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  • One in 20 UK people know Nerds

    But Intel survey shows home use in Britain growing

    A UK report commissioned by chip giant Intel has claimed that the PC has finally stopped being a Nerd tool and has become a "lifestyle accessory" for millions of users. The Gallup report surveyed 1,000 people on their attitudes to the use of the PC and the Nerd-word. The survey reported that 90 per cent of the respondents no …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 11:17

  • Consoles dead in water says senior Intel exec

    Figures backed up by market research company

    A senior Intel executive has claimed that games consoles will be relegated to the dustbin of history. And his claim is backed up by the latest Datamonitor research on the market which shows it will decrease from $3.5 billion in 1997 to $2.9 billion in 2002. Tim Keating, content group director at Intel Europe, told trade magazine …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 11:34

  • Survey: Battle on between PC and TV in Europe

    PC revenues will still outnumber TV by year 2002

    A report from market research company Datamonitor has claimed that revenues from interactive TV will still deliver significantly less money than PCs by the year 2002. The survey, PC vs TV Interactive Services: The Revenue Battle, looks at Europe, shows that PC based services will reach $17 billion by 2002, still dwarfing TV …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 11:53

  • CD-ROM software market to grow to $4.3b by year 2002

    Survey says games fuelling the increase in western Europe

    The CD-ROM consumer software market in Europe is set to grow to $4.3 billion by the year 2002, according to a market research report. That represents an increase from a figure of $1.2 billion in 1997, with the games market then accounting for 65 per cent of that figure last year. According to the report from Datamonitor, Revenue …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 12:06

  • Gates says NC dead

    Paris in the the fall

    "The NC is discredited," Bill Gates told the IDC European IT Forum in Paris today. He had a vivid memory that three years ago he had found himself in the position of defending the PC as the status quo at the same meeting in which Larry Ellison gave an impassioned presentation of the NC. Today he suggested that Microsoft could …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 13:44

  • Europe could leapfrog US in e-commerce

    Market ripe for the taking

    "Will Europe leapfrog the US in electronic commerce?" This was the question posed by Frank Gens of IDC at the IDC European Forum in Paris this morning. Last year his report was negative, with Europe reckoned to be two years behind the US. Now it is a matter of months behind, and growing faster then in the US. Within Europe, …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 13:47

  • TechData cites Europe in Q2 earnings increase

    C2000 yet to come on stream

    TechData has posted a 29 per cent increase in earnings for its second quarter, ended 31 July. Company bosses singled out European sales growth as a key contributor to the Q2 figures. Overall, the company showed a $27.7 million profit, up from £21.5 million for its 1997 second quarter. That does not include an extra $12.5 million …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 15:44

  • IBM touts Netfinity deals

    Buy two, get one free

    IBM is running a high-street style 'buy two get one free' promotion and is offering interest-free financing on its 5500 and 7000 Netfinity server solutions. The Netfinity 7000 product line is now available on interest free financing terms, meaning that a £36,000 server can be paid for in three annual instalments of £12,000. The …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 15:49

  • Yahoo! emailers sued

    But who are they?

    How can you sue an email address? That's the question US investment house Itex is asking after company lawyers issued a writ against 100 on-line identities -- despite having no knowledge of who actually uses those Ids. The Portland, Oregon-based company filed the suit after three months' of messages posted on Yahoo! that alleged …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 15:55

  • Ascension Islands joins Internet domain rush

    I want my, I want my DotTV

    UK firm Internet Computer Bureau (ICB) has begun targetting professionals, including doctors, lawyers, academics and accountants, following its acquisition of the rights to manage the obscure .ac Internet domain name. However, the domain's similarity to the well-known .ac sub-domain, used to indicate and academic site, such as …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 16:09

  • Poor people buy PCs too

    And they haven't even been to university

    Confirmation that the computer is no longer the sole domain of the middle class, nerdy male comes from Forrester Research, a US market research company. According to a new report, the rest of the population - women, non graduates and poor people - are now buying PCs. First time buyers will account for 40 per cent of the 1999 PC …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 16:16

  • Macrovision unwraps CD-ROM anti-piracy solution

    Anti-hacking features included

    Macrovision is releasing a new CD-ROM anti piracy solution, SafeDisc. The new product is designed to help software publishers regain some of the billions of dollars the industry loses to software piracy and unauthorised copying every year. SafeDisc is a software based solution that uses both a digital signature and encryption to …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 16:20

  • 07/09/98

    Retail and OEM slant today

    Richard Lindley steps down at ISA chief executive Richard Lindley is to step down as chief executive at ISA International following discussions with board. The official position was that the increasing demands of the group called for a CEO with broader experience. Alan Dean, non-executive chairman, said: "The Board will be …

    Business 7 Sep 1998, 17:22