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Archive - 05 May 2000

PC growth slows in UK

News Shipments of PCs in the UK, and across Europe, grew a measly six percent for the first quarter

Love Bug: Could it have been prevented?

News Analysis: Users will always have to be vigilant about virus attacks, say experts.

Worm round the firewall

Comment From Hong Kong comes the definitive comment on the rapid spread of VBS.Loveletter.A, as the currently thriving e-mail attack is dubbed by Symantec Corp.'s virus center.

News Burst: Love shuts mail systems in Australia

News Companies have been forced to shut down mail servers this morning in a bid to stop the so-called "Love Letter" email worm from swamping their systems and those of their suppliers

Love Bug could cost UK a billion say experts

News Data loss and downtime will have a devastating effect

Rupert's Weekly Roundup (8/5/2000)

Comment Here we go again. You must be getting the hang of this place by now, I write 'stuff' each day about the breaking stories and then put them at the News Digest. Then at the end of each week we...

The love bug

Comment It's Melissa all over again. Only this time the whole thing happened in record time with the ILOVEYOU virus popping up around the globe in a single 24-hour period.

Psion to supply Dell with Bluetooth

News Handheld computer maker Psion will supply Dell with wireless technology, the company said Friday

Experts call on firms to embrace bug free Linux

News There is no better argument for using Linux than yesterday's computer virus outbreak, say Linux distributors and anti-virus experts Friday

Search for ILOVEYOU author hits deadend

News Joint task force of Philippines law enforcement officers and US embassy officials draw a blank

The Day Ahead: Tech volatility clamps down on buzzword abuse

News How do you know when the euphoria has officially left the tech sector? The buzzword abuse declines dramatically

ISP confirms bug's Filipino connection

News Sky Internet of Quezon City says it traced downloads to another provider -- and user of its hosting service

Jane Wakefield: Have you caught the love bug?

News It was a day of drama Thursday as love swept through the nation, sweeping IT departments, and even plummy ministers in its wake. Jane Wakefield provides her own inimitable take on the day Love got...

Beware: New Email Worm ILOVEYOU On the Loose

Comment I know my staff likes me, but when they flooded me yesterday with email messages that said "I love you" I got concerned. Turns out half the country got the same message, a virulent email worm...

Love Bug inspires follow-ups

News ILOVEYOU virus has spawned copycats, with names like "I love you Kevin" and "Funny Joke"

Andover.net launches open source Linux publication

News Open magazine launches as a free, business to business open source publication for all levels

Intel's 'Timna' to kick-start low-end PCs?

News The low-cost chip could revitalise the stalled market for sub-$600 PCs -- or prove to be another expensive stumble in jamming more features on chips

Emergency sausage incident shames BT

News Mouldy meat alerts the police hotline and pagers nationwide in another BT blunder

New variant of 'ILOVEYOU' worm

News 'Very Funny' copycat emergesA new variant of the "ILOVEYOU" worm is spreading, according to several sources.

Inside the 'ILOVEYOU' worm

News It was simple, but very destructive. The 'Love' bug used a gimmick to get victims to open it - and it worked

Digital music awaits new wave of Rios

News After leading the way with its Rio portable MP3 players, S3's Diamond plans to network your home and car. Will the market tune in?

A Year Ago: IE 5.0 has security bug

News First published: Wed, 05 May 1999 10:19:33 GMT

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