the EU competition commissioner, Mario Monti, has a formal warning to Microsoft (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MSF) sent. The company had abused its dominant position in the PC segment to the server to grab market share. The company of Bill Gates now has two months to respond to the allegations. Initiated the new action by the [...]
If the Internet tax but now? The private use of the Web in the workplace threatens, according to the “Financial Times Germany” still occupied with duties to be. The control of the Ministry had Eichel dissociates after violent protests (ZDNet) reported, despite all the denials could be to first January to take effect. The reason: [...]
Now it is finally fixed: The British company Invensys takes over the Dutch software company Baan. The electronics company can buy, according to the “Financial Times Germany” 72 per cent of Baan shares. Invensys is the original shareholders have offered 2.85 euros per share. The paper has evolved from its nosedive of nearly 15 to [...]
Over the next five years, most European users with a broadband connection to dial the Internet. This is the result of a recent study by Forrester Research. The percentage of equipped with a high-speed access to households is therefore from 0.2 percent in 1999 to 18 percent – increase in 2005 – representing 27 million [...]
The unexpectedly high demand for Pocket PC has proven to be a problem for manufacturers: you have difficulties to satisfy all requests for supplies. First, the shortage is homemade: Many manufacturers did not expect such a high heel. Secondly, it is currently difficult to source LCD screens and memory chips. “The high demand for PDAs [...]
whether the radiation emitted by mobile phones on the phone radiation is harmful, the experts argue about for years (ZDNet reported ongoing). Movement seems now to come into the discussions. According to the “mirror” a neurologist from Baltimore is suing Motorola and Verizon Communications, because his malignant brain tumor to have been caused by the [...]
Microsoft (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MSF) after the formal rebuke of the EU in a statement yesterday over the rival Sun (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SSY) moved here. “Sun’s complaint based on his desire to auszuforschen our technical trade secrets,” said the head of Microsoft’s legal counsel, John Frank. “We do not believe that the law demands [...]
After the UMTS auction has progressed in recent days, only small tiny steps, she now has the seven-league boots tightened. Mobilcom has offered 801 million mark on Thursday afternoon for a frequency block. Overall, now, more than seven billion dollars for the licenses for third generation mobile on the table. On Wednesday afternoon, the event [...]
On Thursday in Canada, the trial against the 16-year-old Mafiaboy opened. He is accused in the context of DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service Manuals) by February, the site of Dell.com to have brought down. Now he accuses the prosecution of other offenses 64. Right at the beginning of the process is known Mafiaboy pleaded [...]
The “Financial Times Germany” will have learned that Mannesmann will bring later this year, 20 to 25 percent of fixed-line subsidiary Arcor public. The IPO was on the agenda of the next board meeting in September. Mannesmann spokesman Manfred little son, said compared to ZDNet: “Vodafone has an IPO in May of this year, considered [...]
The call-by-call providers 01 051 again lowers its fees. These are valid around the clock, a free tariff announcement before each call makes clear conditions. The new rates are as follows:After Italy 15 cent per minuteAfter Sweden 13 cent per minuteAlgeria 62 cent per minuteBolivia after 95 pfennig per minuteCosta Rica 50 pfennig per minuteGabon [...]
In the U.S. it is already a reality in this country is still the future: The free Internet access. He who spares his wallet while surfing, does so often at the expense of his nerves to come to this conclusion, at least, the analysts at IDC, the number of ISPs as Bluelight.com, Excite, Free Lane, [...]
Keynote Systems released now also in Germany, an index of the loading times of 40 selected German websites. In the last week of July, the response time averaged 4.07 seconds. But that was slower than in the previous week, where time had stood at 4.01 seconds. The fastest of the inspected sites is Web.de with [...]
The market research firm Giga is the most popular in Europe and U.S. IT companies have sought. The winners were IBM in Europe (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: IBM), Hewlett Packard (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: HWP) and Compaq (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: CPQ), in the U.S. IBM, HP and Microsoft (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MSF). The question was: “If you [...]
Tele2 offers for the fourth time within the German free long distance calls. For the first time the offer is valid on both Saturday and Sunday. Who on 12 and 13 Want to make calls for free over the August call-by-call number 01013, can be unlocked first located at the hotline 0800-2401013. This must be [...]