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News Loic le Guisquet, senior VP for CRM at Oracle, said the tech exists to address these failings and companies should apply intelligence to data they hold in order to meet expectations. European businesses are failing to meet customer expectations due... [07 Mar 2008]
iPod on your pillow?
News Guests using the exercise room at Le Meridien Cyberport in Hong Kong can borrow the devices, while Las Ventanas al Paraiso resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, lends them out at the pool. Music lovers checking into fine hotels may want to ask the front... [05 Nov 2004]
Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats
News The system is also being used in Birmingham, Chester-le-Street, Coventry, Derwentside, Durham, Edinburgh, Hinckley and Bosworth, Lambeth, Rochford, Sedgefield, Warwick and Wealden. Computer voice analysis is being used to root out benefit cheats... [18 Feb 2008]
Paying for it: Would you pay to watch Big Brother?
Comment Since then it's teamed up with Channel 4 to provide round-the-clock racing coverage from Le Mans, and more recently launched an online soap, Mount Kristos, which includes additional premium rate services. [16 Feb 2001]
French road test cashless city
News According to Luan Le, design manager of NFC at Philips, the feedback from the trial so far has been "very positive" and Philips expects the technology to get its commercial legs in 2007 or 2008. The tourist city of Caen in Normandy is hosting a... [20 Apr 2006]
Samsung and LG to go Wi-Fi for all-in-one handsets
News Two of the world's largest handset players have given traditional networks a poke in the eye with the announcement of phones set to offer voice over Wi-Fi capability. Both Samsung and LG are working with Kineto to include the firm's UMA (Unlicensed... [13 Jul 2005]
Informission buys up intranet specialist
News Canadian Internet company, Informission, has acquired ecommerce and intranet specialist, Le Groupe SoftSysteme, as part of its aim to lead the market for integrated Web solutions. SoftSystemem's secure Internet technology - called GSS-Himalaya... [21 May 1999]
Honey, I Caught a Worm: Building Yourself a Honeypot, Some Practical Issues
White Paper Different people have different views about the use of a honeypot. Some say it is a way to catch a hacker, or keep her busy so she does not hack your real server. Both of these probably apply to script kiddies, since these are of the point-and... [24 Feb 2005]
Mobile operators accused of abusing customers
News European consumers' organisation BEUC (le Bureau Europeen des Unions de Consommateurs) has heavily criticised mobile phone operators claiming they are abusing customers by imposing excessive price policies and unfair contracts. [05 May 2000]
Could your hyperlinks land you in hot water?
News France's Internet Rights Forum (Le forum des droits sur l’internet or FDI) has published recommendations on the responsibilities of sites that create hyperlinks to "illicit content". One working group has been grappling with the thorny subject of... [24 Oct 2003]
Microsoft - the antivirus vendor?
News An executive of Microsoft in France divulged on Wednesday some of the software maker's plans for its highly anticipated entry into the antivirus software market. A standalone antivirus product will be built from tools the company inherited through... [29 Jul 2004]
E-voting: Essential to the future of democracy
Comment It's not just that the shock first round electoral success of Jean-Marie Le Pen in France has shown how a low turnout at elections can allow extremists to get themselves elected. It's difficult to get excited at the prospect of a local election but... [02 May 2002]
Network Solutions allies with European ISPs
News Demon Internet, Name City and UUNet are involved from the UK, CTV and RAN Internet from Spain, Le Serveur from France and Vuurwerk from the Netherlands, to name a few. Network Solutions - the US registrar of Internet domain names - has recruited 13... [21 Oct 1998]
French bank admits euro near miss
News Bego denied reports in the French newspaper, Le Monde, that the glitch caused an eight-hour delay. Bank Nationale de Paris narrowly averted a major delay in its euro transition processes last weekend. [06 Jan 1999]
EU imposes eight-week deadline on France Telecom
News Under ART's current schedule, ADSL services are expected to be rolled out in Rennes, Le Mans and the South of France by April this year. France Telecom has been given eight weeks to come up with a technical and commercial proposal to offer high... [21 Feb 2000]
