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Mikerosoft.ca Magnifies Microsoft's PR Nightmare
News Microsoft showed its human side on Tuesday when the company admitted to overreacting by allowing its lawyers to threaten Mike Rowe over his MikeRoweSoft.com Web site. Morris admitted that the legal threat has resulted in far more visitors to his...
[January 21, 2004, 14:50]
UK Bank Strikes A Hard Bargain For Sun's Linux
News Sun Microsystems has admitted that an unnamed UK bank has driven a hard bargain in return for deploying its Java Desktop Systems (JDS) product. It recently secured a deal with the Chinese government that could see hundreds of millions of PCs...
[April 20, 2004, 13:40]
IBM Crypto-chip Fits With Govt Plans
News Computer giant IBM has admitted its new crypto-chip could be developed and adapted to play an integral part in the government's planned legislation on access to private key encryption. An IBM spokesman admitted the company sought the advice of more...
[September 30, 1999, 7:05]
YouTube Admits Video Posting Is "clumsy"
Blog YouTube founder Steven Chen has admitted at a Google press event in Paris on Tuesday that the video sharing site has a lot more work to do when it comes to make its service usable. Talking about the process of posting content - particularly to...
[June 19, 2007, 13:55]
UK's National Digital Infrastructure 'needs Improving'
News The UK Government agency that promotes the use of ICT in schools has admitted that Britain's educational digital infrastructure needs significant improvement. The NDI isn't there yet," Gorton admitted, speaking at the BETT trade show earlier this...
[January 23, 2006, 13:10]
Wanadoo Admits Broadband Unbundling Problems
News Broadband provider Wanadoo admitted that it was suffering service problems on Thursday, after one user launched a Web site dedicated to Wanadoo customer complaints. The France Telecom-owned company admitted to ZDNet UK that its customers had...
[April 6, 2006, 15:20]
Microsoft: We Took MikeRoweSoft Too Seriously
News Microsoft has admitted it may have made a mistake in threatening Mike Rowe for using his Web site, mikerowesoft.com However, after the case received widespread coverage on the Internet, Microsoft has admitted it may have taken things too far and...
[January 20, 2004, 13:20]
ID Cards 'were Oversold'
News The UK government has admitted that it exaggerated the benefits of ID cards by claiming they would be a panacea for identity theft, benefit fraud and terrorism. McNulty refused to apologise for overselling the benefits of ID cards but admitted they...
[August 4, 2005, 14:50]
Hacking Goldmine As BT Publishes Remote Dial-up Numbers
News BT has admitted that it published the private remote access numbers of a number of British companies on its Web site -- a move that could expose the firms affected to hacking attacks. However, the company has admitted that it inadvertently included...
[March 25, 2002, 18:00]
Exclusive: Poor Service Leaves ISP Customers Screaming
News Screaming.net, has admitted to ZDNet News it is guilty of sub-standard service and billing inaccuracies ahead of a BBC Watchdog exposure Thursday evening. The spokesman admitted the company hadn't considered people would use their CDs in this way.
[October 14, 1999, 15:46]
New Symantec Will Spend A Year Setting Pricing
News It could take a year for Symantec to sort out a common pricing strategy after its merger with Veritas, the company admitted on Wednesday. But while advertising the merits of the company, Armstrong admitted that licensing was an issue.
[August 3, 2005, 17:05]
Sony Ericsson Advises Users To Turn Off Bluetooth
News Sony Ericsson has admitted that two of its phones and three Ericsson handsets are vulnerable to a snarfing attack. The revelation comes just days after Nokia also admitted that some of its handsets have the same problem, which can allow an attacker...
[February 11, 2004, 16:50]
New Siebel Boss Admits: 'We Can Do Better'
News Siebel's newly appointed chief executive has defended his company amid speculation that it is an acquisition target, but admitted that the CRM specialist has made costly mistakes in the past. However Shaheen admitted that the company had made...
[April 18, 2005, 13:25]
Hilton Hacker Sent Down
News A Massachusetts teen who admitted to accessing T-Mobile USA's internal systems and posting data from Paris Hilton's mobile phone on the Web will serve 11 months in a juvenile facility. In addition to the T-Mobile incident and making bomb threats at...
[September 15, 2005, 9:25]
Dell 2.0 To Focus On Customer Satisfaction
News Computer manufacturer Dell is to focus on customer satisfaction, which it admitted on Wednesday it "had not done perfectly in the past". Rollins admitted that the company needs to "broaden customer relationships by listening and evaluating more".
[September 13, 2006, 13:05]
MoD Admits Loss Of Over 11,000 ID Cards
News The Ministry of Defence has admitted that more than 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen in the past two years. Defence minister Bob Ainsworth admitted that 4,433 ID cards disappeared in 2006 and a further 6,812 went missing from July...
[March 14, 2008, 7:31]
AV Firms Slam 'irresponsible' Virus Writer
News Marcos Velasco, who is based in Rio de Janeiro, has admitted writing the Lasco virus, which is one of the first potentially serious viruses to target the Symbian operating system. In a recent interview with Finnish magazine ITviikko, which has been...
[January 25, 2005, 8:50]
HSBC Customers Hit By Hardware Failure
News HSBC has admitted that hardware failure was the cause of a major computer systems crash on Monday that hit thousands of customers trying to use the bank's cash machines, credit and debit cards, and online services.
[January 4, 2005, 13:50]
Home Office Admits To Database Breaches
News The Home Office has admitted that the security of its ID and passport service database has been compromised several times, but denied that remote hackers were responsible. However, the IPS admitted that the security breaches had still occurred...
[August 31, 2006, 9:40]
Nokia Admits Multiple Bluetooth Security Holes
News Nokia has admitted that some of its Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones are vulnerable to "bluesnarfing", which is where an attacker could read, modify and copy a phone's address book and calendar without leaving any trace of the intrusion.
[February 9, 2004, 16:50]
