A Federal Judge has issued a temporary restraining order against two hackers, prohibiting them from distributing an application that allegedly makes it easier for children to access appropriate online information. 18 Mar 2000
Sema's shares plunged on the London and Paris exchanges yesterday over concerns that the services company had paid too much for mobile telephony software supplier, LHS Group. 16 Mar 2000
Iridium said today it will shut down the Japanese arm of its satellite mobile phone service on Saturday, only a day after its delayed bankruptcy hearing. 16 Mar 2000
SAP has consolidated all of its mySAP.com portal and business-to-business ecommerce initiatives into a new subsidiary and is considering floating it in the US. 16 Mar 2000
VA Linux Systems has signed definitive agreements to buy two Californian hardware suppliers - TruSolutions and NetAttach - in cash and stock transactions valued at more than $220m. 16 Mar 2000
Microsoft has invested $10m in application service provider (ASP) Interliant as part of a joint development deal. 16 Mar 2000
Baan has sold off another of its investments as the Dutch company fights to keep its business on track. 15 Mar 2000
Portal supplier Yahoo is believed to be negotiating a potential alliance or possible purchase of eBay, the largest provider of auction websites. 15 Mar 2000
Lucent Technologies plans to boost spending on fibre optic cable production by more than $650m (£411m) over the next two years to try to exploit a boom caused by increased internet use. 08 Mar 2000
A US bankruptcy court approved Iridium's interim financing plan today, giving the ailing satellite phone venture just under two weeks to prevent its business going into liquidation. 07 Mar 2000
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