Previous DayBEA updates WebLogic Server for services
News Version 6.1 of the server targets Web services, with support for every acronym under the sun including SOAP, WSDL and UDDI
News Schmooze: Code Red fails to impress jaded users
News A server worm didn't obliterate the earth, while SirCam played jester to the sagging world economy...
Nokia users can download graphics from Freeserve
News Would you pay £1.50 to get a picture of your favourite pop star displayed on your mobile? Freeserve reckons plenty of people will
London protesters slam US copyright laws
News Activists at a gathering outside the US Embassy in London this afternoon call for the release of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov
Trium Mondo ships in the UK
News GPRS-enabled PDA based on Microsoft's Pocket PC will be competition for the Sagem WA3050 and Nokia's 9210
Metricom to close Ricochet
News Metricom will shut down its pioneering Ricochet wireless Internet service next week because it has failed to find a buyer for the company
Siemens considers more job cuts
News The manufacturer has already announced 10,000 layoffs, but thousands more may be necessary to keep costs down
Rupert Goodwins' diary
Blog Thursday 2/8/2001 What can one say about Dubya that hasn't already been yelled from the rooftops? A man who's bailed out of five major international treaties since Christmas -- including one about...
Rupert Goodwins' diary
Comment Here's my roundup of this weeks news...
Encryption foils Internet child porn prosecutions
News Many prosecutions fail because police computer experts are unable to crack the encryption codes used to hide files on suspects' hard drives
Chip sales tipped for upturn
News The Semiconductor Industry Association predicts a second-half upswing, echoing comments by Intel chief Craig Barrett, but other experts remain sceptical
Modest proposal
Comment It's that time of year when even respectable publications like The Economist, bereft of serious news about politicians squabbling over Question Time, have to fill their pages with "silly season"...
Train crash could be to blame for Internet derailment
News A train crash in the US cut Internet cables serving seven major ISPs. Was it this, and not Code Red, that derailed the Internet on 18 July?
SirCam worm settles in for the long haul
News Experts say the worm is likely to keep sending out recipes, confidential government documents and CVs for the forseeable future
Samsung to plug in Sony's Memory Stick
News Consumer electronics giant Samsung announced on Thursday its plans to develop products that use Sony's flash-memory format, Memory Stick
Gates to sell five million Microsoft shares
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates files plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell five million shares of stock in his company
Intel alone in seeing glass half full
News Intel's Craig Barrett may be predicting an imminent PC industry upturn, but what does he know that Compaq, HP and IBM don't?
Microsoft dealt legal blow
News US appeals court rejects Microsoft's request to reconsider key decision in antitrust case
Linux slips off Dell's PCs
News Dell Computer ceases shipping Linux on its desktop and notebook PCs
Five years ago: Win95 update enables USB, 2Gb-plus PCs
News Microsoft to release upgrade which will enable widespread implementation of USB
