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News Schmooze: May Day Hack Attack Falls Flat
News A police spokesman famously remarked on Tuesday that anarchists don't get up very early in the morning, and that must be doubly true for hackers. While anti-capitalist protesters at least made a scene in the streets of London this May Day, the...
[May 4, 2001, 12:51]
May The 4th Be With You
Blog As this Sunday will be May the 4th, I couldn’t resist the chance to wish all Star Wars fans out there a happy fourth of May - and perhaps ponder what software installations the Millennium Falcon may have been packing had she set sail from Tatooine...
[May 2, 2008, 12:30]
May 2006 IT Priorities Report
White Papers In the May 2006 survey of IT priorities of medium to large U.S.organizations, IT decision makers report spending more on hardware than other solutions, followed by software and wired and wireless networking projects.
[September 26, 2006, 0:00]
US May Play Online Tax Man For EU
News Some US online companies could soon be required to take on a new role: tax collectors for the European Union. The EU's Council of Economic and Finance Ministers agreed earlier this month to require companies outside the EU to collect taxes on the...
[December 27, 2001, 11:52]
Government May Back Fibre Rollout To Homes
News The UK government may intervene to promote the deployment of fibre connectivity across the country, according to the minister of state for competitiveness. Stephen Timms, formerly the UK's e-commerce minister, made a speech on Tuesday in which he...
[September 19, 2007, 8:00]
Return Of Sugar May Mean Buying For Viglen
News Alan Sugar's legendary deal-making expertise is being called on to steady the Viglen ship. The London-based direct seller said yesterday that Sugar is assuming the post of executive chairman and a source close to the company suggests that will mean...
[February 12, 1998, 10:30]
Piracy May Drive Adobe Out Of China
News Graphics software giant Adobe Systems may decide to leave the Chinese market and other Asian regions due to rampant piracy there, according to chief executive Bruce Chizen. Adobe could stop producing versions of its products in Chinese and other...
[January 15, 2002, 11:57]
OpenOffice May Support OOXML
News OpenOffice may support Microsoft's Office Open XML standard in future, but the organisation behind the open source productivity suite anticipates that everyone including Microsoft will have "difficulty" in making the format work.
[April 2, 2008, 16:11]
New BlackBerry May Target The IPhone
News The makers of the BlackBerry smartphone may be working on a rival to Apple's iPhone, reports suggest. Research In Motion (RIM) has traditionally been a very business-focused manufacturer, but has recently moved more into the mainstream with its...
[November 23, 2007, 12:23]
Government May Ignore ID Card Opposition
News Concern is growing that the government may ignore thousands of people who have said they opposed the introduction of ID cards in the UK, because they registered their concern via the Web. Civil liberties group Stand says it has learned that the 5...
[May 30, 2003, 16:29]
'Megadeals' May Be On The Way Out
News The move by JPMorgan Chase to cancel a $5bn (£3bn) technology services contract with IBM might indicate that "megadeals" are going the way of the dinosaur. The IBM-JPMorgan contract -- one of the largest outsourcing deals in recent memory -- is not...
[September 17, 2004, 10:20]
Motorola May Spin Off Mobile-phone Unit
News Maybe Carl Icahn was right about Motorola. The company, which practically invented the mobile-phone market in the 1980s, is considering spinning off its beleaguered handset business in an effort to revive itself, Motorola said on Thursday.
[February 1, 2008, 8:39]
Nortel: Virtual Worlds May Replace The Office
News Nortel Networks is looking to the next generation of employees to shape the workplace of tomorrow, and high on its agenda is exploring the role of Web 2.0 technologies and virtual worlds such as Linden Lab's Second Life.
[February 1, 2008, 8:17]
Samsung: DRAM Price Rise Unlikely Before End-May
News A Samsung Electronics executive said on Wednesday that it sees continued difficulty in the DRAM memory chip market this year, and is unlikely to raise DRAM prices before the end of May. The DRAM market continues to look difficult for now.
[April 17, 2008, 9:33]
New Paternity-testing Site May Be Illegal
News An online company offering hassle-free DNA paternity tests in the UK may infringe the UK Human Rights Act, according to experts. DNA Solutions, an Australian company, launched the Web site DNAnow.com in the UK Tuesday, offering to establish...
[August 31, 2000, 10:50]
US Report: States May Seek Injunction Against MS
News Attorneys general from nearly a dozen states are likely to take action against Microsoft next week, possibly as early as Monday or Tuesday, by seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the shipment of Windows 98.
[April 30, 1998, 8:38]
GPL 3 May Contain Patent Retaliation Clause
News The next version of the GPL may contain a clause to penalise companies that use software patents against free software. GPL version 3, a draft of which will be released in January 2006, may contain a patent retaliation clause, Georg Greve, the...
[September 6, 2005, 18:10]
EC May Oppose Time Warner-AOL-EMI Link
News The European Commission may hinder or entirely block the proposed link-up of America Online, Time Warner and EMI, according to documents viewed by the Wall Street Journal. Commission antitrust officials fear the merger of AOL and Time Warner, and...
[September 1, 2000, 9:50]
Yahoo May Face Proxy Fight From Carl Icahn
News Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is planning to wage a proxy fight against Yahoo, in a move that could ultimately kick out Yahoo's entire board, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday. Icahn has received commitments from at least 12 potential...
[May 15, 2008, 8:28]
IEEE Infighting May Derail Ethernet Development
News Squabbling within the international IT standards body IEEE looks set to derail efforts to clarify the next Ethernet standard. A group within the standards body, which was set up to define the evolution of Ethernet, has succumbed to infighting, and...
[June 19, 2007, 18:07]
