admitted in comment and analysis
Case ousted, case closed
Comment In agreeing to step aside as AOL Time Warner chairman in May, Steve Case admitted a rare defeat in an unpredictable career that carried him from computer start-up to the top of the media establishment. [13 Jan 2003]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment Since that catastrophic incident, the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has come forward to warn that several other public bodies have now admitted they too have lost personal data. A key problem within the... [21 Dec 2007]
So long and thanks for all the stalling
Comment Once BT's PR department held up its hands and admitted defeat in the impossible battle to improve the telco's image in the press and industry, Vallance's approach to media relations had all the grace and subtlety of a... [27 Apr 2001]
Caldera starts per seat charging
Comment He admitted earlier this week the company is "seeking long-term viability" and is "in the business of making money". In fact, he recently admitted to silicon.com he quite likes it. Why is there such an... [28 Jun 2001]
Leader: It's not too late to rethink flawed ID cards plan
Leader Indeed the Prime Minister himself came out to defend the ID card plans today, saying the biometric technology will work - that's the same Tony Blair whose wife admitted just before the election that he hasn't a clue when... [27 Jun 2005]
Minority Report: Will Apple send in the clones?
Comment The company's chairman Michael Dell admitted this summer that he would be interested in selling PCs loaded with OS X. In July 1985 Gates sent a now infamous memo to Apple CEO John Sculley in which he... [04 Nov 2005]
Informix is dead. Long live Informix?
Comment Kerr admitted the company made mistakes in the past, and two years ago made a conscious decision to bring in new marketing expertise and change the company's look. Kerr admitted that "the war is over" in... [03 Aug 1999]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.02.04
Round-Up In conversation with a silicon.com journo this week, Cluley admitted to be devastated to be out of the country at the time of the arrest - and therefore be unable to comment on it (see here). However, events kicked off... [27 Feb 2004]
Dodgy dealing all round
Comment Cable and Wireless shares fell nearly seven per cent on Wednesday morning after it admitted to using 'controversial' accounting practices to hit its quarterly revenue targets. He was personally cleared of any involvement... [14 Feb 2002]
Leader: How much more data loss can we stand?
Leader A California medical company lost data on 185,000 patients, while Time Warner admitted it too had seen backup tapes get 'lost in the post', compromising the personal data of as many as 600,000 employees past and present. [20 Jun 2005]
Novell hangs on - for the time being
Comment However, there is a dark cloud looming - Microsoft's Active Directory, due out with Windows 2000, which even Novell's CEO Eric Schmidt has admitted could pose a threat. This is fine for the short term, but in the long... [08 Jun 1999]
Oftel chief berates the reluctant unbundlers
Comment In a final big push, Edmonds admitted he'd been tempted to send BT executives to prison. A spokesman for AOL admitted what's going on in France is part of the process to prove to politicians and... [17 Nov 2000]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.08.05
Round-Up A hard-to-please 12 per cent of respondents even admitted they're likely to get bored on holiday irrespective of the weather - proof that some people either have more money than sense, boarded the plane against their... [26 Aug 2005]
The Data Protection Commissioner - what all the fuss is about
Comment In its annual survey published last month, the DPC admitted it recruits at the lowest point in the possible pay range - when other local employers are offering increased salaries. Commissioner Elizabeth France also... [15 Aug 2000]
The Weekly Round-Up:19.09.03
Comment Since 1996, 594 laptops have been lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence - which admitted that around 30 per cent of machines lost contained "sensitive" information. A recent silicon.com survey found that 54 per... [19 Sep 2003]
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