October 2000 Articles

    • AltaVista wins 43 domain names from typosquatter

      31 Oct 2000

      A company with offices in Latvia and Panama that registered 43 variations on the name AltaVista in what appears to be an attempt at advertising a Latvian-based internet bank, has been ordered to transfer them to the search engine that owns the registered...

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    • Microsoft statement downplays hacking incident

      31 Oct 2000

      Following an admission from Microsoft last week that it’s systems had been successfully hacked over a five week period, the company has now stated that the hacker only had access over a period of 12 days throughout which, with the exception of the...

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    • Web site to pay $38,000 over misstated share price

      31 Oct 2000

      An arbitration panel in the US has ordered E*Trade Securities, Inc., the company behind the financial web site etrade.com, to pay a total of $38,226 to compensate one of its customers, Morgan Roach, for investment related losses as a result of a misstatement...

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    • Companies can sign up to transfer data to the US

      31 Oct 2000

      From 1st November 2000, companies can sign up to what is known as the Safe Harbour scheme which provides for the transfer of personal data from Europe to the US in compliance with EU data protection laws. However, critics are already suggesting that few...

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    • Italian police use fake web site to lure child-porn suspects

      30 Oct 2000

      Italian prosecutors have charged 831 suspects in Italy with offering or downloading child pornography and, using the lure of a fake web site, put a further 660 European, American and Malaysian individuals under investigation in the biggest case of its...

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    • SMEs make increasing use of the internet

      30 Oct 2000

      Small and medium sized businesses are increasing their use of the internet, according to new research published today by Oftel.

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    • Company to pay $52 million in trade secret case

      30 Oct 2000

      Aclara BioSciences, a US developer of lab-on-a-chip technology has been ordered to pay rival company Caliper Technologies $52 million in a lawsuit concerning the alleged disclosure of Caliper’s trade secrets to Aclara by a patent lawyer who represented...

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    • Distance Selling rules in force from 31st October

      30 Oct 2000

      From 31st October 2000, the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 will be in force, placing new obligations on on-line retailers and other businesses in the UK that sell to consumers.

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    • Wireless internet access auction confirmed

      27 Oct 2000

      Patricia Hewitt, Minister for e-Commerce and Small Business yesterday confirmed that an auction for licences to deliver wireless internet and multimedia services - Broadband Fixed Wireless Access (BFWA) 28GHz auction - will start on Friday 10th November....

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    • Microsoft source code is stolen by hackers

      27 Oct 2000

      Hackers have gained access to Microsoft’s computer system and are thought to have downloaded the source code for some of its software. The FBI is investigating the security breach at Microsoft headquarters.

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