News Archive
Ebusiness news archive from September 2004
| Domain name scam Got a domain name up for renewal in the next month or two? | |
| Free speed for BT Business Broadband customers BT is following in the tyre tracks of Telewest, NTL and Wanadoo by giving away broadband speed for free. But unlike the other companies, BT’s broadband turbo boost will only apply to business customers. | |
| Empty handed at the checkout Most UK web sites are leaving consumers stranded at the check out empty handed, according to web testing specialist, SciVisum. | |
| WEEE problem It was easy to miss with the holiday season still underway, but important new European legislation came into force last month that has implications for companies of all sizes. | |
| Wick company shortlisted as finalist A Wick company based in a former Post Office is one of only three Scottish firms to make it as finalists in the E-commerce Awards-Scotland. | |
| Web store profits up New research by ecommerce software vendor, Actinic claims that business opportunities for retailers are greater now than during the dot com boom – and those taking advantage are cashing in. | |
| Spam free Talking of spam, the trials with the new Lycos web mail are going rather well. | |
| Of old dogs and new tricks One of the obstacles to be overcome when introducing e-business is frequently the reluctance of older members of staff to embrace the new technology. | |
| Chinese spam A departure from the usual diet of spam arrived in the in-box this week, the author’s first sighting of Chinese junk(!) mail.
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| Broadband compo 2
UK Broadband Users Group (BUG) have surpassed themselves with a special first birthday competition offering a 1MB broadband connection free for a year plus a router and a wireless card. | |
| Windows Service Pack 2 CD Want to get Windows Service Pack 2 on CD for free?
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| 2b or not 2b online An online purchase this week sharply underlined the gaping difference between a traditional business which has an online presence and an identical business set up for web trading. | |