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Archive - 06 Dec 2004

Firefox users ignore online ads

News Internet Explorer users are at least four times as likely to click on Web ads than Firefox users, according to latest statistics

Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust

News The zombie army created by Lycos screensavers to attack spammers' Web sites has been dismantled

Government must force ISPs to take security seriously

Analysis Service providers are facing increasing pressure to take a more proactive stance when it comes to protecting customers from malware

NT4 security support warning issued

News If you can't afford $200,000 per year for Microsoft support, it could be time to look at some extra security measures, according to Gartner

OpenOffice.org goes Swahili

News Developers have released the first version of OpenOffice.org in the East African language of Swahili, having overcome translation and infrastructure difficulties

Orange launches 3G handsets

News Orange is claiming to have the best network for 3G use as well as the best technology with which to use the technology ahead of its first 3G phones going on sale at the end of the week

Phishing attacks rise ten fold in 2004

News The number of phishing attacks intercepted by MessageLabs has rocketed in the last year

BCS to offer compliance training

News The national body for IT professionals has created the UK's first qualification in Freedom of Information, in response to growing fears over the implications of the January deadline

With ISPs like these, who needs enemies?

Comment Service providers aren't providing much of a service when it comes to protecting customers from DDOS attacks

IBM reorients the PC market

Leader IBM is on the verge of divesting itself of its PC business. A bold move, but a wise one

Web users demand more protection from ISPs

News Survey: Most users want their ISPs to give them better protection from malicious attacks and are even willing to pay more for it

EA execs respond to criticism over working hours

News The gaming giant has responded to the harsh criticism of its working practices, but it has done little to convince unhappy staff

Broadband TV could spark tighter Web controls

News Ofcom has warned that the proliferation of faster IP networks and video-over-broadband services could erode the boundary between TV and the Internet, with big implications for the online world

Kazaa's man in Washington speaks out

Q&A Philip Corwin, Sharman Network's Washington lobbyist, has harsh words for the purveyors of 'aural pornography' that the RIAA represent, and some interesting comments on the technological...

Cisco hopes to stem decline

News The networking company has announced its new mini-CRS-1 router, and hopes the CRS-1 family can help it reclaim market share lost the rival Juniper

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

Review This is a significant update, with important scalability and management enhancements positioning it ahead of the competition, and as a rival to Microsoft's latest Windows Server 2003 product.

Cassatt aims to slash corporate hardware costs

News Start-up Cassatt hopes to use its low-cost clustering software to help corporates lower the cost of computing, and has just won a deal with Pfizer

HP-UX to gain 10Gbps networking capability

News HP is going to add support for S2io's high-speed adapters, but industry watchers think it'll be a while before the speed becomes widespread, due to the limitations of standard copper wiring

Redmond pledges support for NT4, at a price

News Microsoft has pledged to support NT4 for another two years for those willing to pay for a custom contract, and has promised free patches for security holes in the OS that threaten 'the integrity...

PlayStation 3 chip to power supercomputers

News Designers say that the 'Cell' chip represents the 'convergence between what we think of as supercomputing and what we use in the entertainment space'

AMD cool Opterons to heat up battle with Intel

News In the latest move in the processor arms race, AMD has announced that it will apply its mobile power-saving technology to servers, to help conserve energy and allow for higher-density data centres

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