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Archive - 04 Dec 2002

Broadband critics hit out at Communications Bill

News Ofcom is still on track to begin regulating Britain's broadcasting and telecoms sectors by the end of next year, despite perceived problems with the bill that will give Ofcom its powers

UK government minister joins pirate raids

News The culture minister has joined a raid by Trading Standards on a suspected distributor of pirated games software

Not a pretty picture

Comment Rupert Goodwins: Despite the hype, mobile phones with cameras just won't click until the networks and the handset makers make the basics work.

Will BT's ultimatum finally drive suppliers away?

News BT says it won't pay for network equipment until it makes demonstrable cost savings. Can its suppliers cope with this arrangement?

HP lowers revenue expectations

News Hewlett-Packard has lowered its revenue estimates, but says that it is a year ahead on its cost-cutting targets

Monitoring W2K performance

Feature IT managers have a keen appreciation of the fact that their professional Holy Grail is to keep the systems humming along at all times

Explorers to stream live from North Pole

News Live footage of the adventures of three British men making an expedition to the North Pole is to be streamed over the Net

Open-source clan clashes with Sun

News The leader of the OpenBSD project has accused Sun of failing to supply details needed for open-source software development

File-swapping network told to unplug computers

News A federal judge in the US has told file-swapping service Madster to pull the plug on its computers, but the company has so far stayed online

Cash boost for Scottish broadband

News The Scottish Executive hopes to achieve a big jump in ADSL coverage within a year - but some firms aren't happy

IBM debuts Linux-only server

News The first IBM low-end server to run Linux without needing AIX to run is set for release, and Big Blue has signed a new deal with Red Hat

Judge considers Java for Windows XP

News The judge presiding over a Sun versus Microsoft antitrust hearing has given mixed signals about what he is considering for the future of Java and XP

SAP cuts costs through enforced holiday

News US employees of the German software company will have to use up seven days of their holiday allowance this Christmas to help boost the balance sheets

Xerox scientist sees promise in plastic

News Semiconducting plastics could be the future of low-cost display technology, says a scientist from Xerox

Intel: Taking the Internet to Mars, and beyond...

News Intel is working on bringing the Internet to the bottom of the ocean, the surface of Mars and, on a more prosaic note, into conference room thermostats and hospital charts

Effective CRM: work in progress

Feature It seems that most companies simply don't get the concept of customer service at all, most times it's not even the technology letting the side down, it's the traning

Top-10 spam list: Still gullible

News Delete this file and win a virus, watch Bill Gates share his cash, and other dumb hoaxes are straining corporate resources. Here are the top ones to watch out for

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