The Register® — Biting the hand that feeds IT

Feeds

22nd December 2003 Archive

Browse by publication date, or search the site.

  • Co-op wins ICL retrial over ‘unfair’ judge

    'Objective vision was distorted'

    The Co-operative Group has won a retrial in its £11m legal spat with ICL after the Appeal Court ruled that the original judge had "fundamentally erred" in his approach to the case. The Co-op, a big UK retailer, sued ICL, now subsumed into Fujitsu, over the botched installation of an EPOS (electronic point of sale) system. The …

    Hardware 22 Dec 2003, 11:19

  • Freeserve to continue BT ‘predatory pricing’ fight

    Oftel ruling 'fundamentally flawed'

    Freeserve is to launch yet another legal challenge to try and prove that BT was involved in predatory pricing more than 18 months ago. Last month, soon-to-be-extinct telecoms regulator Oftel rejected claims that BT was guilty of predatory pricing in the broadband market after being forced to re-examine the case following the …

    Telecoms 22 Dec 2003, 11:20

  • Wright Brothers' centenary provokes aviation speculationfest

    100 years on, and still no flying car

    Last week's centenary of the Wright Brothers' first flight has once again provoked a veritable speculationfest among aviation futurists. Hypersonic intercontinental passenger jets feature heavily among the life-enhancing advances which are, as ever, just around the corner. As are the human colonisation of Mars, anti-matter …

    Bootnotes 22 Dec 2003, 11:21

  • TSMC sues rival, alleging industrial espionage

    Fab secrets filched, company claims

    TSMC, the world's largest chip foundry, has hit Chinese rival SMIC with a legal fight alleging trade secret theft and patent infringement. The lawsuit, filed in the US District of Northern California this past Friday, seeks an injunction against SMIC in the US and the payment of damages - how much it wants, the writ doesn't say …

    Channel 22 Dec 2003, 11:54

  • Secure network connects German embassies

    Big savings

    By connecting the German embassies in Hanoi, Libreville, Nairobi, Taipei and Tirana, Secunet has successfully completed a global Gigabit Ethernet network of the German Federal Foreign Office. Secunet is already a big name in Germany: the company provides secure networks for two thirds of the top 30 companies quoted in the …

    Data Networking 22 Dec 2003, 12:03

  • Dutch probe UK tech investment firm share dealings

    Retail investors nurse huge losses

    Dutch financial watchdog AFM is to investigate the sale of shares by UK Internet investment company Uc Group, which has left some 650 Dutch investors facing losses of at least €100 million, the Financieele Dagblad reports. Uc Group, located in Bromley (Kent), says it seeks to create "a fully integrated Global E-Commerce & E- …

    Business 22 Dec 2003, 12:36

  • Sony Ericsson tests multiplayer m-games

    Kick off in January

    Sony Ericsson has begun trials on a multiplayer mobile gaming system that will allow up to eight players to compete in real-time. The multiplayer mobile gaming service will initially include two games. The first is Rally, which can be played by up to four players and the other is RC Battle, which can be played by up to eight …

    Mobile 22 Dec 2003, 12:45

  • UWB standard delay likely for a year (or more)

    Stalemate still stale

    The head of the IEEE 802.15.3a committee, which failed to reach agreement on its UltraWideBand-based standard last month, has admitted that the stalemate between the two contending technologies is likely to last for at least another year. Rather than delay the rollout of UWB, vendors are increasingly indicating that they will …

    Wireless 22 Dec 2003, 13:16

  • China Wi-Fi encryption rights holders named

    Eleven firms only

    Wi-Fi equipment makers that want to support China’s own encryption standard, announced last month, will be have to work with one of 11 designated firms. The Chinese authorities’ announcement of the local firms’ control of the technology aroused fears – or perhaps paranoia – among western vendors that this would severely …

    Wireless 22 Dec 2003, 13:16

  • Police arrest ‘online cannabis dealers’

    Three Brits collared

    Police have arrested three Brits on suspicion of flogging a lot of cannabis over the Internet - almost half a million pounds worth. In raids on three addresses this morning, police seized evidence related to drug dealing and four computers. The three suspects are a 37-year old man and a 33-year old woman, from Wheathampstead, …

    Music and Media 22 Dec 2003, 16:25