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Archive - 17 Jun 2003

SAP and IBM team to take on small business

News Business software giants want to work together to attract smaller customers

European 'news rights' are all wrong

Comment Declan McCullagh: A proposal being considered by the Council of Europe would impose impossibly bureaucratic controls on Internet users

SCO wants another $2bn from IBM

News SCO Group has tripled its Linux damages claim against IBM

Linux creator takes commercial position

News Linus Torvalds has been lured from Transmeta to work full-time on the open-source Linux operating system

Monitoring staff: What the latest code of practice means

Feature The Information Commissioner has published a code of practice laying out guidelines for companies who monitor employees at work. What action should you take?

BT's rivals play the competition card

News Energis, Tiscali and Your Communications have raised the stakes in their fight against BT's allegedly monopolistic broadband pricing by launching a complaint under the Competition Act

MmO2 boss earns bonus as firm makes £10bn loss

News Mmo2's chief executive has been rewarded for hitting financial targets

Microsoft woos customers away from resellers

News Microsoft is successfully selling its software directly to businesses

Data protection report prompts European action

Feature A full review of the Data Protection Directive is in the pipeline: it could force national authorities to toughen up enforcement regimes

The price is right? New guidance for e-tailers on price indications

Feature Getting the price wrong on articles sold on e-commerce sites can be expensive - just ask Argos, Kodak or Amazon. Fines proposed under new rules could make it even more so

AMD takes aim at notebook market's margins

News Advanced Micro Devices has launched chips targeted at high- and low- powered notebooks

High street brands yet to embrace e-commerce

News Britain's big retailing chains are not touting their wares online, according to a report

Bluetooth pushes into new markets

News At this week's Bluetooth World Congress, vendors are looking to expand the wireless networking technology into everything from air conditioners to high street shops

HP takes scattergun approach to notebooks

News HP is launching a plethora of notebooks to compete in as many markets as possible

IM's missing link could ease the workflow

Comment Peter Judge: Instead of getting on the corporate IM bandwagon, Microsoft should have focused IM techniques on the real sources of office frustration: the phone and email. Luckily, its partner...

Thumb upgrade to turbo charge mobile phones

News An architecture update from ARM will boost mobile phone function by draining less battery life

Unicode report reveals risk of software crashes

News Some Unicode features may sabotage XML applications, a technical report warns

Nokia updates secure VPN line

News The latest software and appliance from Nokia use SSL to evaluate whether a system trying to connect to a company's network should be trusted

Beta feedback spurs Office 2003 update

News Based on data from beta testers, Microsoft is to issue an update to the upcoming version of its Office software - the company has also released a PowerPoint 2003 add-on

Nokia gets colourful with new handsets

News The 6600 and 3100 handsets are aimed at promoting multimedia applications, and include high-resolution colour screens and PDA functions

HP creates Linux division

News The new unit is part of HP's Enterprise Servers and Storage group, reflecting an expanding role for Linux within HP

HP downplays Compaq brand

News In a significant shift, HP is moving away from using the Compaq name in business products, despite better brand recognition in corporations

SCO seeks to halt IBM's Unix

News SCO said it has revoked IBM's Unix licence, and all installations of AIX must be 'destroyed' - but legal experts say any practical effects will take years to materialise

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