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Archive - 05 Dec 2005

AIDS research grid project gathers support

News Thousands sign up for AIDS/HIV grid research effort, helping to build an ad-hoc supercomputer that could save lives

Wikipedia under fire

Feature Can you trust the collaborative encyclopaedia?

Company convicted over abandoned monitors

News A company has been fined £5,000 for contravening environmental laws, but denies allegations of fly tipping

New bundles mark Adobe's Macromedia merger

News Brief: Having completed the takeover of Macromedia, Adobe has now started the job of mixing its product portfolio

NHS takes the open source pill

News Just over a year after signing a £500m deal with Microsoft, the NHS is aiming to save £75m with Novell and SuSE Linux

Trojans target unpatched IE flaw

News Two exploits have been seen in the wild that target an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer. But are users really at risk?

Global chip sales hit new high

News Buoyant demand for PCs, mobiles and other devices pushed the semiconductor market past the $20bn mark in October

Reforming the IP laws is your job

Leader Intellectual-property reform is needed, and the government agrees. Get ready to get stuck in

ThinkFree Office 3

Review ThinkFree Office 3 is a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office that lacks advanced tools but offers a free online component that's a handy work-in-progress for frequent travellers. Still, we'll...

Google Mail gets security upgrade

News It's been a long time coming, but Google Mail users now have built-in protection from email nasties

Cross-application attack exploits IE flaw

News Google desktop has been used to demonstrate that an unpatched flaw in IE could put data in all your applications at risk

Microsoft tweaks IE to duck Eolas liability

News While the software giant is still convinced it will triumph in the ongoing patent-violation suit over Internet Explorer, it has announced plans to alter future versions

Workplace gets OpenDocument support

News IBM's hosted productivity software will support the open standard, and will be aggressively marketed to governments in developing markets

1,500 government staff hit by ID theft scam

News A tax credits e-portal has been shut down after evidence of a massive fraud involving over a thousand stolen identities

Sober worm clogs Hotmail connections

News Emails aren't getting through to users of Microsoft's Web-mail services, and the Sober worm is apparently to blame

Olympics told to go open source

News HP and IBM are trying to ensure open source software is used to run the Beijing games, but a lack of local expertise could leave the move stuck in the starting blocks

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