May 2003 Articles

    • Music industry considers sabotaging fans' computers

      06 May 2005

      Some of the biggest names in the US music industry are financing software programs that slow down or sabotage the computers of people using file-sharing services, according to the New York Times, the latest move in the war against music piracy.

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    • Software patent granted in UK for information management

      30 May 2003

      British software company Kalido Ltd, a spin-out from oil giant Shell, has been granted a UK patent for its software design, which provides integrated views of information from disparate data systems during business change for performance management.

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    • DTI launches business best practice site for SMEs

      30 May 2003

      The Department of Trade and Industry has announced the launch of a web site providing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with practical support and best practice information, delivered in a series of modules.

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    • Microsoft settles with AOL for $750 million

      30 May 2003

      Microsoft has agreed to pay $750 million to AOL Time Warner to settle pending antitrust litigation over the so-called "browser wars" in which Microsoft's Internet Explorer virtually wiped Netscape Navigator from the desktop market.

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    • Video games are good for your brain

      30 May 2003

      Playing action video games such as Medal of Honour, or Grand Theft Auto 3 give a person the ability to monitor more objects in their visual field and faster than a non-gamer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Rochester, published...

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    • Jury tells eBay to pay $35 million for patent infringement

      29 May 2003

      A jury has decided that eBay wilfully infringed patents belonging to Thomas Woolston of MercExchange and ordered the on-line auction leader to pay $35 million in damages. EBay intends to appeal Tuesday's US court decision.

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    • Shopping on-line in Europe: 1 in 3 goods never arrives

      29 May 2003

      In a study of European e-commerce sites, one in three goods were never delivered, key information was missing from the web sites and returned goods were not reimbursed. These are the findings of research by the European Consumer Centre Network, announced...

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    • Galileo gets go-ahead as Europe's answer to GPS navigation

      29 May 2003

      The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday that the EU satellite navigation system, Galileo, could now go ahead after several years of wrangling among member states. The system, a rival to the US-based GPS navigation system, is due to be operational...

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    • Arsenal wins landmark trade mark ruling

      29 May 2003

      England's Court of Appeal has decided that the sale of unofficial Arsenal Football Club merchandise by a street vendor amounted to trade mark infringement. The ruling may not sound unusual; but it is significant and comes as a great to relief to brand...

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    • Europe's data protection chief set to be an 'unknown'

      28 May 2003

      The European Parliament's recommendation of an “unknown” Spanish magistrate for the influential post of European Data Protection chief has been strongly criticised by civil liberties watchdog Privacy International. It fears that the “done...

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