Archive - 18 Jan 2001 - Technology News, Blogs, Product Reviews and White Papers

Jobs losses coming at CNN Web sites

News Over one hundred dot-com workers can look forward to receiving their marching orders

Oftel speeds up unbundling plans

News More attractive exchanges get top priority in bid to drive competition

Police disorganisation blamed for rise in Net crime

News Police chief points the finger at ignorance in the force

Virus attacks: The bad news gets worse

Comment You'd think that with the growing number of products and services designed to prevent virus attacks, much of the virus flow would have been stanched by the end of 2000. The real story is quite the...

Vignette to cut work force on lowered outlook

News Expecting weaker earnings, Vignette is to ancipate the worst by cutting jobs

French Wrench

Comment It's probably bad enough to the French that the Web site is called Yahoo! Such a quintessentially American word, a lexical 10-gallon hat, the semantic equivalent of "McDonald's."

Gambling sites beat the dot-com downturn

News Latest figures show Internet betting taking off

Too cool! Shrinking portable devices

News Thanks to a new patented cooling technology, portable devices may get smaller without compromising their battery life

Wireless Web fails the screen test

News Why hasn't mobile surfing taken off in the US?

Strong sales do the trick for Handspring

News Handheld computer maker beats the Street

First Tuesday may buy itself back from Yazam

News Tech investment woes mean Yazam is looking for a buyer, at cut-rate prices

News Burst: Britain's cultural heritage to go online

News Britain's actors to be given the big brother treatment

Apple's next move

Comment Like any competent prestidigitator, Steve Jobs managed once again to keep most viewers of his Macworld San Francisco keynote agog without getting into too much substance.

Kent County Council to ban mobile masts

News County council claims it is merely following the precautionary approach recommended in Stewart Report

E-envoy calls for help bridging digital divide

News Rural areas suffering admits acting e-envoy

Corporations crack down on employee Net use

News More companies are adopting filters and other controls to head off scandal

Microsoft's noncompete folly

Comment Tod Nielsen got a big thank-you from his former employer for long service conducted with merit and distinction. He lost his job.

Exclusive: Will Sun lose a shining software star?

News Vice president Marco Boerries, one of the key players in Sun's evolving software strategy, is angling to leave the company. Nonetheless, Sun is pushing ahead with its plan to combat Microsoft .Net