Previous DayFriday: Browser fun
Blog Friday 6/6/2003Now here's an oddity, forwarded by a Friend of the Diary. First Direct circulates a warning to its customers saying that if they're running Windows 9X and a pre-6.0 version of...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Rupert's rural ramblings in the Swedish countryside soon turn to thoughts of email naughtiness, browser balderdash and the ancient beasts of computing antiquity
End of support for Windows 98 sparks IE 6 scare
News Don't panic, says Microsoft, after a UK bank tells its customers that the software giant is about to end downloads of IE 6
Agenda set for rural broadband push
News Putting all the major players in the same room could lead to more action on closing the broadband divide
Microsoft's seven heads mean UK shuffle
News To fall in line with the US corporate structure, Microsoft UK will hold a reshuffle and appoint a new head for each of its seven business units
Sun loosens Java licence, changes logo
News JavaOne: Sun Microsystems is about to loosen the licensing terms of Java and spend millions promoting its use in business and consumer devices - such as mobile phones
UK councils dump Windows for Linux
News Local authorities in Newham and Nottingham are expected to migrate more than 10,000 desktop computers from Windows to Linux
Oracle makes surprise bid for PeopleSoft
News PeopleSoft had announced plans to buy J.D. Edwards, but now finds itself contemplating being taken over by Oracle
Wireless broadband auction kicks off amid cherry-picking fears
News One bidder has already got pulses racing by bidding for every available licence, but some fear that only the choicest areas will be offered services
Wal-Mart plays catalyst to RFID uptake
News Wal-Mart, owner of supermarket chain Asda, will begin using RFID tags this month, which is a huge boost to the technology
Don't let staff leave without an exit interview
Feature If you prepare ahead of time, understand the best approach, and know what kind of feedback you want to get, an exit interview can be the perfect opportunity to find out about issues
HP increases PC competition with itself
News Far from consolidating its product portfolio after the Compaq merger, HP has increased the range of Compaq Presario and HP pavilion desktops
Integrating Oracle and Java: Optimising your development platform for ERP apps
Feature Oracle and Java can be an extremely robust solution for ERP, and is Internet-friendly to boot. But there are complications that have to be considered
Corel agrees to sell out for £64m
News Software maker Corel has agreed to sell itself for just £64m. The move comes after Microsoft agreed to dump its 25 percent stake in the company at a huge loss
Antivirus-killing virus threat upgraded
News The antivirus-killer Bugbear has mutated into Bugbear.B and is on the loose, according to security experts
Spam blacklist blocks BT
News BT customers are finding that their email is being blocked as spam by a blacklist service because it says BT's email servers are 'insecure or abuseable'
JBoss developers split to help integration
News A group of JBoss developers have formed their own company to concentrate on solutions that will integrate JBoss's application server with other systems
Intel makes 'linear scaling' Linux server
News Intel has found that when its Itanium servers are running Linux, their performance can be scaled upwards by adding processors, without losing any efficiency
Researchers make the Web faster
News Fast TCP can boost download speeds significantly, according to researchers at Caltech
Contract amendment 'gives SCO Unix copyrights'
News SCO's case against Linux may have received a boost with the discovery of an amendment to its contract with Novell over Unix assets
HP iPaq takes crown from Palm in Asia
News Despite relatively slack demand over the past year, HP has increased its iPaq sales and gained market share to become number one in Asia
File-sharing networks go into battle
News Altnet has warned that other file-sharing networks may be in violation of its patent for digital tags, and is threatening action
