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CAD giant to create 1,800 Scottish jobs
News A CAD software and services giant is to create 1,800 jobs over five years in Livingston, Scotland, according to a report in yesterday's Sunday Times. [08 Dec 1997]
UK firms hesitate over NetPC and NC
News About 60 per cent of UK businesses do not know the difference between an NC and a NetPC and around 70 per cent have no intention of currently testing either system, according to a report by Banner & Co. [05 Dec 1997]
"We'll have happy Xmas" say direct vendors
News [05 Dec 1997]
Fujitsu ICL first to bundle MS Word 97
News UK PC arm Fujitsu ICL Computers has announced a deal to bundle Microsoft Word 97 or Microsoft Works 97 with all its PCs for the corporate, consumer and SME markets. [05 Dec 1997]
AST Europe prepares to be "nimble"
News [05 Dec 1997]
Xmas home PC market looks nasty
News The UK Christmas PC market looks like it's in for a black year. [04 Dec 1997]
MS says Gates not buying a London house
News Microsoft today said that Bill Gates categorically isn't seeking to set up house in London. [04 Dec 1997]
AST lays off 37 per cent of staff
News AST plans to make 37 per cent of staff redundant as it seeks to regain profitability. [04 Dec 1997]
MSN denies plan to pull Net access
News The Microsoft Network (MSN) has denied reports that it is to pull Internet access in the UK, but not in words that suggest it will continue as an ISP forever. [04 Dec 1997]
NT Option Pack targets Web servers
News Microsoft said today its Option Pack for Windows NT 4.0 has been released to manufacturing. [04 Dec 1997]
Intel shows 'lean client' vision
News Intel today showed its hand on design guidelines for what it called 'lean client' computing. [03 Dec 1997]
Bill Gates ribbed by hoax e-mail circular
News Why buy products from Bill Gates when you can just send your money to him? [03 Dec 1997]
MS, AOL resolve e-mail glitch
News [03 Dec 1997]
PC buyers could get cheapest Xmas ever
News PC vendors are taking the low-cost road to prising cash from Christmas consumer buyers. [02 Dec 1997]
MS zero-admin plans hit compatibility snags
News Microsoft Corp. is backing off on its plan to integrate support for current and next-generation Zero Administration Windows technologies into Windows 98, causing concern for corporations looking to incorporate the operating system. [02 Dec 1997]
Network Associates buys PGP
News McAfee Associates Inc.—known officially, as of Sunday, as Network Associates Inc.—continued its buying spree Monday, announcing it will gobble up one of the best-known names in encryption. [02 Dec 1997]
HP guns for e-commerce
News Hewlett-Packard (HP) today threw its hat into the e-commerce ring, unveiling a new software technology and global organisation. [02 Dec 1997]
A Year Ago: We've turned the corner - Novell UK
News This story was first published December 2, 1996 [02 Dec 1997]
Intel to detail $500 PC blueprint tomorrow
News Intel will tomorrow unveil its vision of the 'lean client' by presenting a blueprint for low-cost PCs. [01 Dec 1997]
Martin Veitch's Diary
News Monday [29 Nov 1997]
Guy Kewney's Diary
News Monday
It's Y2K-scare day. A Sunday paper has discovered that 20 per cent of all PCs being sold in the shops are actually not Y2KOK; that is, when the Year 2000 strikes, they will get confused. [29 Nov 1997]
The Luncher
News Having endured spells in the army and a minor public school, it takes a lot to shock The Luncher but he's as PC-literate as the next man. [29 Nov 1997]
PC World starts catalogue operation
News UK retail leader PC World is taking its brand into mail-order with the launch of a new catalogue operation. [28 Nov 1997]
IBM admits Aptiva sales slump
News IBM UK this week owned up to "disappointment" at the recent performance of its Aptiva PC division after IDC market research showed a huge collapse in name-brand consumer PC sales. [28 Nov 1997]
A Year Ago: UK is largest Euro market for online data
News This story was first published November 28, 1996 [28 Nov 1997]
