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Blog Friday 3/12/2004 I'm running late. Which means of course that my computer's crashed, which means - horror of horrors -- a reset. Windows itself has got better -- if you avoid using Outlook or IE...
Microsoft blog service sparks censorship dodging
News You can't register a blog with MSN Spaces if it contains words Microsoft considers rude. Or can you?
IBM's PC division 'for sale'
News It looks increasingly likely that the company that brought us the personal computer as we know it is going to sell off its PC unit, possibly to Chinese group Lenovo
Tech industry cheers government's R&D progress
News Gordon Brown's pre-budget report has been awarded a couple of gold stars by UK IT organisations, but there's more work to be done
Execs warned: Don't ignore spam menace
Feature It is vital that the tech industry raises awareness of the scale of the problem of junk email, industry experts have said
Company PCs swamped with spyware
News A spyware audit has found that UK firms are hosting a nasty cocktail of spyware programs within their computers, which could put precious confidential data at risk
IT skills set for pay boost in 2005
News Niche IT skills could be rewarded with pay rises in 2005 as money that has been tied up in compliance is released
Sun and Microsoft: True love or a marriage of convenience?
Analysis After a $1.95bn deal earlier this year, the former rivals are bound to work together in many areas. But how is this new friendship coming along?
Lycos anti-spam weapon melts away
News Update: After days of negative publicity and criticism, the 'Make love not spam' application is no longer available. Lycos says it's just been too popular, and promises it will be back
Firefox ad published in Europe
News After the success of The New York Times ad fundraising campaign, Europe has seen its first publicly funded ad for an open-source project
HP's cluster bomb
Leader In abandoning TruCluster, HP is being realistic about its old technologies. That realism must spread more widely, and fast
Philips announces $700m Dell deal
News Philips has agreed a five-year deal with Dell, worth $700m, encompassing the supply of PCs and services
Dell eyes the potential of the consumer
Q&A Dell's general manage of its consumer business, Mike George, explains how the company can grow its market share even in tough markets such as Japan, and why he sees spyware as a growing menace
Playboy increases mobile exposure
News Those who want titillation on the move may be glad of Playboy's new mobile offering
Apple releases security update
News Brief: Apple's latest security update for OS X patches 17 flaws, ranging from vulnerabilities within the Apache Web server to Quicktime problems
Napster founder unveils new P2P venture
News Shawn Fanning's new company, with VC backing, is set to be the middleman between record companies and file-swapping networks looking to keep their product legitimate
Juniper ups ante in router market battle
News The TX Matrix can connect up to four of its T-640 core routers, and Juniper hopes it will help take market share away from rival Cisco
Sun submits software licence to Open Source Initiative
News Sun's Common Development and Distribution licence, which will apply to Solaris, has been submitted to the OSI for a decision on whether it can join the list of open-source standards - setting up a...
