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Archive - 03 Oct 2005

Xcelsius|XL

Review Xcelsius|XL offers an impressive array of features that can turn your Excel charts and tables into flashy, interactive PowerPoint slides.

Virus attacks fall

News The threat of infection by mass-mailed viruses is decreasing, according to reports, while tailored attacks are on the increase

Open source authentication scheme gets full marks

News It's open source and adheres to open standards, and that means best value for schools, according to the government

AJAX: Ready to take on the old guard?

Feature Builder: Hosted applications have been around for a long time; is the time finally ripe for the Web to become the platform of choice?

BT launches 3G combo package

News BT has taken its first step into 3G with a low-cost service that also combines Wi-Fi and GPRS, with Vodafone as a partner

Government creates network to fight hackers

News Nine virtual neighbourhood-watch schemes have been set up to act as early warning systems against cyberattack

Can Telewest avoid NTL Hell?

Leader It may be smaller, but when it comes to customer service Telewest leaves NTL in the dust. Merging the companies is an opportunity to raise standards, not lower them

Firewall-fooling flaw exposed

News A flaw in some of ZoneAlarm's security applications could have wide-reaching implications

Office 12 to support PDF creation

News Microsoft says it is responding to an avalanche of requests from users who want to create PDFs within Office, but claims there's little interest in OpenDocument

MIMO brings 400Mbps Wi-Fi closer

News One Wi-Fi vendor says it is close to launching ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi products that will enable secure data transfer and video streaming

EC to rival Google with massive digital library

News The European Commission has proposed a far-reaching effort to preserve our 'collective memory' by putting Europe's written and audiovisual heritage online

NTL and Telewest to merge

News After years of speculation and rumour, the UK's two cable operators are finally to merge in a $6bn deal

Mozilla updates Thunderbird

News Brief: Mozilla's email application has now reached 1.0.7 with a 'security and stability update'

IBM centralises encryption

News Brief: Data stored on mainframes or portable media would be covered by IBM's new system

Malware spoofs search sites

News Google, MSN and Yahoo are all targeted by a new piece of malware that surreptiously directs traffic to commercial sites

Real patches Linux flaws

News Brief: Flaws have been patched in RealPlayer and Helix Player's Unix and Linux versions

Trojan exploiting unpatched Office flaw found in the wild

News Code exploiting the flaw in Microsoft Office was first published in April; the software behemoth has promised 'appropriate action'

Windows Vista's new security features

Tech Guide Microsoft's new operating system won't be out until late 2006, but here's a look at some of the new security features expected.

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