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Linus Torvalds to speak to LinuxWorld conference
News A star line up of keynote speakers has been announced for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 99 by International Data Group (IDG), the organisers of the March convention. Hosted by the IDG World Expo president, Charles Greco, the conference is one of... [25 Nov 1998]
HP customers can't afford HP conference
News HP has shelved plans for a global developer conference later this month because customers say they cannot afford to attend. The Invent 2002 conference, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas at the end of May, has now been postponed indefinitely. [03 May 2002]
US conference season grinds to halt
News In Altlanta the Networld+Interop conference which was already underway as the attacks commenced last Tuesday, continued with a skeleton contingent as major participants AT&T, Intel and Microsoft pulled out. [17 Sep 2001]
Security conference turns nasty over 'employ a hacker' claim
News That was the topic for heated debate at the RSA conference in San Francisco where notorious cyber criminal Kevin Mitnick made the case for hackers everywhere. The question was aimed directly at former hacker Kevin Mitnick, who has multiple... [17 Apr 2003]
3G brouhaha: UMTS giants threaten conference walkout
News A separate source suggested the big infrastructure players got together after a dispute with IBC, following the 3GSM conference in Cannes, when IBC tried to force them to buy passes for the staff on their stands. [18 May 2001]
WIF off: Blair backed e-conference cancelled
News Jonathan Steele, analyst at Bathwick, said the conference suffered from poor organisation: "WIF was not publicised very much at all. The organisers had claimed the event, due to take place in London next week, would be the world's first in-depth... [10 Nov 2000]
Microsoft cancels conference following terror attacks
News Microsoft has cancelled a SQL server conference scheduled for next week in the light of the US terror attacks. The conference, a joint venture between Microsoft and Pass - the Professional Association for SQL Server - was due to run from Wednesday... [14 Sep 2001]
CA stand-in CEO makes conference bow...
News Computer Associates' stand-in CEO Kenneth Cron yesterday took to the stage to officially open the CA World 2004 conference in Las Vegas. Of course, talk around the conference halls is about a long-term replacement for Kumar - with many keen to... [24 May 2004]
Want a Skype 10-way conference call?
News The latest version of Skype's internet-calling software can host up to 10 users on a conference call but only if your PC has a dual-core processor from Intel, Skype and Intel announced on Wednesday. Intel's Core Duo and Pentium D processors have... [09 Feb 2006]
US security conference backs PKI
News Encryption and PKI (public key infrastructure) technology dominated the RSA Data Security conference held in the US yesterday. GTE launched its Cybertrust Accelerator Program for desktops which it claims makes it easy for companies to incorporate... [19 Jan 1999]
US attack forces security conference to change tack
News A top level European security conference has changed its agenda following the terrorist attacks on America last week. The three day ISSE (Information Security Solutions Europe) conference scheduled to open next Wednesday (26th September) in London... [21 Sep 2001]
Nuclear industry to gather for Y2K conference
News The world's nuclear industry is to hold an international conference to discuss its progress in tackling the millennium bug. The conference will be held in Ottawa, Canada from 8-10 February, and will be hosted by Canada's Atomic Energy Control Board. [03 Nov 1998]
World Bank conference goes online
News The World Bank has used the internet to host its latest conference after the threat of demonstrations forced it to cancel a proposed Barcelona meeting. Around 200 people were expected to travel for the conference meant to conclude later today. [26 Jun 2001]
Apple postpones developer conference
News Apple has postponed its annual developers conference, scheduled for May, preferring instead to move the event back to June so as to coincide with the release of a preview version of the next update to its operating system, called Panther. [24 Mar 2003]
Call centres get top billing at insurance conference
News The importance of the call centre was driven home at the insurance and finance sector technology conference in Birmingham this week. Experts at the conference warned that as Internet access through digital TV and GSM handsets takes off, the... [23 Oct 1998]
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