Server division takes credit for rise in HP fortunes
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has accredited its rise in revenues for the first quarter of 2000 to its server division.
Figures for the quarter 31 January 2000 show that revenu...
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Fujitsu and Toshiba suffer as Nortel and Compaq rally
Fujitsu and Toshiba have both reported poor earnings for the six months ending 30 September, with Toshiba showing a net loss of $440m, and Fujitsu's earning falling drama...
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Oftel hails cheaper mobile connections
Up to ?1bn could be lopped off UK phone bills over the next three years as the price of calling mobiles tumbles.
That's according to telecoms watchdog, Oftel, which ye...
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Shortlists for CNET tech awards unveiled
CNET Networks UK, the publisher of has announced the finalists for its 2006 Technology Awards.
The awards, which will be handed out on 26 September in London, recogni...
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IT bosses aren't worth their high salaries - poll
IT chiefs are taking home more money than they are worth, according to research conducted byinto the opinions of their peers.
Whether this is good old-fashioned jealou...
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Do women in IT get paid less than men?
Half of women working in IT believe they are getting paid less than their male colleagues.
A survey of 433 women in IT found that 49 per cent believe their pay package...
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Google launches European coding competition
Google is reaching out to the European software development community with its first Code Jam programming competition in Europe.
Starting on 1 May, European programmer...
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Is there a skills shortage in the UK?
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Female techies: Anyone fancy an MBE?
A campaign has been launched to get more women who work in business and technology nominated for Honours from the Queen.
In the 2006 New Year's Honours List less than ...
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silicon.com wins online business journalism award
has been named as online business publication of the year at the annual Work Foundation media awards in London this week.
The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial...
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Government, banks to fight for best contractors
One in four IT contractors in the UK is employed by the government, making it the biggest user of freelance IT consultants in the country. But the public sector could soo...
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North-south pay gap widens for techies
The north-south divide is widening for English IT professionals, with tech staff in the north of England taking home more than a third less in their pay packets than thei...
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Oracle CFO Maffei to step down
Greg Maffei is resigning as chief financial officer of Oracle, ending a brief tenure with the company.
The company plans to appoint Safra Catz, an Oracle president, to...
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Women honoured for IT achievement
An academic from Leicester has won the top honour in the first ever BlackBerry Women and Technology Awards.
The awards, hosted by BlackBerry-maker RIM and women's netw...
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Work from home, save the planet', says BT
You may not know it but today is 'World Car Free Day' and BT is marking the occasion by asking as many of its staff as possible to work from home.
Nigel Stagg, CEO at ...
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Telewest fined for too little flexible working
A Telewest employee and mother of three has been awarded compensation of ?19,500 after her bosses refused to grant suitable flexible working arrangements to allow her to ...
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Teachers fear computers in the classroom
Schools are failing to take advantage of IT in the classroom as teachers worry computers will interfere with traditional book-based learning, according to a new academic ...
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Linux 40 per cent cheaper than Windows
Two IBM-sponsored reports published this week have found Linux is cheaper to deploy and operate than Windows.
One report found Linux was 40 per cent cheaper overall th...
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Scots get ?100 each to learn IT
The Scottish Executive has announced it is to give every Scottish adult ?100 towards brushing up their tech skills.
The Executive already offers the country's low earn...
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IT staff voted top for new ideas
IT staff are top of the league when it comes to thinking up bright ideas for the company, according to new research.
A survey commissioned by Vodafone claims the IT an...
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Oxford gets ?60m to solve world's problems
A computer entrepreneur has given Oxford University ?60m to kick-start research into 21st century problems such as AIDS, climate change and poverty.
James Martin, a fo...
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Union hails Lloyds TSB and Fujitsu transfer terms
IT staff at Lloyds TSB are set to complete their transfer to Fujitsu Services next week as part of the ?170m outsourcing deal aimed at cutting costs and improving custome...
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Cyberterrorists poised to attack', warns Labour peer
New legislation is needed to protect the UK's essential systems from attack by cybercriminals and terrorists, a Labour peer claimed on Tuesday.
Speaking at the Infosec...
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How to blog about your boss and not get sacked
As ex-Waterstone's and Google employees can testify, blogging about your workplace can often have unfortunate consequences - including the odd P45. In order to help would...
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Motorola opens Bangalore research centre
Motorola Labs has opened an applied-research facility in the Indian city of Bangalore.
The lab - the 11th such centre opened by telecommunications giant Motorola and i...
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Competition to marry VCs and start-ups
An early-stage UK funder of tech start-ups is calling for entries to a new competition that it says will put them on a fast track to investment and growth.
'Zero-to-He...
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HP results in, but still no CEO
Hewlett-Packard's search for a new CEO is progressing on track, while the company moves to get its operations firing on all cylinders, top company officials said on Wedne...
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RFID skills qualification gets thumbs-up
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has announced it's working on skills certification for RFID.
With a recent report from the Association finding ...
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HP and Foreign Office in ?320m PPP IT deal
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is to spend ?320m on a public private partnership (PPP) deal with Hewlett-Packard for the upgrade of its global IT infrastructur...
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Free Software Foundation gets new exec director
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has appointed a new executive director. Peter Brown will take up the position.
Outgoing executive director Bradley Kuhn has left to ...
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