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Blog Wednesday 30/07/2003Computers are literal beasts: the lot of people called O’Nion and D’Ath has not been improved by mailmerge filters and that pesky apostrophe. But it takes a special something to...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Free the radio waves! And who's that bloke behind the tinted car windows?
Email experts search for 'less trusting' protocol
News SMTP, the protocol that handles email, was designed for a time when Internet correspondence flowed mostly between academics rather than from spam merchants
US warns on Windows attack plans
News The US Department of Homeland Security has warned of a possible attack against Windows computers
Trojan horse found responsible for child porn
News A man has been cleared of child porn charges, after investigators found that an Internet attacker was responsible for the presence of illicit images on his PC
Privacy is reborn in the USA
Comment The US government has increasingly been looking at surveillance technology in order to combat terrorism. But the tide may be turning in the favour of individual privacy once again
Microsoft holds on tightly to cash
News The software giant has turned its back on bankrolling start-ups
Wi-Fi system 'safe', says Boeing
News An aircraft cabin is a 'challenging environment' for a wireless LAN, but Boeing is confident that they can make it secure
Sony VAIO PCV-W1
News Sony's stylish home entertainment PC is coming to the UK in the autumn. Here's a preview.
Tool enables covert communications
News The NCovert program allows data to be sent anonymously over the Web, which its developers admit could be useful for hackers
Linux is not a product
Comment It's time to view Linux less as a product and more as a collection of components or a process
Aussie mod-chip veto criticised
News Australia's competition watchdog has savaged a court ruling that says mod chips circumventing copy protection are illegal
Microsoft.com looks for better searching
News Acknowledging user frustration, Microsoft is attempting to smarten up its search tool
Glitch takes down 30,000 sites
News A problem with Network Solutions' hosted Web addressing system caused disruption on Thursday morning
HP pushes new consumer mantra
News Hewlett-Packard is planning a huge consumer-product campaign
Ballmer and Gates are quitters, says Sun boss
News Scott McNealy claims Microsoft's management got the steal on the competition by dropping out of college
StorageNetworks to shut down
News Three years after its spectacular IPO, StorageNetworks has called it a day
European firms threaten mass P2P lawsuit
News Thousands of file-traders in Spain face prosecution, in what could be the biggest move against P2P users yet seen in Europe
DVD burner sales on fire
News Sales of laptops and desktops with DVD recorders have skyrocketed this year
US govt to get early warning of Net attacks
News The US Department of Homeland Security is setting up an early warning system for Internet security alerts
China rejects Western Mpeg format
News China wants to reduce reliance on Western formats and develop its own audio-video compression standard
Outsourcing may create Indian talent shortage
News Executives running India's booming IT firms are wondering whether the country can produce enough graduates to meet demand
Sony CLIE PEG-UX50
News Is it a handheld, or a mini-notebook? Check out our preview of Sony's innovative CLIE PEG-UX50.
Gimmicks prompt handset upgrades
News Consumers are being seduced into trading up their mobile phones by new features like cameras and colour displays
Open-source gurus slam SCO
News Linus Torvalds has branded SCO's Linux licence-fee tactics 'extortionist'
US budgets $1bn for homeland security IT
News The US government is turning to Silicon Valley for inspiration on spending $1bn to develop homeland security technologies
Intel to integrate security chip
News Intel will incorporate a chip that can encrypt documents into motherboards due out later this year
