Computing articles from January 2005

Computing archives from January 2005

News - Flawed IT security poses legal threat. Companies could face action over data exposed by hacking, say experts.
January 6, 2005... Byline: Peter Warren. Experts are warning that UK companies could face legal action as a result of problems with IT security. Many businesses believe it is a question of 'not if but when' they will be forced into the courts because of...

News - Dell takes stock of IBM's PC decision.
January 6, 2005... Michael Dell says it was 'hard not to be pleased' by IBM's recent sale of its PC business to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo. Computing talked to the founder and chairman of the world's biggest PC supplier last month just after the deal was...

News - CIOs still fight for a seat on the board.(Chief Information Officers)
January 6, 2005... Byline: Mark Samuels. Only 20 per cent of chief information officers (CIOs) in blue-chip companies have a seat on the board. And the number of board-level CIOs has dropped over the last few years in response to the economic downturn,...

News - Tube Lines builds [pounds sterling]2m station links. Communication between stations will reduce delays and congestion.
January 6, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The company responsible for maintaining and upgrading the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines on the London Underground plans to build a [pounds sterling]2m communications system to reduce train delays and...

News - Financial firms set to spend more on IT. Banking industry will increase IT investment in 2005, analyst predicts.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Financial services firms worldwide are expected to spend $362bn ([pounds sterling]187bn) on IT in 2005. A report from analyst TowerGroup says the banking industry will increase IT investment by 4.4 per cent, with...

News - Symantec buys Veritas in [pounds sterling]7bn deal.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Security software firm Symantec is to acquire storage specialist Veritas Software in a $13.5bn ([pounds sterling]7bn) deal. The merger will create one of the world's largest software firms, which will trade under...

News - Financial world.(high tech company sales and earnings reports)(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Open source software supplier Red Hat reported third-quarter revenue of $50.9m ([pounds sterling]26.9m), 55 per cent higher than in the same period a year ago. The company's net income of $10.8m ([pounds sterling]5.7m) was up 155 per cent...

News - What challenges lie in store for UK IT in 2005? The biggest goal for the IT industry this year will be to continue 2004's solid progress. Bryan Glick takes a look at the themes for the coming year.
January 6, 2005... FIVE KEY THEMES FOR 2005 INNOVATION For years, the IT world has been obsessed with 'the next big thing' as the driver of growth. But this year, expect a change. There are many 'big things' in technology that are well-proven but not...

Enterprise - Public sector directory: a special offer.
January 6, 2005... You could save 20 per cent on The Public Sector Report & Directory from Computing. This book is essential for anyone who wants to know more about the technology used by public sector organisations, who they buy from, and the key trends in...

Enterprise - Honda uses IP to cut phone costs. Wireless telephony installed across dealership network.
January 6, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Honda plans to improve customer service and cut costs by installing wireless telephony across its dealership network. The introduction of wireless networks and portable handsets in showrooms will allow sales...

Enterprise - Local authorities streamline performance. Scottish consortium's three-year IT project will improve benefit processes.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. A consortium of 10 Scottish local authorities is to establish a performance management framework to improve benefits processing. A three-year IT project will create the framework, which will feed statistical and...

Enterprise - Questions & answers - Market leader Dell unfazed by PC industry consolidation. In the wake of IBM's PC business sell-off, Michael Dell discusses his company's future strategy.(Interview)
January 6, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights in San Francisco. The PC industry is set for major change following IBM's sale of its PC business to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo. But market leader Dell is unperturbed. Last month, the company cut server, notebook...

Enterprise - From Russia with malice. Organised online crime has risen dramatically in the former Soviet Union - and it's still growing.
January 6, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas in Moscow. Writing viruses is no longer the exclusive domain of teenage geeks designing malicious code in their bedrooms. Criminals are earning millions by dropping viruses and trojans onto the computers of...

Enterprise - A high-tech zoo experience. London Zoo's head of IT Nick Napier is presented with some unusual work-related challenges.
January 6, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. Ensuring that IT suppliers aren't attacked by snakes and that rats don't gnaw through the communications cabling is all in a day's work for Nick Napier. As head of information and communications technology at...

Enterprise - Questions & answers - The efficiency test for government IT deals. Office of Government Commerce chief John Oughton updates Computing on government IT.(Interview)
January 6, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. Whitehall's buying agency the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is expanding. From next April it will be responsible for purchasing best practice across the entire public sector, rather than just central civil...

Enterprise - F1 team pins race hopes on 'Albert'. [pounds sterling]2.25m supercomputer will help improve aerodynamic performance of Sauber Petronas cars in 2005.(Albert super computer)
January 6, 2005... Byline: James Watson in Zurich. Formula One team Sauber Petronas has deployed a [pounds sterling]2.25m supercomputer to try to improve its cars' aerodynamic performance for the 2005 season. The 2.3 teraflop supercomputer allows the...

Opinion - Comment - Here's to a year of solid progress.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... You would expect a new year in IT to be filled with predictions and resolutions and promises of a return to the good old days. But entering 2005 feels like a case of deja vu. Looking back at our preview of 2004 this time last year...

Opinion - The intermediary: a force for change. The changing face of the IT services industry has seen a new factor in the market emerge, says Dr Richard Sykes.
January 6, 2005... The emergence and growth of the 'intelligent customer' has significant implications for the IT services and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries. Suppliers are responding by reshaping their internal processes and re-directing...

Management - Start of a supply chain revolution. Wal-Mart chief information officer Linda Dillman tells Laurie Sullivan about the retailer's ambitious rollout of RFID.
January 6, 2005... When pallets and cases tagged with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology begin moving en masse into three distribution centres in Texas this month, and data begins to flow from them into Wal-Mart's web-based supplier collaboration...

Management - Why we should care about software maintenance.
January 6, 2005... Byline: Andrew Mohan. Anyone with an interest in IT should be interested in software maintenance. Why? [pounds sterling]450bn, that's why. This figure represents the cost to businesses worldwide in 2004 of maintaining IT systems,...

Services - Utility computing threatens IT jobs.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Byline: Robert Jaques. The increasing automation of IT infrastructure services will put greater pressure on traditional IT jobs over the next 10 years, according to Gartner. The analyst expects the impact of utility computing...

Services - Diary.(Calendar)
January 6, 2005... Managing Projects Successfully Using SAP 18-21 January, Moor Hall Hotel, Birmingham Speakers from various industries will present their experiences and explain how SAP supports the full process of project and portfolio management....

BCS Diary events.(British Computer Society seminars)(Calendar)
January 6, 2005... BCS Glasgow Branch 10 January. 6.30pm. 'Future of the Ordnance Survey.' Lord Todd Conference Room, Strathclyde University. Visit: www.bcs.org/branches/glasgow BCS South West Branch 10 January. 'Who is to blame for IT project...

BCS Training - Listings. Information for the courses page should follow our usual format - course category, title of course, venue, date, price, organising company/body, telephone number. Unless the information is presented in this way, we regret that it cannot be included. For details on how your courses can be included, contact Lisa Jones on (020) 7316 9831.(British Computer Society courses)(Calendar)
January 6, 2005... STORAGE MANAGEMENT Implementing Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager for Tivoli Storage Manager, elearning or CD-based, price [pounds sterling]99 + VAT, organised by Karyfi Consulting (01252) 870844 www.karyfi.com ITIL for Storage...

Careers - King's College to pilot elearning. Projects will anticipate future needs of students.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. King's College London is installing a campus-wide elearning environment to integrate a variety of existing systems and meet the future needs of staff and students. The college, one of the largest in the...

Careers - Backbytes.
January 6, 2005... The early berg catches the stern Happy new year! We hope you survived unscathed and all that kerfuffle over your behaviour at the annual Christmas party has died down. We start the year, as we intend to proceed, with a pointless correction...

News - Bulletins - Police force trials mobile data.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Lancashire Constabulary is starting a six-month mobile data trial to help save time for officers on the beat. Pocket PCs given to 300 staff will save them having to return to the station to write up reports or make database checks. The trial is...

News - Bulletins - Microsoft loses appeal.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... The European Commission has ruled that penalties imposed on Microsoft for anti-competitive behaviour will be enforced. The software giant had appealed to the European Court of First Instance to postpone demands to open up its source code to...

News - Bulletins - System glitch hits HSBC.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... High Street bank HSBC suffered a system failure last weekend that rendered its Switch and Maestro debit cards and online banking site unusable for several hours. The bank says the problem with its cards was resolved by the end of Bank Holiday...

News - Bulletins - Palm print database ready soon.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... A searchable national palm print database should be running by the middle of 2005, says the Police IT Organisation. The plan, part of a [pounds sterling]122m deal to upgrade the current National Automated Fingerprint Identification System,...

News - Bulletins - Patent law delayed.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... The European Union Council of Ministers has deferred adoption of the Patentability of Computer-implemented Inventions directive covering software patents. The legislation was tabled by the European Commission 30 months ago, but a final decision...

Enterprise - Bulletins - Giant relief for Microsoft.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Microsoft has acquired Giant Company Software, an anti-spyware and internet security developer. Microsoft will use intellectual property and technology from Giant to develop 'near-term relief' for Windows users, in the form of a beta version of...

Enterprise - Bulletins - UK broadband tops four million.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Broadband Britain has passed the four-million milestone for ADSL. BT says it is connecting 8,500 new users per day, seven days a week. The four million connections are shared between 150 service providers and are on top of the estimated 1.7...

Enterprise - Bulletins - Verity gets a search boost.(Yahoo! and Verity have teamed up to develop single-query search technology)(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Yahoo! and data management specialist Verity have teamed up to develop single-query search technology for enterprise data and the web. Verity Enterprise Web Search will be available free to Verity's enterprise customers. The firm says the...

News - Fire service system hit by more delays. Problems with rationalisation of control rooms adds to burden.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The plan for a secure national radio system for UK fire services is suffering further delays, Computing can reveal. The Firelink radio procurement has already been running for six years, and insiders warn it could...

News - Government CIOs outline IT strategy.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. A Government-wide IT strategy and a clear career framework for technology professionals are among the priorities identified by the first meeting of the public sector chief information officer (CIO) council. The...

News - Experts look ahead to developments in 2005.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Chief information officers will focus more on technologies such as voice-over IP and advanced mobile devices this year, according to Computing's Agenda Setters IT director programme. But the legacy of the past...

News - South West Trains revamps ticketing. Fujitsu Services wins the [pounds sterling]2.6m, five-year contract.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. South West Trains is working on a multimillion-pound project to overhaul ageing ticketing and reservation systems. The UK's largest rail franchise expects to reduce customer queueing times and make large...

News - Reuters outsources to meet security rules. Specialist NetSec helps news agency adhere to new financial regulations.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Reuters has outsourced security monitoring to strengthen its defences in response to stricter regulations in the financial services sector. The company reviewed the threat of viruses and hacking to its global IT...

News - [pounds sterling]100m bill follows NI IT problems.(national insurance)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Parliamentary correspondent. Problems caused by computer failures on the Inland Revenue's National Insurance Recording System 2 (Nirs2) will cost [pounds sterling]100m to rectify. The government is undertaking a huge catch-up...

News - Financial World.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Siebel Systems has announced preliminary fourth-quarter results, and says it expects revenue to be about $387m to $390m ([pounds sterling]206m to [pounds sterling]208m), representing a 23 per cent increase on the third quarter of 2004. The...

News - We'll be debating the industry's big issues. Computing's Agenda Setters take a look at the challenges and priorities facing IT leaders in the year ahead.
January 13, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Computing introduced its Agenda Setters programme in 2004, bringing together a range of experts to discuss the challenges facing the industry. From chief information officers (CIOs) to legal advisors and venture...

News - EU ratifies data protection rules.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. The European Commission has approved a new set of contractual clauses to provide businesses with safeguards when transferring customers' personal data outside of the European Union. The legislation follows four...

News - Backbytes.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Ad it up to here Top job this week was discovered by Chris Ayers. 'A leading software house is looking for an Architect Evangelist,' it says. 'Your responsibilities will include Driving Broad Customer Connection (their capital letters)...

Enterprise - Free paper on technology on demand.(Star)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Computing has teamed up with Star to offer readers a free White Paper on how technology on demand can transform your business. As UK industry embraces ecommerce, organisations of all sizes are finding that to achieve the best results from...

Enterprise - Travel firm opts for offshore deal. TUI signs multimillion-pound contract with Wipro.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Travel giant TUI UK has outsourced the management and support of its desktop infrastructure to Indian vendor Wipro. The company, which owns Thomson, Lunn Poly and Britannia Airlines, has signed a...

Enterprise - HP wins [pounds sterling]27m council IT upgrade contract. London Borough of Newham sets about updating ageing IT systems.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. The London Borough of Newham has signed a [pounds sterling]27m, 10-year deal with HP to update its ageing IT systems. HP will provide the local authority with hardware and services covering workstation and server...

Enterprise - Questions & Answers - IBM investigates the appliance of services science. Computing talks to IBM vice president for research Paul Horn about the role of R&D.(Interview)
January 13, 2005... Byline: James Watson. When IBM announced the sale of its PC business to Lenovo late last year, it sent out a powerful message of just how much the industry has changed. For a company that has prided itself on inventing new technologies...

Enterprise - NASA supercomputer takes off. Space agency is using colossal computing power for testing in advance of the next shuttle flight.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Mark Samuels. NASA is using the world's second most powerful supercomputer to achieve breakthroughs in space science and engineering. The Columbia supercomputer, based at NASA's Ames Research Centre in California, cost $50m...

Enterprise - Whitehall policy poses problems for IT.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. There is a contradiction in the government's thinking that threatens to add to the woes of public sector IT implementations. On the one hand is the New Labour philosophy of regionalisation. On the other is the...

Comment - Election pressure on Whitehall CIOs.(Column)
January 13, 2005... In an election year, with much of Tony Blair's reform agenda hugely dependent on new computer systems, the focus on government IT will be greater than ever. It is unlikely that any election will have been fought with such dependence on...

Comment - Where will smart money go in 2005? This year promises to be an interesting one for those with money to invest in software, says Nick Kingsbury.(Column)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Nick Kingsbury, global sector head for software at venture capitalist 3i. If you have money to invest in early-stage software businesses in 2005, and want a great return from that money, where would you place your bets? This is the...

Networking - Satellite is starting to interest smaller firms. Computing's networking special kicks off with a look at the potential business benefits of satellite broadband technology, and the sectors in which take-up will increase as the cost comes down.
January 13, 2005... Byline: Cath Everett. Satellite broadband has been available as a commercial offering for at least 10 years, but has typically only appealed to the largest international companies with specific global communication requirements. But as...

Networking - Windows shut on NT support. 31 December marked the end of an era for Microsoft customers. John Foley reports.
January 13, 2005... The clock has wound down on Windows NT, the operating system that propelled Microsoft into the computer server market 11 years ago. The last day Microsoft provided general support for Windows NT Server 4.0 was 31 December, after which companies...

Networking - Stay secure as the network grows. A panel of experts answered your questions at our latest web seminar. Bryan Glick reports.(Panel Discussion)
January 13, 2005... In the latest of our regular series of Computing web seminars, we invited a panel of experts to discuss a topic that affects every IT and network manager - IT security in an increasingly networked world. The online delegates were offered...

Networking - Voice-over broadband: the facts. Alan Stevens decodes the hype and jargon behind the latest technology in the telephony market.
January 13, 2005... What is voice-over broadband? Voice-over broadband (VoB) is the name applied to the use of voice-over IP (VoIP) technology to make and receive phone calls via a broadband DSL, cable or wireless internet connection. Instead of routing calls...

Services - Security spending to boom in 2005.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. IT security spending is set to grow by 16 per cent this year, with some product areas receiving double the investment they saw last year. Despite spending freezes and cutbacks in other technology areas, 86 per...

Services - Diary.(Calendar)
January 13, 2005... Managing Projects Successfully Using SAP 18-21 January, Moor Hall Hotel, Birmingham Speakers from various industries will present their experiences and explain how SAP supports the full process of project and portfolio management....

BCS - Diary events.(Calendar)
January 13, 2005... BCS Information Risk Management and Audit Specialist Group 18 January. 4pm. 'Database Security.' London. Visit: www.bcs-irma.org/ BCS Kingston and Croydon Branch 18 January. 7pm. 'Forensic Software Engineering: Avoiding the...

Training - listings. Information for the courses page should follow our usual format - course category, title of course, venue, date, price, organising company/body, telephone number. Unless the information is presented in this way, we regret that it cannot be included. For details on how your courses can be included, contact John O'Grady on (020) 7316 9373.(Calendar)
January 13, 2005... SOFTWARE TESTING Advanced Testing Techniques in London on 17-18 January, price [pounds sterling]790, organised by QBIT (01702) 290558 The Theory and Practice of Reviews in London on 19-20 January, price [pounds sterling]790, organised...

Careers - BAe staff offered elearning options. Courses delivered via aerospace giant's Virtual University.(BAE SYSTEM PLC)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Byline: James Mortleman. Aerospace and defence giant BAe Systems is using elearning for 70,000 of its desktop users as the company moves from Windows NT to XP. BAe aims to complete its desktop migration, which began in the last quarter...

Backbytes - Lardberg ahoy!
January 13, 2005... Sometimes we ask ourselves: how did we get here? Specifically, why are we discussing whether a lard iceberg would have sunk the Titanic, or whether a lard/water composite was responsible. We can feel a Discovery Channel special coming on. ...

News Bulletin - DTI funds technology initiatives.(Department of Trade and Industry)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued [pounds sterling]60m of funding to 56 different science and technology projects, with the aim of boosting innovation in the UK. Projects range from stem cell applications to new types of...

News Bulletin - Bids for web portal service.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Whitehall buying agency the Office of Government Commerce and the Small Business Service are tendering for a national web portal service. The aim is to ease the process for firms bidding for public sector contracts, and allow government access...

News Bulletin - Customs declares BT extension.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... HM Customs & Excise has extended its Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (Chief) contract with supplier BT for another three years. The extended deal to 2010 is worth [pounds sterling]28.7m. The Chief system was used to collect...

News Bulletin - NHS admin staff in the dark.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... More than one in three admin staff in the NHS have not heard of the National Programme for NHS IT, according to a survey by recruitment consultancy The Principle Partnership. Of those who had heard of it, only 20 per cent think they will need...

News Bulletin - European broadband milestone.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... The 10 countries that joined the European Union in May last year now have one million broadband connections between them, according to figures from analyst Ectaportal. The highest number of connections among the new states are in Hungary, and...

Enterprise Bulletin - Christmas boom for web sales.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Online retailers enjoyed a prosperous festive season, with many witnessing their most profitable trading period ever. Internet sales over Christmas were up 25 per cent last year, with US shoppers spending $23.2bn ([pounds sterling]12.4bn),...

Enterprise Bulletin - EDF Energy outsources systems.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Utility company EDF Energy has signed a [pounds sterling]9m outsourcing contract to manage and develop its customer-related IT systems over the next three years. The UK-based firm handed over its customer management systems to a consortium...

Enterprise Bulletin - Retailers warm to RFID.(Radio Frequency Identification)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... RFID received a strong boost in 2004, with most major global retail companies conducting trials of the wireless technology but reporting varying degrees of success, research shows. Retailers have started to embrace RFID, according to ABI...

Enterprise Bulletin - Trojans top virus league.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... Trojans have superseded worms as the most virulent malicious code, according to anti-virus firm Panda Software. The Downloader.GK trojan topped the company's 2004 problem chart, accounting for 14 per cent of reported incidents. The next most...

News - Sainsbury's IT chief hits back. IT director says strategy will go ahead as planned, despite problems with supply chain.(J Sainsbury PLC)
January 20, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Sainsbury's IT director says the retailer's computer systems are not to blame for the widely-publicised problems with its supply chain. Maggie Miller says the [pounds sterling]140m write-off of technology assets...

News - UKeU flop cost Sun millions.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2005... Sun Microsystems lost millions of pounds in last year's collapse of UKeU, the government's flagship elearning project. Leslie Stretch, Sun UK managing director, told the Education and Skills Committee investigation into UKeU last week that...

News - Ebookings will miss policy deadline.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The NHS electronic bookings service underpinning government plans for patient choice will not be ready in time for the policy deadline at the end of 2005, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). As we...

News - Police learning to fight online crime. Elearning course introduced after Home Office calls.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. Police officers in England and Wales are to receive basic training in tackling computer and internet-related crimes. An elearning course will be introduced later this year following calls from the Home Office to...

News - Tesco pushes on with full-scale RFID rollout.(Radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
January 20, 2005... Byline: Miya Knights. Tesco has started the full-scale rollout of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology across its stores and warehouses. The supermarket giant is implementing what it calls 'radio barcodes' as part of its...

News - Trial to access County Court forms online.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2005... Byline: Computing staff. The Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has started a six-month electronic forms pilot at nine County Courts in England and Wales. Users of courts in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Coventry,...

News - Financial world.
January 20, 2005... SAP's preliminary results for its fourth quarter show software revenues of EUR1,003m ([pounds sterling]705m), an increase of eight per cent compared with the same period in 2003. In the Europe, Middle East and Africa, software revenues are...

News - Compliance pushes up insurers' IT costs. IT bosses need to prepare for mandatory electronic reports.
January 20, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Up to 40,000 UK insurance companies face additional IT bills to ensure their systems comply with new regulatory reporting processes. The Mortgage and General Insurance Regulation was introduced last week,...

News - Merger level exceeds dot com peak. European figures show return of confidence.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Merger and acquisition activity in the European technology industry has exceeded levels seen at the peak of the dot com era in 2000. Some 2,405 deals were announced last year, 19 more than the 2,386 transactions...

News - Lessons to be learned from failure of UKeU. Sun Microsystems and Hefce weigh up the future of elearning platform.(Higher Education Funding Council for England)
January 20, 2005... Byline: Mark Samuels. Sun Microsystems is in discussions with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) to see how the UKeU elearning platform can be used in the future. The government's former flagship elearning body...

News - London sets up development database. City authority will collect planning permission data to help manage capital's expected growth.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Daniel Thomas. London authorities are starting to feed information into the UK's largest residential and commercial planning database, designed to cope with major population growth in the capital over the next decade. The...

News - Virgin checks in to self-service.(new service from Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 20, 2005... Byline: James Watson. Virgin Atlantic has introduced its first self-service check-in kiosks for passengers, responding to similar moves by competitors. The airline has installed eight kiosks at Heathrow Airport, allowing travellers to...

News - BBC plans must include broadband.(BBC Broadcast Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 20, 2005... Byline: Sarah Arnott. The BBC's role in the growth of the market for broadband content should be considered in the corporation's charter renewal process, says advisory body the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG). The BSG is to develop...