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HP takes merger into a new year
News Lingering compensation differences between those who sold Compaq gear and those who sold HP gear will end Friday as HP initiates a unified system for compensating all its US salespeople. Friday marks a significant turning point for Hewlett-Packard.
[November 1, 2002, 16:18]
Amazon countersues IBM over patents
News IBM has chosen to infringe Amazon.com's patents willfully and to obtain the commercial benefits of Amazon.com's technology without authorisation or compensation," attorneys for the company wrote in their responses to IBM's patent infringement...
[December 18, 2006, 8:39]
China joins anti-spam alliance
Talkback The spam nuisance can be tackled only by imposing deterrent punishment coupled with exemplary compensation. HARMONISATION OF LAW IS THE KEY The solution to the problems posed by the use of Information Technology is the uniform application of...
[July 5, 2005, 9:39]
BT users suffer random outages
Talkback It is understood that service is not and cannot be fault free -hell I've worked in the industry for 20+ years, and did work on BT's compensation schemes (phone service and leased lines). In this situation, I feel that the offer of compensation is...
[December 1, 2005, 11:51]
IT jobs to go at Barclays
Talkback If a UK company allowed customers account details to be so insecure, the Americans would not accept an apology withouth hundreds of millions of dollars worth of compensation. When will UK Companies, Banks, Corporations learn?
[September 1, 2005, 21:32]
Xbox price slashed in UK
News Microsoft has put together a compensation package (although Microsoft prefers to call it a 'special' or 'thank-you' package) for anyone who can prove they bought their European Xbox at full price before April 26th.
[April 18, 2002, 9:02]
Survey: Employees ready to walk
News On top of complaints about compensation and advancement opportunities, 50 percent of the people planning to change jobs said they worked under a great deal of stress. A raft of dissatisfied employees may mean an increase in job-hopping next year...
[December 24, 2002, 8:01]
'Watchdog' to savage Bulldog over broadband failings
Talkback Hi im glad i found this page as i was looking to write in to complain about bulldog myself as i have had nothing but trouble since i ordered my broadband with them on the 30 june.first of all they lost a month of my order and tryed to tell me it...
[September 19, 2005, 21:09]
EU telecoms ministers meet to save 3G
News Suggestions that governments should pay back some of the money they have made from the sell-off of 3G spectrum has been rejected by Belgium which insists that it would be wrong to provide compensation for any mobile network provider that had paid...
[April 4, 2001, 16:24]
Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry
Talkback You have lost no money due to my actions, therefore, you have no legal recourse to sue me for monetary compensation. The file trading issue is no more damaging to the Music industry, than radio distribution of music is.
[October 3, 2003, 19:46]
Oftel acts to put unbundling back on track
News Now BT will be forced to meet service level agreements and will have to pay immediate compensation if these targets are not met. Oftel asserted its determination to sort out the unbundling process today, publishing improved terms and conditions...
[February 21, 2001, 15:42]
Concern grows about Bulldog's broadband service
Talkback Having got a 3rd party involved to sort out my problem Plus.net are washing their hands of any compensation saying its nothing to do with them. Bulldog is not alone! I am with PLUS.NET and they are just as bad - probably worse.
[May 25, 2006, 14:12]
Nuggets: Philips' egg shaped USB offerings
News An automatic video adjustment function gives control over the contrast, white balance and backlight compensation, and the variable focus lens can be manually adjusted. They're USB and they're egg-shaped.
[October 18, 1999, 14:22]
What are your IT Priorities for 2005?
News By way of compensation and motivation, we're offering a free 20GB iPod one lucky reader who completes the survey - please note that only those who complete the survey fully will be in the running for the prize.
[April 1, 2005, 13:25]
Union criticises Gateway closures
News Under statutory redundancy regulation, the only compensation due to each employee is half a week's pay per year of service for each employee under 41 years, and a full week's pay per year for those over 41.
[August 9, 2001, 13:15]
Hacking could cost Spanish Big Brother $4m
News Any organisation that collects and inadvertently makes available personal information on the Internet is likely to be in breach of the Data Protection Act, making them liable to compensation claims and also reputational risk," says Phil Jones...
[August 25, 2000, 15:24]
HP preps for integrated sales push
News HP chief executive Mark Hurd said he's interested in keeping as many of HP's current partnerships intact as possible but sent a clear message that the company will "double down" on its exclusive relationships and may re-evaluate its compensation...
[July 20, 2005, 9:15]
SkypeIn customers decide to move their 0207 numbers to new providers...
Talkback A years free Skype In subscription is hardly compensation, considering customers pay upfront annually, many had already paid for those "free" 12 months you are talking about. You seemed to have totally missed the point here.
[November 24, 2007, 2:32]
BT's ADSL service goes pear-shaped
News Claims for compensation will be dealt with on an individual basis, he says. A computer glitch is blamed for leaving BT's ADSL customers stranded this week, raising questions about the quality of its broadband offering.
[October 25, 2000, 16:10]
Aeroplane Wi-Fi could fly again
News Panasonic's avionics division is planning to offer a similar service to airlines such as Lufthansa which used the Connexion service, and will fund the transition using the cancellation fees and compensation those airlines are getting from Boeing.
[September 25, 2006, 10:55]
