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Comet Beset With E-commerce Problems
News A technical glitch has hit hundreds of online shoppers at electrical retailer Comet following a major technical upgrade to the store's e-commerce Web site. Others have been forced to reorder their goods using Comet's telephone sales service.
[July 26, 2005, 16:40]
Comet Fights Millennium Bug With Sticky Logo
News "Prove IT 2000" logos, with the sub heading, "make sure your PC has a future," will be slapped on PCs that pass Comet's millennium-ready test. The retailer will launch the scheme on Tuesday at its store in Croydon.
[June 13, 1997, 12:18]
Five Years Ago: Comet Fights Millennium Bug With Sticky Logo
News Prove IT 2000" logos, with the sub heading, "make sure your PC has a future," will be slapped on PCs that pass Comet's millennium-ready test. First published 13 June, 1997. The retailer will launch the scheme on Tuesday at its store in Croydon.
[June 13, 2002, 7:02]
SNI PCs Will Sell Through Comet
News The German conglomerate has made a startling recovery in PC system sales over the last two years and now has the chance of a dash at the UK consumer market thanks to a deal with Comet. The retailer will sell SNI's Scenic Xpert line of Pentium MMX...
[September 1, 1997, 10:11]
Member Review With COMET Assistance, Digital Technology International Is Putting Australian Mobile Surveillance Technology On The World Map
White Papers Over the years security surveillance systems have become a part of daily life, an increasingly familiar presence in shopping centres, department stores, malls, the courts, banks, and government and commercial buildings.
[February 16, 2006, 23:00]
BSkyB Partner Closes UK Operations
News Australian-based Comet Satellite & Cable has been forced to retreat from the United Kingdom market, leaving 160 employees in its wake. From Comet's perspective, management has made the hard decision to withdraw the business and absorb the losses so...
[May 24, 2001, 10:44]
Cursors Face Defining Moments On The Web
News Although such technology has been attractive to consumers -- Comet boasts its software has been downloaded 61 million times -- companies giving away the software have yet to see profits. The company, Comet Systems, is best known for creating tools...
[January 29, 2001, 17:14]
Funmail Flotation To Raise £5m For Projects
News CurrentBun, which launched three months ago, has teamed up with rival electrical retailer Comet to offer subscribers access to Comet's Web site and e-commerce offerings. The flotation will raise around £5m for a "number of different projects...
[July 5, 1999, 15:09]
Netscape Online And Woolies Target Lads
News Kingfisher owns Comet stores and MVC (Music and Video Club) and, according to Jones, "has lots of plans for e-commerce". He believes distribution deals with Comet and MVC are in the pipeline. At the launch of its free ISP Tuesday, AOL announced...
[August 24, 1999, 11:20]
Brits Splash Cash On Gadget Stash
News High street retailer Comet has already been active in encouraging people to recycle mobile phones. Earlier this year Comet also launched an initiative which encouraged UK mobile phone users to send in any unused handsets in a pre-paid envelope.
[August 19, 2002, 8:40]
US Report: NT 5.0 Readied For Early Takeoff?
News Microsoft has begun selectively spreading the word to its reseller and developer partners about NT 5.0 service pack 1, code named Asteroid; NT 6.0, code-named Janus; SNA Server 3.0, code-named Babylon; Proxy Server 3.0, code-named Comet; and a...
[September 22, 1998, 7:00]
Sony VAIO PCV-W1
Talkback I played with one of these machines in Comet and PC World and they worked beautifully. Gald to have found these reviews BEFORE buying :) The concern I had was that all components are tucked away and that the keyboard didn't look too convenient...
[December 18, 2003, 18:03]
AOL Broadband-in-a-box Hits The Shops
News Leading retailers Carphone Warehouse and Comet have started offering 'Easy-Install' modem packs for AOL Broadband. Comet will distribute the kits in 260 shops across the UK. Both retailers will share marketing costs with the ISP.
[December 24, 2002, 9:18]
Time Computers Denies Tales Of Woe
Talkback The latest rumour is that we are being taken over by Comet. I work at Time and everyone is really panicking about their jobs. If there was nothing going on surely the company would tell us to dispel the rumours.
[July 25, 2005, 8:38]
Light And Shadow In The Internet Era
White Papers The impact of the Internet on business could even be compared to the impact of a large comet. The progress of computer and telecommunication technologies has opened the "Internet era" - an era in which powerful communication channels diminish...
[February 29, 2008, 23:00]
Siespace - Reducing City Centre Congestion And Improving Traffic Flow
White Papers Siespace can operate as a stand-alone system, but in many cases is integrated with other systems, such as an Urban Traffic Control or Siemens' COMET system, the new GPRS communications interface also delivers significantly lower operating costs...
[June 17, 2004, 0:00]
Cisco Extends Optical Range
News The two products are both part of Cisco's complete optical multiservice edge and transport (Comet) architecture, a planned product portfolio for optical networking. Cisco promises that under Comet its optical network products will become more...
[June 25, 2002, 13:28]
Taskforce Planned To Avert Galactic Armaggedon
News Should the earth be threatened by imminent destruction from an enormous asteroid or comet the new unit will consider possible courses of action. The British government has revealed plans to create a taskforce dedicated to planning for a galactic...
[November 30, 1999, 11:44]
Gateway Moves Back Into The UK
News Gateway laptops and notebooks will be available through Comet stores around the UK. Four years after leaving the UK, US PC manufacturer Gateway is back. The company announced on Monday that its machines will soon be available to UK consumers and...
[September 12, 2005, 18:30]
