November 2000 Articles

    • Boondoggle in liquidation

      30 Nov 2000

      One of the highest profile e-commerce businesses in Scotland, Boondoggle, has gone into liquidation just two months after its launch. The company has blamed the recent climate change in e-business investment for its failure.

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    • PlayStation 2 delay deepens Eidos losses

      30 Nov 2000

      Eidos, the struggling games developer, announced this week that it lost £82 million in the six months to the end of September. This compares with a loss of £38 million for the previous year. The company's share value has dropped by around...

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    • Six sacked for e-mail misuse

      30 Nov 2000

      Six employees have been dismissed from the Birmingham office of Cable & Wireless for alleged misuse of the company's e-mail system. News of the dismissal came the day after a warning from the British Chambers of Commerce that employers may ban workers...

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    • PwC calls for industry standards in site traffic monitoring

      30 Nov 2000

      An investigation by PricewaterhouseCoopers has shown that every dot.com examined by the firm inadvertently over or under-stated its web site visitor numbers. PwC yesterday called for the wider recognition of an industry standard to ensure that the 'metrics'...

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    • European Commissioner suggests new approach to regulation

      29 Nov 2000

      Erkii Liikanen, the European Commissioner responsible for the Information Society, told a meeting in Brussels yesterday that a new approach to regulation is needed to make European business more competitive while promoting the rights of citizens and consumers....

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    • Alleged cybersquatter changes own name to Wembleystadium.net

      29 Nov 2000

      The company that owns Wembley Stadium has won the domain name wembleystadium.net from a Buckinghamshire man who claimed in his defence that he has commonly been known as wembleystadium.net for many years.

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    • Yahoo! investigated in Germany over on-line auction

      29 Nov 2000

      German prosecutors are investigating Yahoo! over the suspected illegal auction of copies of Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf." The announcement follows the recent decision against Yahoo! by a French court, ordering the portal to ban access by French nationals...

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    • SoundExchange launches to organise on-line radio royalties

      29 Nov 2000

      A new service has been launched to collect and distribute royalty payments from on-line radio stations and webcasters. SoundExchange is representing around 270 record companies worldwide, including the five major record labels that spearheaded copyright...

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    • Microsoft sets out its arguments for appeal

      28 Nov 2000

      Microsoft yesterday filed its detailed appeal with the US Court of Appeals, outlining its arguments that the District Court's judgement should be reversed, and that the Justice Department's antitrust case against the company should be dismissed.

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    • Oftel to investigate competition concerns over BT products

      28 Nov 2000

      Oftel yesterday confirmed that it has launched an investigation into the pricing of BT unmetered internet access packages, representing the first formal competition enquiry into BT carried out by the UK telecoms watchdog.

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