VoIP 'has reached the mainstream'
News Speaking at the VoIP for Business conference in London on Wednesday, Peter Hall, research director at Ovum, said: "IP telephony has reached the mainstream. VoIP is set to hit the big time in enterprises, according to one analyst.
[June 1, 2005, 16:15]
ID card compromise reached in Parliament
Talkback hooray.a secure place to keep all my details centrally, with biometric data - the bill does not say WHAT biomeric data. But you MUST provide it. The best bit, not that it will be compulsory in 4 years is that there is STILL no price.
[April 1, 2006, 8:55]
Truce reached in computing standards battle
News The Next Generation I/O Forum (NGIO) and the Future I/O group have come to terms on several major issues of disagreement. They are expected to announce an agreement Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum that will lead to the replacement of the PCI...
[August 31, 1999, 9:06]
ID card compromise reached in Parliament
News Both houses of Parliament have agreed to a compromise proposal that will see ID cards become mandatory for passport holders by 2010. Previously the ID cards bill, which the House of Lords has rejected five times over the past few weeks, required...
[March 30, 2006, 17:30]
Making Identity and Access Management Real, Destination Reached
White Papers In part three, the presenter expands on the concepts presented in the previous webcast by showing how to move from a "Standardized" to a "Dynamic" infrastructure. Continuing with the example scenario, the presenter shows how a fictional company...
[April 27, 2009, 1:21]
Worldwide internet-user total passes 1bn
News Global internet usage reached over one billion unique visitors in December, with 41.3 percent coming from the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report released on Friday by ComScore. Across specific internet properties, Google reached a sizable...
[January 26, 2009, 15:21]
Minnesota and Microsoft verge on antitrust agreement
News Microsoft on Monday reached a preliminary settlement with consumers in Minnesota to end an antitrust suit that claimed the company had overcharged for its Windows operating system and its Office application software.
[April 20, 2004, 9:20]
E-commerce spending hits new high
News World online spending for 2000 reached $56bn (about £38bn) according to a new study, with consumer online spending growing by nearly half. The study, released Tuesday by research firm ActivMedia, noted that online spending for the Christmas season...
[January 4, 2001, 9:20]
EMI and MP3.com settle suit
News MP3.com has reached a settlement with EMI Group that will allow it to distribute songs owned by the British record label. MP3 has already reached settlements with Warner Music Group and BMG Entertainment.
[July 28, 2000, 12:30]
Microsoft agrees to more DOJ terms
News Microsoft has agreed to abide by certain provisions of the settlement agreement it reached with the Justice Department, the company said on Monday. In November, Microsoft reached a settlement with the Justice Department and nine of 18 states that...
[August 5, 2002, 14:15]
China sets up Windows and Linux labs
News Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have separately reached agreements with the Chinese government to develop, respectively, open-source and Windows software. Also on 11 March, the same ministry reached agreement with Microsoft to build its platform and...
[March 11, 2004, 15:45]
Microsoft settles over Passport privacy
News The US government has reached a settlement with Microsoft over complaints that the company's Passport authentication service poses a threat to consumers' privacy and security. Microsoft could not immediately be reached for comment.
[August 8, 2002, 14:31]
Microsoft settles another six suits
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that it had reached settlements totalling approximately $200m (£118m) in six class-action lawsuits involving antitrust claims and product pricing. Of the six settlements announced on Tuesday, those reached with Kansas and...
[October 29, 2003, 8:45]
Web publishers settle with Gator
News A group of top newspaper publishers has reached a legal settlement with Gator over the uninvited display of its Web advertisements atop their site pages. Seven publishers including The Washington Post, The New York Times and Dow Jones reached an...
[February 10, 2003, 10:05]
European 'internet freedom' law agreed
News Europe is set to get a major overhaul of its telecoms regulation, after the European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers reached a compromise on the rights of internet users across the continent.
[November 5, 2009, 12:11]
Cisco and Huawei mend fences
News Networking gear maker Cisco Systems reached an accord with Chinese rival Huawei Technologies, suspending patent litigation between the two companies. Huawei is pleased to have reached an agreement on a process that it hopes will result in...
[October 2, 2003, 10:35]
US defence department reaches Wi-Fi pact
News Tech companies and the US Department of Defense have reached a compromise on the future of wireless networking, addressing military concerns about radar interference. The two sides said Friday that they had reached a resolution that establishes a...
[February 3, 2003, 8:57]
Microsoft may buy stake in Cable & Wireless
News While no agreement has been reached and terms of the deal haven't been hammered out, analysts say such a stake would fetch more than $4bn (£2.43bn). Microsoft hasn't yet reached a technology agreement with Telewest.
[May 12, 1999, 15:17]
E-commerce still booming
News Statistics published on Friday by the federal agency indicate that e-tail sales reached $15.7bn (£8.65bn) in the US during the second quarter of 2004, a 23 percent increase over the same period last year.
[August 23, 2004, 14:10]
Stealth pop-ups barred
News The Federal Trade Commission said it had reached a settlement with San Diego-based D Squared Solutions that bars the company from sending pop-up ads via Windows Messenger service. Representatives of the San Diego-based company could not be reached...
[August 10, 2004, 9:50]



