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8th November 2001
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THIS ISSUE
 
1. UK MOBILE USERS BEING RIPPED OFF
2. B.T ANNOUNCES MASSIVE LOSSES
3. HOLE FOUND IN MICROSOFT'S PASSPORT WALLET
4. COMDEX ATTENDANCE AFFECTED BY TERRORIST ATTACK
5. HEWLETT FAMILY TO VOTE AGAINST COMPAQ MERGER
6. EUROPE PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON BANNING COOKIES
7. UK FIRM PLANS PUBLIC ACCESS BLUETOOTH WIRELESS NETWORK
8. SAP UNVEILS JAVA-BASED WEB APPLICATION SERVER
9. MICROSOFT ANTITRUST CASE CONTINUES IN EUROPE
10. COMPUTER ASSOCIATES EYES DIGITAL MEDIA
 
 

UK MOBILE USERS BEING RIPPED OFF
UK mobile phone users pay twice as much as other European consumers to use their pre-pay mobile abroad, according to a new study.
http://www.acontractorsworld.com/news1.htm
 
B.T ANNOUNCES MASSIVE LOSSES
BT has announced a huge loss for the second quarter of the year, as it bears the costs of unwinding a joint venture with US rival AT&T.
http://www.acontractorsworld.com/news2.htm
 

CRACKS FOUND IN MICROSOFT'S PASSPORT WALLET
Vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft's free e-mail and Passport authentication services allowed a programmer to access credit card information stored on the company's servers.
http://www.acontractorsworld.com/news3.htm
 
COMDEX ATTENDANCE AFFECTED BY TERRORIST ATTACK
This weekend, thousands of technology enthusiasts will descend upon the Las Vegas Convention Center to attend one of the world's largest annual computer and software trade shows, Comdex.
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HEWLETT FAMILY TO VOTE AGAINST COMPAQ MERGER
The families of the founders of computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. have come out opposed to the company's $21 billion merger with Compaq Computer Corp.
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EUROPE PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON BANNING COOKIES
The European Parliament is to vote Nov. 13 on whether to make cookies illegal.
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UK FIRM PLANS PUBLIC ACCESS BLUETOOTH WIRELESS NETWORK
Netario, England-based company, launched what it called the first public-access Bluetooth wireless network in the world.
http://www.acontractorsworld.com/news7.htm
 
SAP UNVEILS JAVA-BASED WEB APPLICATION SERVER
SAP AG plans to offer a Web application server that's compliant with Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE).
http://www.acontractorsworld.com/news8.htm
 
MICROSOFT ANTITRUST CASE CONTINUES IN EUROPE
European Commission's continues investigation into the practices of the software maker.
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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES EYES DIGITAL MEDIA
Computer Associates plans to roll out a DAM (digital asset management) system designed to control and repurpose graphics, video, and audio elements.
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