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CTS hits its final deadline.(editorial)
December 21, 2005... There are plenty of reasons to be cheerful around this time of the year, with PC-hungry consumers looking for the hottest gaming desktops, beers flowing freely at parties and personally my wife is due to give birth to our first child, indeed Christmas 2005 should be one to remember, at least...

'Grey' raid on BlueCom leaves brokers worried.(news)
December 21, 2005... Hewlett-Packard has raided Danish distributor BlueCom for suspected involvement in grey marketing leaving many brokers in the UK associated with the company feeling very nervous. The investigation was the result of new measures centred on serial number tracking (SNT) introduced by HP to...

Piracy cripples software profits.(news)
December 21, 2005... The value of the UK software sector would grow by billions of pounds in the next three years if piracy was reduced by 10 per cent, according to a Business Software Alliance-sponsored IDC study. The UK software industry is currently valued at almost 40bn [pounds sterling], with 27 per cent...

MTIC sales fraudsters move to hide tracks.(news)
December 21, 2005... Criminals involved in the missing trader intra-community (MTIC) fraud have evolved and are operating more cunningly to evade detection, but HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is also trying to move with the times. As revealed earlier this year, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures...

Company cloning on the increase.(news)
December 21, 2005... The spectre of company cloning reared its ugly head as the channel moved into a hectic year-end period, after distributor Comstor warned it had seen an increased number of fraudulent transactions over the past few weeks. Despite attempts by Companies House (CH) and the Metropolitan...