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31 Jul 2003
Technology giant NCR Corporation announced on Tuesday that it has settled a dispute with Yahoo! over alleged infringements of ten NCR patents for systems that appear essential to e-commerce.
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31 Jul 2003
In the largest procedural shake-up since its inception in 1996, Nominet UK has announced that, starting Friday, the registration of domain names ending .uk will need to be positively renewed every two years or they will be deleted with little warning....
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31 Jul 2003
The US Federal Trade Commission issued an alert yesterday, warning consumers about the risks of file-sharing and spyware. The alert came only days after a bill was introduced into Congress requiring that spyware could only be used on a computer if the...
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31 Jul 2003
Retail giant Tesco is using RFID technology in its Cambridge store. The electronic tags are being tested on Gillette razor blades and send a message to a CCTV camera whenever a customer picks up a packet. But a Labour MP fears for our privacy and wants...
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30 Jul 2003
Fraud cases reached a record high during the first six months of this year according to the latest figures from KPMG Forensic's Fraud Barometer.
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30 Jul 2003
BT yesterday announced the launch of its new BT Mobile Home Plan, a mobile phone package focusing on the family, rather than individuals. BT's return to the mobile market comes less than two years after it sold off mobile service mmO2 to cover mounting...
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30 Jul 2003
A trial of chip and PIN payment technology taking place in Northampton has been working well according to research carried out for Visa. The technology is due to be rolled out across the UK later in the year as part of a drive to reduce cardholder-present...
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30 Jul 2003
An attempt by Nestlé to register the phrase "Have a break" as a trade mark has been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The question is whether the phrase "Have a break" is sufficiently distinctive on its own – or whether it...
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29 Jul 2003
A flight comparison web site, openjet.com, has been blocked from accessing the web site of Ryanair to check for prices and availability, a practice known as web site 'scraping,' because the budget airline says openjet is "ripping-off" consumers.
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29 Jul 2003
The Napster brand is set to re-launch, this time fronting a legal on-line music service known as "Napster 2.0". The service will be available to consumers by Christmas, according to Roxio, its new owner.
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