include a secure national radio network that gives officers remote access to the Police National Computer and a case preparation system shared with the Crown Prosecution Service. [29 Jan 1999]
DoJ swoops on Microsoft internal email
News That knowledge makes it possible for Microsoft to separate the two elements, according to the DoJ. Microsoft has been ordered to hand over a key internal document to the US Department of Justice (DoJ) prosecution team. [29 Jan 1999]
W3C avoids XML namespaces clash
News XML allows developers to create their own namespaces, but clashes arise if the tags contain elements with the same name but a different meaning. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released a Namespaces in XML... [18 Jan 1999]
US markets pounce on early Web report
News He confirmed that time-specific elements of the new program have not been fully tested. US stock markets surged on Tuesday after a systems error in the US government's Labor Department caused sensitive information to be... [14 Jan 1999]
One2One gets its way over mobile report
News The carrier had protested in the High Court that Oftel's intention to give rivals access to key elements of a report, submitted to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) on Friday, was anti-competitive. [06 Dec 1998]
BT backs Trustbase Net banking
News By choosing Trustbase, BT is clearly predicting that these two elements are going to be key to future banking," said Philips. BT plans to storm ahead in the hosted Internet banking market through an alliance with JCP... [01 Dec 1998]
BA hosts reservation system on Informix backbone
News The next stage of the project will be to develop the datawarehousing elements, enabling Speedwing's clients to use reservation information for marketing purposes. Speedwing - British Airway's technology division - has... [27 Aug 1998]
UK Housing Association signs deal with ICL
News ICL said it is in discussions with the organisation to provide other elements of the investment programme. The North British Housing Association is to install a communications system based on Windows NT as part of a... [24 Aug 1998]
In brief: Vendors combine manufacturing expertise
News To ease this, Base Ten, Beckman, Compaq, Novasoft and SSA have developed a product comprising elements from each companies core expertise. Compaq's BusinessBus technology is the backbone for each of these... [18 Aug 1998]
Logica helps BA keep flights on time
News It assesses the location of each aircraft, its maintenance status, operational elements, capacity and flight capabilities. British Airways will tomorrow announce a £2m deal for an aircraft management system. [06 Jul 1998]