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Christmas shopping crush stalls Walmart.com
News Black Friday saw consumers struggle briefly to access the sites of several top online shops. Online shopping is typically heaviest in December, and Black Friday — a term that refers to the day after Thanksgiving, also one of the biggest shopping...
[November 27, 2006, 8:35]
Action demanded over BT unbundling problems
News In his latest monthly update, published on Friday, telecoms adjudicator Peter Black noted that, while the rate of unbundling was progressing well — 850,000 lines unbundled and counting — only 78 percent of lines are being succesfully delivered.
[October 10, 2006, 12:00]
Microsoft scrambles to resolve cashback glitch
News Microsoft has said all those who made purchases through Live Search during the 'Black Friday' promotion would get the higher rebate. Microsoft is still trying to resolve matters, after a glitch on Friday prevented people from getting a promised 40...
[December 3, 2008, 12:49]
PC makers' fears allayed
News That period includes Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, which marks the official start of the holiday shopping season. Black Friday is also typically one of the busiest shopping days of the season, helping to set the tone for holiday sales.
[December 1, 2004, 15:15]
Security risks of e-passports exposed
News At the Black Hat conference, Lukas Grunwald, a researcher with DN-Systems in Hildesheim, Germany, demonstrated that he could copy data stored in an RFID tag from his passport and write the data to a smart card equipped with an RFID chip.
[August 7, 2006, 8:55]
Europe assisting US with IBM antitrust probe
News Competition spokesperson for the Commission, Jonathan Todd, said on Friday that while European regulators are assisting the US Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry, it is not an official investigation on the Commission's part.
[October 9, 2009, 17:51]
Microsoft settlement expected today
News Microsoft and the Justice Department are expected to deliver a proposed settlement on Friday to the federal judge overseeing their landmark antitrust case. It's an extraordinary thing to ask of them," said Ed Black, president of the Computer...
[November 2, 2001, 8:52]
Large Hadron Collider faces two-month shutdown
News The world's largest particle collider has been shut down for at least two months due to a large helium leak stemming from an incident on Friday, officials said. On the heels of an earlier malfunction due to a faulty transformer, Cern said Friday's...
[September 22, 2008, 8:18]
Trade groups steal antitrust show
News Black said Microsoft has attacked the group repeatedly and threatened to cut off business relationships with its members if they opposed the company in its legal battles. Instead, it was a document quietly submitted to Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson...
[May 25, 2000, 8:36]
The Day Ahead: Dump those tech shares, make a trader's day
News Black Friday turned into warnings about Black Monday. It closed at 11 9/16 on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average also saw its worst one-day point loss ever as it staggered to a close of 10,305.77 Friday.
[April 17, 2000, 12:30]
Apple pares UK prices in one-day sale
News Black Friday' — the day after the Thanksgiving holiday — is when many retailers in the US cut prices and hold sales. Apple is marking Black Friday with one-day reductions not in the US and other regions.
[November 28, 2008, 12:19]
Security showdown: Black Hat vs. Def Con
News At the Black Hat Briefings security conference Wednesday and Thursday at Caesar's Palace, security experts will teach network administrators and information-technology managers how to protect their critical systems.
[July 11, 2001, 14:49]
Holiday Shopping Scams Targeting Mobile
Blog Today is the illusive “Hack Monday” which always follows the Black Friday holiday shopping kickoff. Holiday Shopping Scams Targeting Mobile By Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com Every year on this day there is a rise in scams and malware directed...
[November 26, 2007, 19:58]
Hacker joins US Homeland Security in advisory role
News Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the US Homeland Security Advisory Council. In an interview late on Friday, Moss said he was surprised when he got the call and...
[June 8, 2009, 8:57]
Unbundled broadband on the up
News Black, who oversees the unbundling of BT's local exchanges, reported on Friday that almost 250,000 telephone lines have now been handed over to BT's rivals. The process of bring greater competition to the UK's telecoms sector is picking up pace...
[February 3, 2006, 17:05]
Sony Ericsson slips into the red
News The results for the third quarter of 2008, posted on Friday, indicate a €25m (£19m) loss. According to Sony Ericsson president Dick Komiyama, the company hopes this will help it get back in the black.
[October 17, 2008, 12:09]
Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider
News Hackers have broken into a computer system at Cern's Large Hadron Collider, targeting a system that was "one step away" from a control computer, but appear to have done no major damage, according to a report on Friday in the The Daily Telegraph.
[September 15, 2008, 8:04]
Newton users express dismay over PDA's death
News That was the message Friday at Apple Computer Inc.headquarters as about 60 Newton users and developers gathered in a parking lot to express anger and dismay about the company's decision to discontinue the once-revolutionary handheld computer.
[March 9, 1998, 8:58]
Maligned security industry gathers
News That lack of progress is especially worrisome as hackers and security experts gather in Las Vegas this week for Black Hat Briefings, which begin Wednesday, and the security industry's most infamous confab, DefCon, which starts Friday.
[July 30, 2003, 14:54]
Recognising Bletchley Park's unsung heroines
News The project, launched on Friday, called the "Women of Station X" or the "Women of Bletchley Park", is the brainchild of Sue Black, chair of BCSWomen — a networking group within BCS that strives to support female IT professionals in the workplace...
[March 12, 2008, 11:08]
