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Archive - 03 Dec 2002

Ofcom must keep firm grip on BT

News An influential government report warns that today's dominant telecoms firms will still be very powerful in 10 years' time - Ofcom must work hard to ensure fair play

Wi-Fi checks into Holiday Inn

News Megabeam has done a deal that will see Wi-Fi hot spots installed in hotels in south-east England

MS study: Win 2K beats Linux on price

News Research sponsored by Microsoft has come to the conclusion that Windows 2000 is cheaper to run on servers than Linux, but a leading analyst says the research should only be a 'starting point' for...

Telewest trials Xbox Live

News Five hundred Blueyonder broadband Internet subscribers will get the chance to game online with Xbox Live as part of a trial on Telewest

IBM touts voice, handheld tools

News IBM has bolstered its WebSphere lineup with tools for building applications with a voice interface and has shipped a series of development tools for non-PC devices

UK firms get the e-business bug

News Half the businesses in the UK are now using online ordering and payment technology, says a new government report

NEC Versa P440

Review The Versa P440 is generally sound and will make a perfectly satisfactory desktop replacement, but nothing about it really serves to make it stand out from the crowd.

Sun's Zander to join Seagate board

News The former president of Sun is to join disk-drive maker Seagate as it plans a second initial public offering

File-trading future in hands of court

News The outcome of the fight for a summary judgement could have a massive impact on the future of file-swapping

Cut out the risks of Web services

Feature By taking a pragmatic approach, CIOs can benefit from Web services, lower costs, and minimise risk

Make your CV shine with Sun certification

News Standing out in today's job market is an ongoing battle, and certification provides one avenue to prove your worth. Becoming a Sun Certified Web Component Developer will showcase your Java skills...

AOL downbeat on 2003 ad prospects

News Falling ad revenue may spur AOL into becoming a broadband service that offers exclusive content, say analysts

Linux security under spotlight

Feature Linux security is as strong as ever, despite recent statistics that say otherwise

Welsh broadband kicks England into touch

News Interview: Welsh e-minister Andrew Davies believes the UK government must show more broadband leadership and take action to address market failure

Patent holders on the ropes

News A sea change in the views on patented technologies is affecting a broad range of high-tech standards organisations, forcing caps, thresholds and outright bans on royalties

Total cost of Linux ownership - not free but impressive

Feature Determining Linux's total cost of ownership (TCO) isn't easy. A wide variety of factors (from hardware to support and server numbers) come into play. A recent study clearly indicates that it can be...

Experiment puts new spin on storage

News A pixel pattern made up of 1,024 bits is the largest set of data written onto and read from a molecule to date

Java spat brews up court battle

News Sun and Microsoft are to meet in court in a case about whether or not Bill Gates' company tried to drive Java out of existence

Nope, Novell's not dead yet

Feature Novell has a new lease on life, thanks to several recent acquisitions and their new J2EE-compliant server offering. Find out why you should check out Novell's upcoming Nakoma release

Smart Displays: a first look

News In the first quarter of next year, Microsoft and its hardware partners will try to persuade consumers that Smart Displays -- basically, wireless thin clients -- are a good idea. We've been to the...

Bug alert firm sets new guidelines

News Open-source developers will get the same treatment as companies like Microsoft under a new policy issued by Internet Security Systems

Microsoft changes course on licensing

News After two-thirds of companies refused to sign up for the Licensing 6 programme, Microsoft has rethought its charges for Windows

HP packs Xeon in ProLiant server

News The company is launching three updated versions of its servers. HP claims that one, which runs Intel's new Xeon MP chip, will boost application performance by 26 percent

Mozilla pulls latest browser downloads

News The developers of the open-source browser have discovered a bug in the newest 1.2 version that cripples dynamic HTML coding on some sites

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