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Enron items garner high bids on eBay
News His sterling silver Enron key ring designed by Tiffany's is seeing bids over $85. When James Rickard heard about Enron merchandise selling on eBay, he decided to take a look. The college recruiter from Ottawa, Ohio, ended up purchasing a Christmas...
[January 17, 2002, 14:44]
MikeRoweSoft bids fail to make the grade
News Sky-high bids for papers associated with the trademark dustup between Microsoft and MikeRoweSoft.com came crashing to earth on Monday, after the seller put a curb on who could bid. As the bids were being weeded through, however, the top bid dropped...
[February 3, 2004, 7:30]
Broadband fixed wireless auction: nil bids
News We've not had any bids yet, but we're only at the start of a 12-month bidding window," a spokesman said. The government's latest attempt to persuade telecoms companies to buy a broadband fixed wireless licence has been running for two weeks -- and...
[October 26, 2001, 17:32]
PS2 online auction bids reach £600
News Bids for PlayStation2s have reached £600 already at online auction site QXL. With the pre-order system meaning that consumers will be unable to buy a machine off the shelf before Christmas, the prospect of a PS2-free festive season has obviously...
[November 24, 2000, 11:12]
Egypt bids for first Arabic top-level domain
Talkback I have to agree with you on this one Adrian. We are an international community, and as such each has a unique identity. It may create problems, but I'm sure they can be solved.
[November 18, 2009, 14:08]
Yahoo bids farewell to Google search
Talkback Hooray for Yahoo! The Internet definitely needs a Google alternative since Google has been trying to monopolize the search industry. Their new algorithms have been a disaster for users and advertisers alike as Google tries to manipulate the search...
[February 26, 2004, 16:25]
Yahoo bids farewell to Google search
Talkback will I stil be able to get gamblehouse games on my computer? That is the only site I use as I am not very knowledgeable about computers. I am 74 and just got my computer about a year ago and it was the very time that i had any connection with one.
[February 18, 2004, 11:09]
Segway bids rocket on Amazon
News Bids for the HTs topped $50,000 by Wednesday morning. A consumer version of the Segway Human Transporter, the scooter formerly known as Ginger, won't be available until the fourth quarter, but that isn't stopping bidders from being carried away by...
[February 20, 2002, 9:23]
LogicaCMG bids for IT services rival
Talkback they need to let go of Campbell or it'll all go wrong
[September 1, 2006, 17:03]
German company bids for KPNQwest datacentre
News German Web hosting company 1&1 Internet plans to bid for a major data centre owned by bankrupt KPNQwest, the company said. The news comes as KPNQwest, which runs the biggest fibre-optic Internet backbone in Europe, struggles to keep its network...
[June 10, 2002, 12:30]
Vivendi bids au revoir to entertainment
News Faltering French media giant Vivendi Universal plans to unload most of its US entertainment business but will not immediately sell its Universal Music Group division, chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou said.
[May 1, 2003, 11:44]
Change of bids for wireless broadband auction
News Pacific Century CyberWorks has revised its application to take part in the forthcoming wireless broadband auction, after concern that the company's initial approach might not have been permitted by the Radiocommunications Agency (RA).
[May 13, 2003, 15:32]
Five years ago: Netscape fires blank, MS bids for 'push' reins
News As Netscape fired a blank by releasing a new beta of its Communicator Web client yesterday that skipped the Netcaster broadcast capability, Microsoft was continuing its efforts to take over the reins of push technology.
[May 8, 2002, 7:31]
Sophos bids for German rival
News Sophos, a US provider of internet security software, said on Monday it has offered $340m (£170m) to buy Utimaco Safeware AG, a German software specialist in data loss and encryption. The Boston-based Sophos said Monday that it plans to launch a...
[July 29, 2008, 9:01]
Egypt bids for first Arabic top-level domain
News Egypt has bid to be one of the first countries with an Arabic top-level domain. The Egyptian government on Monday announced it had applied for an Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) from Icann, the internet naming co-ordinator.
[November 17, 2009, 15:22]
Gates bids UK adieu
News In his final UK appearance before he steps down as Microsoft chairman to pursue his philanthropic and charitable work, Bill Gates said developments in technology and software will continue to radically change ways of working and interacting for...
[January 30, 2008, 14:29]
Australian domain registry bids for .org
News An Australian domain registry is looking to leverage its technical experience Down Under in a bid to win a tender with ICANN to become the registry for global top-level domain .org. AusRegistry is submitting a tender to the Internet Corporation for...
[July 9, 2002, 9:06]
Government invites bids for £22m marine energy fund
News The government has invited marine-energy firms to bid for a share of a £22m fund that is intended to stimulate the development of such technology in the UK. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Department for Energy and Climate Change announced...
[September 22, 2009, 17:29]
LogicaCMG bids for IT services rival
News LogicaCMG is bidding to acquire Scandinavian rival WM-data in a deal that will make the UK IT services company a major European player. LogicaCMG announced on Monday morning that it has offered to pay Skr11.9bn (£882m) for WM-data.
[August 21, 2006, 17:15]
Netscape fires blank, MS bids for 'push' reins
News As Netscape fired a blank by releasing a new beta of its Communicator Web client yesterday that skipped the Netcaster broadcast capability, Microsoft was continuing its efforts to take over the reins of push technology.
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