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Copyright Directive 'will Stifle EU Competition'
News He explained that this compromise was worked out 17 years ago to promote enterprise and competition. A draft EU directive designed to protect intellectual property rights will undermine small technology companies and criminalise the blind because...
[August 5, 2003, 16:35]
BT And Microsoft Launch Mashup Competition
News Microsoft and BT have launched a mashup competition, offering prizes of up to $25,000 (£12,700) to the winning developers. The competition will be part of Microsoft's Connected Services Sandbox — an environment where developers can create and test...
[February 15, 2007, 7:11]
Europe Needs Broadband Competition
News The demand for high-speed Internet access in Europe will rise, according to a recent study, but more competition is needed among local telephone providers if consumers want better broadband technology.
[February 26, 2002, 10:55]
The Day Ahead: Intuit Outlasts Competition Offline And Online
News Intuit didn't want to sound cocky about beating the competition, but executives did float some rosy financial projections. Unlike its dot-com competition, which was blowing IPO or venture capital funding to gain share, Intuit had to juggle Web...
[August 23, 2000, 12:28]
How Intensive Is Competition In The Emerging Markets? An Analysis Of Corporate Rates Of Return From Nine Emerging Markets
White Papers This large empirical study of corporate profitability in emerging markets during the 1980s and 1990s measures the intensity of competition. Data on corporate rates of return, profit margins, and output-capital ratios reveal that the recent...
[September 22, 2003, 0:00]
Winners: D-Link Wireless Router Kit Competition
News The ZDNet UK D-Link competition is now closed, and we have selected five winners -- each of whom will receive a package from D-Link containing a DSL-G604T wireless router and a DWL-G122 wireless LAN USB adapter.
[January 10, 2005, 10:45]
Winner: Axis Wireless Webcam Competition
Talkback So when the competition rules stated "In no more than 12 words", the actual winner used 16 words and won the prize! To have a better chance at future zdnet competitions should I ignore the rules and make up my own?
[January 19, 2005, 12:48]
ISPA Heralds New Age Of Net Competition
News With local loop unbundling -- due next summer -- offering the same opportunity for broadband, the telecommunications industry is confident that a new era of competition has arrived for the UK Internet market.
[June 1, 2000, 11:06]
Cooperation, Competition And Cognition In Wireless Networks
White Papers Nodes and/or clusters of a wireless network operating on the same frequency can operate using three different paradigms: Competition: traditionally, this is information theoretically casted in the framework of interference channels.
[August 13, 2007, 0:00]
Winner: Axis Wireless Webcam Competition
News The ZDNet UK Axis competition is now closed and we have selected a winner, who will receive an Axis 206W Wireless Network Camera. And the winner is: Tim Williams of Paignton. Congratulations -- your prize will be on its way to you shortly.
[January 10, 2005, 16:25]
Winners: Plextor DivX PVR Competition
News The ZDNet UK Plextor competition is now closed and we have selected six lucky winners who will each receive a Plextor ConvertX PX-TV402U DivX-certified personal video recorder. And the winners are: Iain Curtain, Nicholas Blackwell, Tim Turner...
[January 11, 2005, 16:55]
Mac Virus Competition Halted For 'legal Reasons'
News Plans to hold a $25,000 virus writing competition to infect the Apple OS X have been scrapped after the company behind the scheme backed down over "legal problems" and complaints from Mac customers. Tennessee-based Apple accessories company DVForge...
[March 29, 2005, 16:05]
Broadband Competition Boost As Energis Lands Wanadoo
News Wanadoo has struck a blow for broadband competition by deciding to use a wholesale high-speed product from Energis as the basis of its commercial broadband service in the UK. The deal is significant because it means that one of the UK's major...
[June 16, 2004, 15:30]
HSBC Deploys Underwriting Weapon To Beat The Competition In The UK Insurance Market
White Papers HSBC wanted to move ahead of stiff competition in the United Kingdom insurance market with a product and IT infrastructure that could be used by HSBC financial agents to approve insurance policies for customers in minutes and produce solid profit...
[March 16, 2007, 23:00]
Korean Firm Offers $100,000 In Hacking Competition
News A Korean company is offering $100,000 (£70,000) in a 48-hour hacking competition, to be run this week. Korea Digital Works (KDWorks) will launch the competition, which will involve gaining root access to a server, on Tuesday 16 April at 11am Korean...
[April 15, 2002, 10:35]
Analysis: Oftel Proposals Will Kickstart Competition
News The UK is moving away from pure infrastructure competition to services competition and the consumer," he said. If the industry gets it right, healthier competition will nurture sleeker, cheaper services.
[July 7, 1999, 11:16]
EarthLink: Where Competition Meets Convergence
News It's important to have an alternative to broadband and cable in order to create some real competition. There's a lot of competition now. Not only is EarthLink losing dial-up customers, but its broadband business took some blows earlier this year on...
[October 20, 2005, 19:05]
Russian Satellite Launch Boosts Galileo Competition
News Glonass takes Russia into direct competition with the US satellite system and Galileo, the proposed alternative in Europe. Russia has taken a major step towards creating a satellite system to rival Europe's Galileo navigation system.
[December 28, 2007, 12:24]
Q&A: E-commerce Minister On BT, Wi-Fi And Competition
News Competition is absolutely vital, and I think that's why broadband is quite exciting -- because there is now real competition. The competition concern is one that we need to keep an eye on. Ever since we've had competing networks, with the arrival...
[June 24, 2002, 14:06]
Winners: Intego Security Suite For Mac Competition
News The ZDNet UK Intego competition is now closed and we have selected two lucky winners who will each receive a suite of Mac security software comprising NetBarrier X3, VirusBarrier X, ContentBarrier X, ChatBarrier X3, Personal Antispam X3, Personal...
[January 14, 2005, 10:05]
