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Archive - 03 May 2001

Palm m505

Review It's not perfect, but it's the best Palm device yet.

South American bank switches to Linux

News Bank chooses the free operating system in 'landmark' deal for financial institutions

Dell recall affects 57,000 in Europe

News The fault in 284,000 Dell notebook batteries that could spark a fire affects 57,000 batteries in Europe

Four out of five Web sites fail cyberattack test

News A survey of three million Web sites has found that four out of five are vulnerable to attack -- Australian banks among them

Schools 'crucial' to broadband revolution

News ADSL's less well known cousins SDSL and leased lines will drive the market, and Telco Redstone plans to be at the forefront

UK moves closer to licensing security consultants

News A refusal to accept crucial amendments to the Private Security Industry Bill means that security consultants may need a government licence to work here

Via plans 1.2GHz chip as strong sales boost confidence

News Chipset maker Via bucks the trend with strong results, and plans a 1.2GHz x86 processor for launch later this year

Yahoo! cracks down on porn chatrooms

News Following intense pressure, the portal removes links to adult chatrooms from its general pages

Merger approval paves way for faster chips

News The US government has approved ASM Lithography's takeover of SVG, potentially speeding up the availability of 10GHz chips

Home networking needs a killer app

News There are bound to be a few techheads who network their homes just for the sake of it, but most people want to see some killer apps first

Free software advocates go to war with Microsoft

News In anticipation of an attack by Microsoft on open source and free software concepts, advocates of the source code sharing community are lining up to hit back at the software giant

European regulation fails to solve broadband problem

News Leased lines will power European business broadband, but are over-priced and of low quality

US clears way for semiconductor merger

News Advanced semiconductor equipment makers ASM Lithography and Silicon Valley Group ease fears over military secrets

WorldCom job losses hit the UK

News The loss of 800 jobs at WorldCom could mean up to 430 jobs go at subsidary UUNet's Cambridge site

Intel offers workers severance packages

News Workers will be given pay packages to leave the company

Cisco moves to compete in metro networks

News Network giant takes a metropolitan line in its market thinking

Palm's sales slump in April

News Handheld company oblivious to the joys of spring as sales fall

Rambus reveals royalty rates

News Rambus charges more than was expected for royalties on its memory technologies

Dell mounts global notebook recall

News Recall of almost 300,000 notebook batteries will be a global effort, says computer giant

Server startup banking on novel design

News Egenera takes on the likes of IBM and Compaq using Linux and Intel chips: First battle arena is financial services

Napster clone seeks court protection

News Aimster makes a pre-emptive legal strike against the music industry

AMD cuts prices - but keeps it quiet

News Although AMD has said it won't engage in a price war with Intel, the chipmaker is quietly discounting its processors to keep up with its rival

Firms shop around for Net law jurisdictions

News The global nature of the Internet makes it possible for companies to pick their country when it comes to online defamation cases

VirusScan Wireless

Review Buy a standard desktop anti-virus package instead.

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