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7th December 2003 Archive

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  • EC targets laggard states over e-privacy

    Get a move on

    The European Commission is taking action against nine member states for failing to implement an on-line privacy directive. The Commission says it has opened infringement proceedings against Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and Sweden. The countries failed to implement the EU …

    Music and Media 7 Dec 2003, 22:17

  • Vodafone UK picks BlackBerry for small firms

    Going a bundle

    Vodafone UK has assembled a package flogging the latest BlackBerry 7230 wireless handheld to small companies and individuals. Previously the Research in Motion (RIM) mobile email device was offered only to companies that integrated RIM's back end software with groupware applications to enable the pushing of email to handhelds …

    Small Biz 7 Dec 2003, 22:39

  • BT rolls out Siebel CRM on demand

    Mix and match

    BT is to be the first UK provider to offer Siebel Systems' CRM OnDemand as a hosted service for small and medium-sized firms. The service can be set up as a stand-alone installation or integrated with existing on-site deployments of Siebel's customer relatinoship management software. It is billed on a per licence per user per …

    Small Biz 7 Dec 2003, 22:39

  • FTC probes PetCo.com security hole

    Dog's dinner

    Pet supply retailer PetCo disclosed this week that its security and privacy practices are the target of an investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is following up on an e-commerce security gaffe that left as many as 500,000 credit card numbers accessible from the Web earlier this year. In October the FTC …

    Security 7 Dec 2003, 22:39

  • Multimedia 802.11e standard speeds up

    Taking power back from vendors

    The Wi-Fi Alliance says it will skip an interim certification for multimedia and voice over IP extensions to 802.11x, since it seems that the IEEE standards body will fast track the full standard, 802.11e, to be approved by June. The body, which tests and promotes WLAN standards, had been planning to release a stopgap spec – in …

    Wireless 7 Dec 2003, 23:28

  • Intel and Cisco gang up on mesh

    When elephants dance...

    Intel and Cisco are attempting to set their seal on a key emerging area of wireless technology, mesh networking, by pushing a new standard. Intel’s keen interest in mesh is well documented and it has demonstrated applications using Wi-Fi and UltraWideBand meshes. But the actual products to date have come from a host of start- …

    Wireless 7 Dec 2003, 23:29