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Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment A four day week and seven pieces of prime industry doltishness? Rupert tries to squeeze it all in
2,000 face axe in Orange-Wanadoo merger
News Wanadoo is being incorporated into the Orange brand, but this won't stop disgruntled users from complaining about poor service
McAfee bites into Apple security
News The antivirus vendor claims that Macs are 'just as vulnerable' as Windows PCs, but admits there is no significant risk to Mac users at the moment
Linux kernel 'getting buggier'
News Linux kernel maintainer Andrew Morton may force developers to devote one kernel cycle to fix long-standing bugs in the Linux kernel
Ignore consumer tech at your peril, CIOs warned
Analysis The majority of new technologies businesses adopt in future will have their roots in the consumer market, according to Gartner
Reduce OS X security threats - ignore security software
Leader McAfee wants you to buy into its picture of Macintosh security. We prefer an alternate reality
Public will 'pay twice' for ID cards
News Users will have to pay again every time their biometric passport or ID card breaks
BT and NTL get wooden spoon for customer satisfaction
News Consumers indicated quality and reliability are more important than price
Web casino blacklisted for 'messageboard spam'
News Affiliates of 888.com appear to have taken to using Web crawling technologies to locate messageboards or chat forums and spam them
Audit Commission signs Thus for next-gen network
News The WAN will connect up 500 sites across the country, with implementation expected to be completed by April 2007
Allow your users to use GALMOD32 to change their own GAL details
Help/HowTo The utility allows users to change their own GAL information, but could be dangerous for some organisations to use
O2 plays down takeover talk
News Reports that O2 will buy an ISP such as Bulldog are 'highly speculative', the mobile operator has claimed, saying the fixed-mobile convergence market is 'embryonic'
Apple patent covers wireless iTunes distribution
News The invention appears to be a way for Apple to capture revenue from music fans with short attention spans
XP Starter Edition reaches Africa
News But the South African founder of Ubuntu Linux says Microsoft is only playing catch-up with open source software
EU-wide patents 'move closer'
News With the Community Patent gathering pace, one campaigner warns that the European Patent Litigation Agreement could open the door to a 'flood of software patent lawsuits in Europe'
MySQL issues security fix
News Builder: The bugs affect MySQL version 5, which has come into widespread use since its release late last year
Verizon scorns net neutrality fight
News Fears over preferential treatment for different sites' traffic are 'hypothetical'
Spyware kingpin hammered for $4m
News Wallace and Smartbot.net were charged with deceptively dropping spyware onto the PCs of unwitting people, changing their settings and barraging them with pop-up ads
Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly
News Builder: Licensing changes should make bundling easier, but Sun is continuing to resist taking Java fully open source
Matalan writes off £20m over failed IT system
News Five years on, the retailer has decided its old system is better after all
C&W to fight Fusion with landline-mobile service
News The company has purchased GSM spectrum, and is planning a launch by the end of the year
Microsoft unveils product search
News The company also plans to bring Windows Live Search out of beta this summer
Ballmer details MSN spending plans
News Microsoft's top R&D priority is software as a service, but the scale of spending is spooking some
Grid project hunts for bird flu cure
News A grid computing project originally designed for particle physicists has been loaned to an international effort against the H5N1 virus
Microsoft heralds 'critical' Windows, Exchange patches
News An Exchange email server bug and at least one in Windows are deemed particularly serious
Google SketchUp
Review Google SketchUp is a flexible, powerful application for quick 3D sketching on the fly, but professionals will want the paid-for version.
