Peter Sayer

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Amazon introduces honour pay system

Amazon.com Inc. extended its 1-Click shopping system on Tuesday to enable users to make payments of US$1 or more to other sites on an honor basis, for the use of premium content or simply to express their support.

HP to lay off up to 1,770 staff by May

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) will shed up to two per cent of its worldwide marketing staff as a result of continuing restructuring efforts, the company said Monday.

SAS, Telia to test in-flight wireless Internet access

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) announced Wednesday that it will start testing wireless Internet access on board aircraft by the end of this year. But while some technical issues remain to be resolved, trickiest of all will be educating users.

Tiscali buys majority of French ISP Liberty Surf

Tiscali SpA has made an offer to acquire 72.94 per cent of French ISP (Internet service provider) Liberty Surf SA from its majority shareholders Kingfisher PLC and Europ@web, the Italian telecommunications operator and Internet service provider announced Monday.

Sun announces XML for Java interface specs

Sun Microsystems Inc. published details on Monday of two new interfaces to link its Java programming language to XML (Extensible Markup Language).

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A recent study by the research group International Data Corp. (IDC) has determined that Internet-based supply chain...

Blu drops out of Italian 3G auction

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's leading cellular carrier, and Telecom New Zealand Ltd. are in talks about the possibility of jointly bidding for a slice of the mobile business of the Australian company Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd., the Financial Times reported Thursday in its Asian edition.

Reports: AT&T board considering four-way split

AT&T Corp.'s board is scheduled to discuss plans for a radical restructuring of the company on Monday, including a four-way breakup of the telecommunications giant, according to published reports.

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