Microsoft XP Beta Hits Snag
News Various Web sites that closely track Windows developments reported over the weekend that Microsoft is preparing to deliver within days a near-final beta of the next version of Office for Windows, which the company recently designated Office XP.
[February 21, 2001, 16:29]
SCO Sets Up Linux-licence Shop
News MyDoom hits had waned by 90 percent as of the weekend, Stowell said, "but that 10 percent is still more than our server could handle. MyDoom attacks crippled SCO's regular site on 1 February. The virus is programmed to stop the attacks on 12...
[February 24, 2004, 7:20]
New 'Whistler' Build Adds Antipiracy Lock
News The company subsequently reposted the beta for download by Microsoft's technical beta testers over the weekend, testers said. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates provided a sneak peek of Whistler during his Consumer Electronics Show keynote speech over...
[January 9, 2001, 8:59]
SCO.com Emerges From Virus Battle
News Web site monitoring company Netcraft claims SCO.com was returned to the Internet on Friday evening and over the weekend -- it did experience two short breaks in service, but apart from that it has been performing well.
[March 8, 2004, 16:40]
Windows 2000 Bug Fixes Creep In
News But unlike Windows XP, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 -- the most recent update posted this weekend -- only delivers compatibility modes for Windows 95 and NT 4. The software company last July released the first Windows 2000 bug fix -- or service...
[May 14, 2001, 9:26]
Freeserve Posts £17.5m Loss, Shares Drop
News Freeserve's (quote: FRE) full-year results, announced Monday, delivered no big surprises -- certainly nothing earth-shaking enough to distract attention from the big news over the weekend, that merger talks with T-Online had fallen apart.
[June 26, 2000, 16:35]
Eighty People Caught In Net Paedophile Ring
News The Spanish police and Interpol arrested seven people over the weekend, with one more detention expected shortly. In this weekend's Spanish operation, 54 distribution points were discovered, 21 of which were in America.
[April 23, 2001, 16:35]
HMRC Extends Late-fee Amnesty After Site Crash
News People who filed their tax returns online over the weekend will be exempt from a £100 late filing penalty, following problems with the HMRC Self Assessment Online website. As a result of the problem, the deadline was initially extended by 24 hours...
[February 6, 2008, 8:30]
O2 Announces Changes To IPhone Tariffs
News Furthermore, non-iPhone O2 customers who pay for 600 minutes or more per month will be offered a free bolt-on service, which includes either unlimited data, unlimited texts or unlimited weekend calls.
[January 30, 2008, 11:19]
Sony Ericsson Denies Microsoft-phone Delay
News On Monday, and over the weekend, several technology blogs and Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported of delays in product rollout, quoting rumours and unnamed sources at Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson introduced the Xperia 1 model in February, saying...
[September 2, 2008, 10:52]
Legal Battles Boost Napster To Number One
News The pace dipped during the weekend, with 2.7 million visitors on Saturday and 3.0 million on Sunday. It was the first time since the week of 26 February that Scour -- which allows for video and photo downloads in addition to music -- went above a...
[August 1, 2000, 9:01]
Will Update Boost Windows 2000 Sales?
News Over the past weekend, Microsoft made the service pack available on a more limited basis. Before Microsoft launched Windows 2000 in February, several prominent market-research firms advised their clients to wait until Microsoft issued its first...
[August 1, 2000, 9:15]
SARS Illness Disrupts Asian Business Plans
News Over the weekend, Intel told about 60 to 70 employees assigned to a Hong Kong office that they should stay home this week. According to the organisation, SARS is an atypical pneumonia of unknown cause that was first recognised in February.
[April 3, 2003, 10:04]
Hit List Dwindles In New Napster Software
News Last weekend, after downloading the new software, Napster user John Quincy said he found it virtually useless. According to consulting firm Webnoize, which has tracked Napster usage over the past few months, the average Napster user was sharing...
[June 28, 2001, 14:26]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 31/10/2003OK, class, nearly time for the weekend. It'll be 10 years in February. Here's your assignment, to be completed by Monday. Read the following extract from a question and answer session with Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks.
[October 31, 2003, 14:20]
Coming Soon: Exhibition And Conference Dates
News Convergence '97, London Weekend Television Studios, 0181-840 5285 FEBRUARY JANUARY 1997 Integrated Communications 97 - The ISDN & ATM Show, Olympia 2; London, Quality Marketing Services 01733-394304, fax 01733-390042
[December 16, 1996, 9:16]
