November 2001 Articles

    • Jaguar sacks employees for e-mail abuse

      30 Nov 2001

      Following a revelation that “inappropriate” e-mails have been passing between workers at Jaguar’s UK factory in Halewood, 11 workers have been dismissed and a further 19 are to be the focus of possible disciplinary action.

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    • DTI promotes on-line retail

      30 Nov 2001

      New guidelines from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) aim to encourage consumer confidence in on-line retail. The DTI hopes to reassure shoppers that they can do their Christmas shopping on-line as safely as they could do on the high street....

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    • Infineon faces EU investigation

      30 Nov 2001

      The European Commission is to investigate £136m of German government aid given to the German semi-conductor group Infineon. The EU investigation aims to establish whether or not the company has been in breach of competition rules.

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    • EU examines the state of the net

      30 Nov 2001

      The European Commission has released its seventh annual report on the progress of the telecommunications sector. The report described local loop unbundling in Europe as “very disappointing” but also brought some optimism to the sector by backing...

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    • Two US cases uphold DMCA

      29 Nov 2001

      The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has faced setbacks in its challenges to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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    • Developer denies giving backdoor access to US government

      29 Nov 2001

      Network Associates, the company that manufactures security products including the McAfee anti-virus software and Pretty Good Privacy encryption software has been accused of placing backdoors in its software to allow the US government to gain access.

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    • Freeserve campaigns for VAT on AOL

      29 Nov 2001

      Freeserve has placed adverts in UK newspapers accusing Chancellor Gordon Brown of furthering the interests of AOL with favourable tax breaks. Earlier this month, Freeserve threatened the government with European legal action over the alleged favouritism....

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    • IBM fined for Linux ad vandalism

      29 Nov 2001

      IBM has agreed to pay San Francisco city authorities a $100 000 fine after an avant-garde advertising campaign in which its advertising agency spray-painted logos on roads and pavements around the city to promote it’s “Peace, Love and Linux”...

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    • Microsoft waives right to European hearing

      28 Nov 2001

      Microsoft has indicated its hope of reaching a settlement with the European Commission over allegations of anti-competitive conduct in Europe. In a formal response to the European Commission last week, Microsoft denied the antitrust charges and yesterday...

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    • UK budget to encourage innovation and small businesses

      28 Nov 2001

      Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a pre-budget report which contains taxation measures designed to encourage innovation and benefit small businesses. The report details four tax cuts for enterprise and other measures “to help British business,...

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