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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]
First reactions to Larry Ellison's Friday Firecracker
News Larry Ellison's Friday firecracker didn't catch analysts on the hop - most have been singing the industry consolidation song for some time. It's just that they didn't expect it so soon. Analyst Martin Atherton of Datamonitor said: "Just as the... [06 Jun 2003]
Will Colt be declared bankrupt on Friday?
News A high court judge will decide the future of pan-European carrier Colt Telecom on Friday. Three days of hearings have closed, in which a US-based hedge fund, Highberry, has claimed Colt should be declared bankrupt because it will be unable to meet... [18 Dec 2002]
Leader: Friday 13 February unlucky for some - including Vodafone?
Leader The speculation surrounding AT&T Wireless and whether Vodafone will make a bid for the on-the-auction-block US operator has reached fever pitch. By 13 February (when you may be reading this article) interested parties will have had to declare their... [12 Feb 2004]
Virus warning: Sober on a Friday
News Antivirus companies are today all warning of the latest email threat - a variant of the Sober worm. Labelled as either variant 'I' or 'J' the worm has been spreading rapidly since first thing this morning. [19 Nov 2004]
Capellas: Out of a job on Tuesday, back in work by Friday
News Troubled telco WorldCom today announced that former HP president Michael Capellas is to be its new chairman and CEO, as predicted by silicon.com earlier this week. Capellas resigned from HP on Tuesday, having previously acted as chairman and CEO of... [15 Nov 2002]
Dow and Nasdaq open smoothly after Friday's tremble
News Despite predictions of more volatility in the US markets, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq opened positively this morning, helping European traders to end the day on a brighter note. After heavy initial losses and an erratic... [17 Apr 2000]
Superior Internet Solutions Case Study: TGI Friday's
White Paper TGIF sought new methods of collecting customer information, recruiting members, and sending personalized email campaigns that complimented their Gold Points Program. SuperiorEmail was selected to take the Gold Points program to the next level by... [04 May 2004]
Sybase buys AvantGo
News Sybase is to acquire mobile communications company AvantGo in a deal worth about $38m, the companies said on Friday. This gives us a quick jump-start into some new markets," Chen said on Friday during a conference call. [23 Dec 2002]
Agere sues Intersil over Wi-Fi patents
News Wi-Fi chipmaker Agere Systems has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival Intersil, the company said on Friday. The case is still pending, a Proxim representative said Friday. The lawsuit alleges Intersil has been using Agere's patented... [21 Oct 2002]
Warner Music accused in downloads fee-fixing "conspiracy"
News Warner Music Group reported on Friday soaring digital music sales, even as the company continues to lose money and faces numerous lawsuits related to alleged price fixing of music downloads. Warner Music said in its quarterly statement filed on... [08 May 2006]
Telcos shrug off Nasdaq drop
News While the US enjoys its Presidents' Day holiday, European markets this morning traded flat in the wake of Nasdaq's sharp fall on Friday. Nasdaq traders on Friday got the jitters pushing both companies' share prices down. [18 Feb 2002]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Patrolling the mean streets of London on a Friday evening isn't where you would usually find a CIO but then not many CIOs get to experience front line service in the way the Metropolitan Police Service's director of information management Ailsa... [02 Jun 2008]
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. In a conference call late on Friday, Microsoft said it... [13 Jan 2003]
Investor jitters wipe £9bn off Nortel stocks
News Nortel Networks had CDN$19.6bn (£9.3bn) stripped from its value on Friday as jittery investors reacted to suggestions that revenue at major phone companies is slowing. The Wall Street Journal on Friday stated that a slowdown would affect... [11 Sep 2000]
