BSA president calls for software piracy crackdown in Thailand
Robert Holleyman, president of the Washington-based Business Software Alliance (BSA) was in Thailand last week to hammer home its message about software piracy. Despite c...
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Fujitsu chip plant closes
Fujitsu closed its County Durham semiconductor plant today, as it continues to search for a buyer for the facility.
The closure of the plant means the loss of 570 jobs...
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Colt Telecom launches Stuttgart network
UK telco Colt Telecom has announced plans to build its sixth German city network in Stuttgart. The 15km long network will offer voice and data services and is aimed exclu...
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Online job service saves NHS money
An online service dedicated to UK doctors is being hailed as a success by its organisers, just a month after its launch.
Doctors.net.uk allows the UK's 180,000 doctors...
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Siemens chip plant finds Chinese saviour
Siemens is reported to have found a buyer - or at least a part-buyer - for its chip making facility on Tyneside.
A Daily Telegraph report claims an unnamed Chinese tel...
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TI embroiled in Portuguese conflict
US-based Texas Instruments (TI) is closing its Portuguese semiconductor plant and selling its electrical components factory in Italy.
The Portuguese plant, opened in 1...
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Oracle plans West Midlands HQ
Oracle plans to build a £20m regional headquarters at Blythe Valley Business Park in the UK's West Midlands, creating 950 jobs.
The US-based software group's plans to ...
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C&W invests $1bn in pan-European voice and data network
Cable & Wireless (C&W) today announced a five-year, $1bn dollar investment into an IP network providing voice, data and Internet access for corporate customers in...
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UK government lets Siemens off lightly
Siemens will only have to pay back a maximum of 40 per cent of the £50m start-up grants it received from the UK government for its North Tyneside semiconductor plant.
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Siemens chip boss sees rosy future
The head of Siemens Semiconductor has painted a positive picture of the division's future, predicting the successful flotation of the company and a swift return to profit...
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