Whilst caution prevails on the dot-com front. VCs will focus on seasoned private players or start-ups with models that mimic eBay or trade in information.

Burns Night
25th January

The Scots among us will know that Burns night was on January 25th. For those of you who don't have a clue about what Burns night is about (even in some cases having been to one!) the official Burns web site can be found at www.robertburns.org

Upgrade for NHS electronic network
10 Downing Street Newsroom, 16th January

Over £45 million will be spent to upgrade NHSnet - which is used to connect thousands of health service organisations. Improvements include letting GPs book appointments for patients online.

Which? is to stop Web Trader Service
Print source:  The Times, January 5th

The Consumers Association is to close down its Which? Web Trader service, which monitors the standards of more than 2,300 internet retailers.

Anyone interested in identifying an alternative means of giving their potential customers confidence in their payment procedures should visit Consumer.gov.uk (PRS edit: Now Consumerdirect).

Another useful source is www.paradigm-redshift.com/secure.htm

Data Mining article
Time Magazine, 23rd December 2002

Interesting summary of data mining software

White House: Web Security Plan Won't Invade Privacy
Reuters / Yahoo! 20th December 2002

As it finalises sweeping guidelines that aim to increase cybersecurity, the Bush administration said individual privacy would not be affected by efforts to prevent cyberattacks.

The Queen Loses Out on New Zealand's Cyber Name
Reuters / Yahoo! 20th December 2002

Queen Elizabeth, acting as trustee for former British colony New Zealand, has lost a legal battle to claim the Internet domain name newzealand.com from a U.S. firm, international arbitrators have ruled.

Thomson acquires Delphion
Company press release 16th December 2002

The Thomson Corporation announced that it has acquired Delphion Research, a full-text patent research solution company.

Elsevier Science to acquire Holtzbrinck's STM business
Company press release 6th December 2002

Elsevier Science has announced plans to expand its European presence through the proposed acquisition of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck's German STM business. The two companies have agreed the acquisition in principle, subject to the approval of the national competition authorities in Germany and Austria

11-12 February, Olympia, London
TFM 2003 - Technology for Marketing
web www.t-f-m.co.uk

25-26 February, London
eWorld Purchasing & Supply
web www.epurchasingandsupply.com

17-19 March, Olympia, London
XML & WebServices 2003
web www.xmlwebservices.co.uk

24-25 March, London
Web Offset 2003
Organised by PIRA
web    www.piranet.com

26th March, London
Efficiently Managing & Producing Catalogues
Organised by PIRA
web    www.piranet.com

April 6, Boston
Search engine meeting (8th Annual meeting)

9-10 April, London
ready4growth
web   www.ready4growth.com

ready4growth is a 3 million Euro, two-year initiative supported by the European Commission Directorate-General Information Society. The objective of the programme is to provide practical guidance on critical growth issues affecting start-up and early stage digital business in 5 European countries: UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Greece and Spain.

This is the programme's first FREE 2-day workshop delivered by industry leading experts and speakers. For more information click here.

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