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News But there was also a distinctly metallic flavour to the month as Google dived into the web browser world with an open source offering called Chrome.silicon.com senior reporter Nick Heath put on his news analysis hat with a pair of... [03 Oct 2008]
Police map out crime online
News Sir Norman Bettison, policing futures lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said the organisation supports the national roll out of the tech as it fulfils "the key responsibility to give information to... [29 Jul 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News Malook spent 14 years as a market maker on the floor of the London International Financial Futures Exchange (Liffe) before using that knowledge to launch a desktop-based financial information service that he knew his... [03 Jun 2008]
Big-bank confidence dented by social banking
News Respondents to a survey by research house Social Futures Observatory (SRO) said they were wary of big banks' motives for lending, with 61 per cent of respondents believing the main aim of their bank was "to make money... [24 Nov 2006]
Mobile banking rolled out by HSBC
News Jonathan Etheridge, head of e-futures for First Direct, said: "The convenience of being able to top up as many as five pay-as-you-go mobile phones will appeal most to customers. First Direct and HSBC have launched a... [04 Oct 2006]
Internet tops newspaper ad spending
News Adam Smith, futures director at GroupM, which published the report, told silicon.com that search marketing is accounting for a large part of the shift in spending. Advertisers are set to spend more on internet ads this... [30 May 2006]
Mobile WiMax: It's up to standard
News Paul Sergeant, director of marketing for WiMax at Motorola, said: "Carriers don't like their futures dependent on a single vendor. An industry standards group has approved a new specification for WiMax that includes... [09 Dec 2005]
$50bn by 2010 - no end in sight for SMS phenomenon
News However, the report's authors see growth in the mobile messaging market more broadly - they forecast rosy futures on the move for email, instant messaging (especially in the US), push-to-talk and even MMS, SMS' more... [06 Sep 2005]
Nokia and Ericsson do double take
News Two of telecoms' biggest names have released their financial results - but are predicting two different futures for their industry. Device manufacturer Nokia and telecoms equipment both posted healthy year-on-year sales... [22 Jul 2005]
Futures traders accused of software patent breach
News A leading US trading software firm has filed a lawsuit against UK hedge-fund company Man Group in the row over claims that a patent awarded last year entitles it to a share of trading revenue on futures exchanges. [15 Apr 2005]
US exchanges take another small step online
News In Chicago, it is foreign competition that is driving the two futures exchanges to go electronic. Eurex, the German-Swiss futures exchange, has won regulatory approval for the launch of a US-based... [06 Feb 2004]
5 years ago… Eurex trader accidentally loses £10m
News Eurex, which was formed from the merger of Deutsche Terminbourse and Soffex, the Swiss derivatives exchange, is where most German bond futures contracts are traded. The mistake calls into question whether Liffe (London... [19 Nov 2003]
5 years ago... Technology bosses sleep rough for charity
News Bill Bottriell of Computer Futures raised the most, collecting £11,000 through a combination of sponsorship and corporate donations. 22.09.98: IT experts raised £50,000 for a homeless children's charity in a sponsored... [22 Sep 2003]
5 years ago... Electronic trading helps Eurex overtake Liffe
News At the start of the month, Eurex's German government bond future, the bund, became the most heavily traded futures contract in the world. There is an old-style futures market close to silicon.com's... [07 Aug 2003]
HP-Compaq: Is the writing on the wall?
News Shares in both companies have plummeted since the merger was announced, on fears it will increase their problems by tying their futures to the increasingly commodified PC market. HP has insisted that its merger with... [10 Dec 2001]
