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Archive - 07 Jan 2002

China's WTO entry boosts Linux

News China has agreed to step up its efforts to stamp out pirated software, but instead of paying for Windows, many organisations are switching to locally developed Linux distributions

Internet watchdog chief quits

News The chief executive of the Internet Watch Foundation has resigned at a crucial moment in the organisation's history

Compaq to report surprise profit

News Despite the slump affecting many areas of the tech industry, Compaq is reporting a fourth-quarter profit

VeriSign buys .tv Web domain

News .Tv Corp. International will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriSign, announces the .com registry

CES: Name change and first product for Rearden Steel

News New products include the Moxi MC, a set-top box design that includes a modem, hard drive and Firewire ports and runs on a modified Linux operating system

The wit and wisdom of Scott McNealy

Comment Take a look at some of Scott McNealy's amusing nicknames for Sun's competition.

Mobile phone firms referred to Competition Commission

News Oftel's powers of persuasion haven't worked on the mobile industry, so it has resorted to the big stick approach

Macworld Focus: Jobs does it again

News The new flat-panel iMac took centre stage at Macworld 2002 but that wasn't all - see full reports and video from the show floor

Intel Northwood fails to take the lead

News First test results show that Intel's new Pentium 4 'Northwood' processor does not, as some observers predicted, leave AMD's Athlon in the dust. For many mainstream applications, the Athlon is still...

Online job ads keep sliding

News International turmoil and a gloomy economic outlook are contributing to a sharp drop in online recruitment

BT denies network sell-off rumours

News The UK's incumbent telco insists that its crown jewels will not face the chop, even for £18bn

Cook reveals hopes for Internet general election

News The leader of the Commons hopes that technology will revive the democratic process for younger voters

WITC opens debate through online forum

News Members of the public will be able to participate in discussions at the World IT Congress through online forums

Want to capture a .com? Get in line

News Verisign is proposing to set up a waiting list for domain names, including .com addresses, which are not renewed

New Microsoft gadget set for debut

News Microsoft's tablet-shaped handheld device is rumoured to be debuting at CES this week

Software makers expand iPod capabilities

News Innovative software opening up the iPod to other systems is to be on show at Macworld

Intel, AMD duke it out with new chips

News Competition between chip mammoth Intel and up-and-coming AMD is finely balanced as new chips arrive this week. Will AMD be able to hold its own?

Flat-panel iMac pictures leaked

News Apple will reveal a sleek new flat-panel iMac today, along with a slew of new software. Already, some pictures have leaked onto the Web

Five years ago: Netscape Communicator beta to be first of many

News Netscape's first beta of its Communicator browser/groupware suite will be only the first of six previews the company will issue

Dell Dimension 4400

Review If you need a little extra computing power, this 2.2GHz Pentium 4 system can certainly provide it -- but there's plenty of attractively priced competition.

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