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Blog Thursday 7/2/2002 Philips is an odd company. It's by far Europe's biggest electronics groups, easily the equal of many of the Japanese companies, but never quite managing to get an appropriate...
BT throws down broadband gauntlet
News Chief executive Ben Verwaayen is on the verge of revealing significantly lower broadband prices, and effectively daring Oftel to block them
Sun uncloaks 'virtualised' computing
News Sun has unveiled its data centre 'virtualisation' solution, code-named N1, which it hopes will take on rivals like IBM
From high-tech to blue collar
News Many workers are waiting out the downturn in jobs that are far below their previous salaries or professional aspirations
NY accuses software maker of censorship
News Network Associates is accused of restricting free speech through a 'censorship clause' in the documentation for its McAfee software
Java application offers a cheap BlackBerry alternative
News Sirenic reckons it can do everything RIM's pocket email device does, at less cost, and for more devices
Linux-loving McNealy dons penguin outfit
News The Sun chief executive proves his love for Linux by dressing up as Tux the penguin during a speech to analysts
News Schmooze: Of Microsoft and Meta Pads
News Broadband hit the headlines, DivX went the way of Napster, and IBM proffered a new tech gadget
Compaq promotes alternative mobile cryptography
News Compaq is jointly marketing a crypto solution for mobile PDAs which overturns the accepted wisdom that IPsec is all you need for VPNs
Microsoft patent dispute heats up
News InterTrust has filed a second patent lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that its technology is being used to certify and authenticate drivers
It's a u-turn, Sun, but not as we know it
Comment Eighteen months ago it looked as though Solaris would replace Linux on Cobalt appliances. Now Linux is seeping out into the Solaris space. Matt Loney gets his head around the u-turn
Sony continues the fight for regional coding
News Sony is seeking to have the use of modification chips for the PS2 stopped in Australia, but a government agency has stepped in on behalf of the consumer
Power struggle at PalmSource
News The lights went out, but Palm developers found ways to amuse themselves
The laptop and the doomsday device
Comment IBM's ThinkPad contains world-class security - as Rupert Goodwins discovered to his peril
MS puts coders on bug alert
News A month-long review of key software will seek to entrench Microsoft's push for better security - a challenge on par with 'herding cats'
DMCA attacks American copy 'rights'
Comment Congressman Rick Boucher explains his reservations about the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and its threat to the consumer right of 'fair use'
Public blasts Microsoft antitrust settlement
News Tens of thousands comment on the settlement, with the vast majority opposing it. Next, the judge must decide how to handle sanctions against Microsoft
Microsoft, DOJ unveil settlement report
News Microsoft and the US Justice Department have released their report summarising public comments on their case
Five years ago: McAfee finds first known Linux virus
News McAfee claims to have detected the first known virus to attack the Linux operating system
