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Blog Friday 06/08/2004 So, farewell then, Munir Kotadia. You'll have seen his name on many fine reports, especially on matters of computer security, but no more. Just because he's young, unencumbered...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Why hide a positive story? PRs with a great tale to tell make Rupert play 'chase the phone call', while those who wish to keep things secret shouldn't post details on the Web...
Corporates to get taste of free Linux
News UserLinux, which offers companies the features of Red Hat Linux without the price tag, will be released in a test version at the start of next month
Mixed report on IRS technology
News An annual report highlights problems with the US Internal Revenue Service's efforts to modernise its technology
Texts alert parents to school closures
News Parents in Fife are informed via text when schools close due to extreme weather
Ofcom sounds a trumpet for spectrum trading
News It will soon be legal for organisations to buy and sell chunks of radio spectrum, but the broadband market will have to wait until 2007
IBM prepares Notes update
News The next release of Lotus Notes and Domino will include connections to IBM's DB2 database software
US 'fails to make breakthroughs'
News A decline in groundbreaking research projects is worrying US scientists
PeopleSoft bags its biggest deal yet
News A two-year contract with Mexico's tax service will pay the software firm more than $50m
Thin clients ride Linux trend
News Hardware firms are harnessing the open-source operating system to sell stripped-down PCs
ZDNet's quick guide to Intel processors
Tech Guide Intel has moved away from labelling its processors by clock speed. So which CPU is which? Our quick guide explains the new Pentium 4 and Celeron landscape.
Wi-Fi phones arrive early
Feature Hybrid handsets will hit the market later this year
RightNow discounts IPO price
News The software firm has started trading its shares for a lower price than initially planned
PS3 to play with Blu-ray
News Sony will incorporate the emerging storage technology into its next console
French music store claims iPod 'anticompetitive'
News Virgin Mega has filed a complaint with the French Competition Council that claims Apple's refusal to open up the iPod is hurting competition
Windows XP SP2: almost here
Preview Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) promises serious security fixes, and it's almost here. But you may not want to jump on it too fast. We'll tell you why.
Images open door to attackers
News Six flaws in an open-source image format allow attackers to target computers running Linux and could also put Windows PCs and Mac OS X machines at risk
First handheld Trojan emerges
News A malicious program lets an attacker gain full control of a Pocket PC
