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Archive - 06 Jan 2003

Government denies it is demonising the Web

News The Home Office insists that new guidelines and a £1m campaign will keep children safe without creating a climate of fear

Which? to end e-commerce scheme

News The Which? Web Trader kitemark scheme that promised consumers they were shopping safely is to finish at the end of the month

Microsoft readies new Exchange

News A new version of Microsoft's Exchange communications software has entered a second round of testing, the company said on Monday

AT&T restructure cuts jobs

News 'Employee separations' will eliminate 3,500 telecom staff from AT&T's business division

Ask Jeeves dumps banners

News The Ask.com search site will no longer run banner - or pop-up - advertising, relying instead on paid sponsorship or targeted ads

PC industry to revive in 2003

News The corporate replacement cycle will boost sales of PCs in 2003, while the mobile phone industry will be at the mercy of consumers in China, according to new research

Network Associates expands anti-spam portfolio

News Deersoft's filtering technology is to be incorporated into Network Associates' security products

PalmSource does OS deal with HuneTec

News Korean firm HuneTec is to use the Palm OS in its messaging devices as part of the latest deal by Palm's software arm

Macromedia Contribute

Review If you or your employees need to regularly update a Web site but can't get to grips with most Web-creation tools, consider Macromedia's Contribute.

Intel executives cleared of balloon-popping charges

News A lawsuit by Via Technologies against Intel may sound frivolous, but it is only part of a long-running and multifaceted legal fight

We need better WLAN management

Comment Oliver Rist: It's about time vendors woke up to the fact that WLANs need a specialist management tool, before any more access points just disappear.

Demon ditches broadband sign-up fee

News By making it cheaper to sign up for ADSL, the service provider says Broadband Britain will grow even faster

Via brings hi-fi to the low end

News Its latest motherboard will allow low-cost PCs to offer high-quality audio and DVD playback, according to Via

Get real with high availability

Feature "High availability" means nothing, unless you focus on what your users actually need, and promise what you can actually achieve.

Nokia 7650

Review Nokia's first MMS-enabled camera-phone isn't perfect, but it is remarkably polished for a cutting-edge product.

VeriSign splits off domain registrar

News The Network Solutions brand is to be revamped by parent company VeriSign to run its domain name business

Hiring isn't a 2003 CIO resolution

News Chief information officers aren't planning to hire much at the start of the new year, and contractors are filling the void

Is there a supercomputer in your future?

Feature Linux and Itanium could be the future for business servers. If so, then NEC's TX7 supercomputer will be an indication of where your datacentre is going

NTL increases broadband coverage

News High-speed Internet access via cable reaches more residents of East Anglia as NTL widens its broadband reach

Apple set to announce video iPod plans

News Analysts are predicting that Apple may unveil an iPod that plays movies at its upcoming Macworld conference

Anti-spam sentiment grows

News The latest survey of Web users shows that surfers are increasingly in favour of making unsolicited junk email illegal

Hitachi sees money in hard drives

News Armed with a joint venture with IBM, Hitachi is set to take on the hard drive market - but it may concentrate on servers rather than desktops, say analysts

Start-up beats IBM for Linux software

News In a significant boost for smaller development companies, a start-up will provide the disk drive management software for the next Linux kernel

Oracle remains mum on support issue

News Customers are demanding that Oracle continue supporting older software until they can upgrade

Supreme Court backs off DVD case

News The top US court has removed a ruling on the controversial DeCSS DVD-descrambling software. It is a setback for movie studios

New Photoshop focuses on cutting clutter

News Photoshop Album will aim to give digital camera users a way to keep their photos organised

Transmeta climbs into embedded market

News A new processor could help Transmeta improve its fortunes in the large market for non-PC computing devices such as cash registers

Microsoft hooks up with CDMA

News The software company is to announce smartphones that will be compatible with the mobile phone standards popular in North America, stepping up its competitiveness

Apple preparing new upgrade fees

News Customers may have to pay for the 'digital hub' applications they used to get for free, as Apple struggles for revenues

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