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Hotmail complaints keep flowing in
News Over 50 people have contacted ZDNet UK in the last two months to complain of problems accessing Microsoft's Hotmail service. After receiving a steady stream of complaints about Hotmail in the first half of this year, ZDNet UK contacted Microsoft in...
[November 24, 2005, 12:45]
Hacking editor claims innocence over Hospital Web defacement
News The editor of UK hacking publication 'Anti-Social' has contacted ZDNet UK News to dispute claims that he is responsible for defacing the Web site of Saint George's Hospital Medical School. We've contacted the owners of the Web site and will of...
[November 8, 1999, 13:31]
IT pros: A life of unpaid overtime?
News Another reader who contacted ZDNet Australia thinks it's a bigger issue. The reader who contacted ZDNet Australia said he knew of people who got time in lieu for extra hours worked. One person, contacted for comment, said that overtime was just...
[April 12, 2002, 11:53]
Microsoft push-email row escalates
News However, on Wednesday Microsoft contacted ZDNet UK with a more detailed rebuttal of J Gold Associates' claims. Approached for a response, Jack Gold told ZDNet UK that Microsoft had indeed contacted him with "minor corrections" to several paragraphs...
[November 8, 2006, 15:57]
Chief executive of The Cloud resigns
News The details emerged this week, after a source contacted ZDNet UK. One reader who contacted ZDNet UK was less than enthusiastic about the company's fortunes. He has stepped out of the operation business," The Cloud told ZDNet UK.
[April 23, 2007, 9:46]
BT's Wireplay hit by CIH virus
News While the total number of users who have caught the virus from these incidents is unknown, several victims have contacted ZDNet News. As soon as we found out it was there it came down and we've contacted everyone who downloaded the affected client...
[July 31, 1998, 11:21]
More 3G auctions planned
News When contacted by ZDNet UK, a Vodafone spokesman said: "The telecoms world is becoming much more competitive. Two other mobile operators contacted by ZDNet UK — O2 and T-Mobile — offered no comment on Ofcom's proposals at the time of writing.
[December 11, 2006, 16:36]
Presario users still hot over freezes
News Right now (the PC) still locks up and the only thing running in the background is the what Windows must have running," said a Presario 5900Z owner who contacted ZDNet News. Many other Compaq Presario owners also contacted ZDNet to complain about...
[January 5, 2000, 8:44]
Linux Australia trademark battle takes new twist
News Linux Australia's (Pty Ltd) solicitors, Townsends, contacted ZDNet Australia last week claiming Williams and Probst had persistently breached other terms of the agreement established in July. Solicitors representing Openera contacted ZDNet...
[September 23, 2004, 9:40]
Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems
News When contacted by ZDNet UK, Alexander denied that operatives would be dispatched into the premises of customers who attempted to buy a PC without Windows. Several PC vendors contacted by ZDNet UK were reluctant to comment on the issues surrounding...
[April 5, 2006, 11:45]
Will BT's ultimatum finally drive suppliers away?
News Vendors contacted by ZDNet UK all indicated they would look closely at the deal, but had no official response as yet. Analysts contacted all agreed that no vendor could afford to turn away from a supplier as big as BT without a very good reason.
[December 4, 2002, 15:43]
Looping emails: Latest scourge of the Internet?
News Even though we contacted them in English, they ran their response through Babelfish (translation software) so we couldn't understand what they were saying," he told ZDNet UK. When Drahtmuller contacted savoixmagazine.com's hosting company in the US...
[March 1, 2002, 15:04]
Online extortion victim speaks out
News Malik then contacted the Russian gangsters behind the extortion scam and asked for one day to get the money together. However, during that time Malik contacted his ISP Pipex who were already threatening to "black hole" his Web site as the attack...
[May 31, 2005, 12:40]
Zoom in email security scare
News Gabi Matthews, a customer with Zoom's free online email service, contacted ZDNet Friday claiming she was shocked to be given access to another user's account when trying to log in on Tuesday 2 January.
[January 12, 2001, 16:01]
EarthLink flaw exposes domains
News After he received no response, he contacted ZDNet. Programmers from Extropia could not be contacted for comments by posting time. A one-two punch of poor security left up to 81,000 domains hosted by Internet service provider EarthLink open to...
[October 18, 2000, 7:46]
Microsoft preps anti-spyware tool for launch
News When contacted by ZDnet UK sister site ZDNet France, Nicolas Mirail, technical head of security in Microsoft France, said: "We are already in the process of internal testing of the beta version of the anti-spyware, which will be released to the...
[January 5, 2005, 10:40]
US firm puts pressure on overseas ISPs
News None of the five ISPs contacted by ZDNet Australia claimed to have received the letter, but most indicated they would be unlikely to comply with the requests in the letter if they did receive one. We wouldn't act on it because Warner Bros is not a...
[January 14, 2003, 10:18]
Norton AV flaw opens door to hackers
News ZDNet Australia contacted Symantec about the problem but the company refused to comment. A spokesperson told ZDNet Australia that the company would "know more in 24 hours". ZDNet Australia's Munir Kotadia reported from Sydney.
[October 19, 2004, 11:30]
Microsoft angered by UK developer
News When contacted by ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft was insistent Cansdale must withdraw the software. The first time I knew which licence clause Microsoft was referring to was when I received a lawyer's letter dated 25 May, 2007," Cansdale told ZDNet.co.uk.
[June 1, 2007, 10:03]
Bulldog keeps billing ex-customer
News ZDNet UK contacted the company last week about Mr Smee's experiences. Although Bulldog claimed last November that it has addressed these problems, ZDNet UK is still being contacted by irate users complaining of problems.
[January 17, 2006, 10:50]
