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Archive - 06 Sep 2005

O2 Xda Exec

Review The Xda Exec is large for a handheld, but it delivers the latest in mobile voice and data functionality, including Windows Mobile 5.0 and 3G, in a flexible hardware design.

GPL 3 may contain patent retaliation clause

News The free software licence may penalise litigious companies that hold software patents

'Watchdog' to savage Bulldog over broadband failings

News The BBC is stepping into the ring on consumers' behalf in the ongoing row over the Cable & Wireless subsidiary's problems, as Ofcom starts an official investigation

Microsoft security chief bitten by rogue dialler

News No-one is above the threat posed by rogue diallers, it seems: Microsoft's top security man in the UK recently found himself with a whopping BT bill

Security exploits: Who's to blame?

Feature Irresponsible security researchers can cause more harm than good, but letting firms sweep flaws under the carpet is just as bad

BT hit a low note with Midband

Leader No tears should be shed for Midband - the wrong product at the wrong time

McAfee readies ISP security services

News The 'Clean Pipes' strategy looks to establish a secure Internet with defences at every level

SMS boom to continue

News 'The cheapest, easiest form of peer-to-peer mobile communication ever known' will be worth $50bn a year by 2010, according to Portio Research

BT pulls the plug on Midband

News BT has killed off a service once billed as the solution to Britain's broadband divide

Yahoo hosting 'thousands' of phishing sites

News Spamhaus has accused Yahoo of failing in the fight against online fraud, and Microsoft has admitted there is room for improvement

BT pauses its SDSL rollout: Is there an heir apparent in BT Max?

Analysis We take a look at why BT stopped its symmetric broadband rollout, and the products that look set to supersede the beleagured service

Symbian hits back over security

News The mobile virus threat can be negated by users showing a little common sense, according to a senior Symbian executive

Microsoft and Intel fall out over BlackBerry case

News The two computing behemoths are on different sides of a dispute that hits to the heart of US patent law

Itanium dealt Longhorn server blow

News Intel's beleaguered high-end processor will only have very limited compatibility with Microsoft's next-generation server operating system

Chinese mobile firm allies with Skype

News Skype is trying to expand its share of the burgeoning Chinese market with the launch of a new joint venture

New technology 'making ID theft easier'

News Excessive trust in technology leading to a lack of human interaction at the point of sale could be making life easier for fraudsters

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