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Blog Friday 8/4/2005 Nokia has finally lost it. It's launched a new mobile phone, the 8800, which looks like... well, a mobile phone. But it isn't. It's an iconic object. Frank Nuovo, Nokia's chief...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Decoding BT's CEO, unusual encounters with other Web sites and new mechanisms for mind control don't prevent Rupert from quietly shaking his head at Nokia's latest mobile daftness
Nokia unveils luxury phone
News A stainless-steel bodied phone manufactured with advanced watchmaking techniques will go on the market in Europe later this quarter, with a €750 price tag
Mandrakesoft gets a new name
News Brief: Having completed its purchase of Conectiva, the French Linux vendor is now know as Mandriva
Dell: Hitting the $80bn target
Analysis At the base of the computing giant's growth strategy is the maxim of 'define, grow and extend'. What does this mean, and how does the company plan to hit its ambitious revenue target?
MSN Messenger overcomes smiley problems
News After security scares surrounding emoticons delayed the beta, the latest version of Microsoft's instant-messaging software has been released
Bulldog fixes broadband problems
News London customers of ISP Bulldog are once again able to use the Web, now connectivity problems have been fixed
Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop
News Lawyers and developers attending a UK Patent Office workshop were united in their condemnation of the definition of 'technical contribution' in the software patent directive
Hackers send flood of bogus Microsoft updates
News A message that appears to be from Microsoft is urging people to download a malicous program from a fake Web site
Deep security needs top-level thought
Leader Net security relies on a haphazard mix of patches, regulation and conflicting interests. This is no recipe for success
Grand National extortion attacks 'unlikely'
News Police are confident that gambling Web sites will be safe from cybercriminals threatening to disrupt betting on the Grand National
The rise and rise of embedded Linux
Q&A 'You can't do control-alt-delete on a pacemaker'. The chief executive of the leading embedded-software maker explains why his customers are clamouring for the open-source OS and aren't interested...
MI5 IT upgrade costs balloon
News The security service's new computer system looks set to cost 50 percent more than originally estimated, arrive three years late and have less functionality than was planned
Wikipedia and Yahoo announce alliance
News It's not just Google helping out the online encyclopaedia: arch-rival Yahoo is to give the pioneering project 'critical material aid'
Microsoft issues DNS poisoning advisory
News After the Internet Storm Center raised its warning level over the pharming-related vulnerability the software behemoth updated its advice for people running Windows servers
Philadelphia pushes on with Wi-Fi plan
News The US city has come to an agreement with local telcos to allow it to push on with its groundbreaking city-wide Wi-Fi plan unhindered
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 Mobile
Review If you need efficient speech-to-text software, Dragon Naturally Speaking 8 Preferred is definitely worth considering. But if you already have a portable device that can record voice, such as a...
IBM denies Domino flaw
News Reports of a flaw that could topple servers running the Lotus Domino software have been dismissed by IBM, who say the problem is not reproducible
Microsoft to patch critical Windows flaws
News Next Tuesday will see the release of the software leviathan's latest batch of security patches, and it will include updates for Windows, Office, MSN Messenger and Exchange
Dual-core Opterons to debut early
News AMD is going to release its latest dual-core chips later this month, several months ahead of schedule
