12th March 2010 Archive

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• UK shoppers ignorant of online rights

  But Brits busiest e-shoppers in Europe

  UK web users are Europe's biggest online shoppers but are not aware of their consumer rights when it comes to e-commerce, a government survey has found. UK shoppers spent £38bn online in 2009, 10 per cent of the total amount spent overall, making them the European Union's biggest online spenders, according to figures from the …

  IT Channel 12 Mar 2010, 11:32

• Microsoft offers SMEs cash to use Dynamics ERP software

  Claims NetSuite not so

  Microsoft has responded to NetSuite's recent reseller commissions sweetener by offering an MS Dynamics honey pot to customers of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) rival. Earlier this month NetSuite, which is a web-based biz accounting applications vendor majority-owned by Oracle, offered US channel partners commissions …

  Software & Security 12 Mar 2010, 12:26

• OCZ's low price Onyx SSD

  Slips under $100 price point

  OCZ has a sub-$100 SSD offered as a netbook, laptop and desktop hard drive replacement. It only comes in a 32GB capacity for now, using multi-level cell (MLC) NAND, and has a SATA II interface, TRIM support so it works better with Windows, and poor-to-respectable performance. The read speed is up to 125MB/sec with writing …

  Enterprise 12 Mar 2010, 14:39

• Hedge fund suitor denies Novell asset sale rumors

  Elliott wants it all - especially the cash

  As the week was ending, rumors were swirling that the hedge fund suitor of Novell, Elliott Associates, which last week offered $1bn net of cash to take over the perennially struggling software maker, was going to start selling off its target's assets if it clinches a deal. This may mean the NetWare operating system biz, and …

  Software & Security 12 Mar 2010, 15:00

• Virgin contractors grip up for more cuts

  Another 15 per cent off

  Virgin Media contractors earning more than £300 a day have been told to accept a 15 per cent cut in rates or leave the company. Virgin lopped ten per cent off day rates last year - when such a policy was widespread and usually spun as a way to avoid job cuts. But with the first signs of economic improvement many contractors …

  Enterprise 12 Mar 2010, 15:21