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RSS friday februaryLeader: Friday 13 February unlucky for some - including Vodafone?
Leader By 13 February (when you may be reading this article) interested parties will have had to declare their interest. The speculation surrounding AT&T Wireless and whether Vodafone will make a bid for the on-the-auction-block US operator has reached... [12 Feb 2004]
TUC: Long hours take the biscuit...
News This coming Friday (25 February) is Work Your Proper Hours Day. The message, which will be delivered on Friday morning, will read: "Morning, Boss! February is on average the first day that people who do unpaid overtime would get paid if they did... [21 Feb 2005]
HMRC waives late fee after site crash
News As a result of the problem, the deadline was initially extended by 24 hours to the end of Friday 1 February, with users not being fined for filing after the original deadline. But with many people also unable to access the website on the Friday and... [05 Feb 2008]
Kazaa fails to meet court evidence deadline
News Sharman Networks and the Music Industry Piracy Investigation (MIPI) will be back in the Australian Federal court later this week for yet another legal contest over access to evidence that was confiscated in raids last February. [12 May 2004]
Settlement leaves Microsoft facing $1.1bn Windows refund
News A California judge on Friday gave preliminary approval to a landmark settlement under which Microsoft will pay $1.1bn to settle a class action suit that claimed it overcharged consumers for Windows. Townsend and Townsend and Crew, the law firm that... [21 Jul 2003]
Microsoft facing $1.1bn bill in California lawsuit settlement
News Microsoft said late last Friday that it has settled a California class action lawsuit for up to $1.1bn, a move that would end the largest suit of the kind against the giant software company. The lawsuit, filed in February 1999, claimed Microsoft... [13 Jan 2003]
HP's Hurd linked to leak probe scandal
News In a 9 February email reviewed by the Post, Dunn told Hunsaker and general counsel Ann Baskins, "I spoke with Mark and he is on board with the plan" and "he also agrees that we should consider doing something with" the data-farm tip. [21 Sep 2006]
India diary, day 13: Thirsty in Bangalore
Comment Friday 16 February - Banglalore In February silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad to explore the exploding Indian offshore tech and BPO industry. [16 Mar 2007]
Profit is a Friday Thing
News Weekly email service, The Friday Thing, is claiming to be one of the first email magazines in the world to have become profitable, just six months after its launch. Paul Carr, editor of Friday Thing, puts the magazine's commercial success down to... [31 Jan 2002]
Dell recalls four million power adaptors
News About 4.4 million AC adapters sold worldwide with Dell notebooks between September 1998 and February 2002 were recalled on Friday because of a risk of overheating, which could lead to a fire or electrical shock, according to Dell. [11 Oct 2004]
Apple splits stock after iPod boom
News Apple announced a two-for-one stock split on Friday, giving investors twice as many bites at the computer maker. Investors who hold Apple shares as of 18 February will receive one additional share of stock for every share of Apple they own. [14 Feb 2005]
Oracle shares go into freefall
News Oracle said on Friday that revenues for the quarter ended 28 February would be down nine per cent on the same period last year. Oracle shares continued a downward spiral on Europe's bourses this morning, after slumping 20 per cent on the Nasdaq... [04 Mar 2002]
French competition police crack down on telco big boys
News While the body wouldn't go into more detail, it seems that it was investigating the companies following a complaint from a consumer group, UFC-Que Choisir, against the companies in February 2002, reported the economic daily Les Echos on Friday. [11 Aug 2003]
EC calms industry fears with copyright revision
News European commissioner, Mario Monti, has eased industry concerns with a revised directive on electronic copyright released late on Friday night. In February MEPs voted to exempt only Web caching that was "an essential part of the technological... [24 May 1999]
Salesforce.com execs accused of misleading shareholders
News Internap Network Services gained 25 per cent on its first day of trading in February, but on Friday its stock traded at 43 per cent below its initial price. Shares of Salesforce closed at $13.01 on Friday - roughly 18 per cent above its offer price... [02 Aug 2004]
