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Archive - 08 Oct 2002

Nvidia NV30 pursues raw speed

News The NV30, Nvidia's next sally into the graphics processing wars, will go for raw clock speed, the company says: it will need it to carry out a much more complex processing load

Information commissioner leaves post empty

News Elizabeth France has left her post early to champion consumer complaints against telcos. Her departure leaves the UK without a privacy tsar until December

Teleworking booms in Europe

News There are now twice as many teleworkers in Europe than there were three years ago, but the EU still lags behind the US

Transmeta chief: 'We're years ahead of Intel'

News Chief executive Matthew Perry thinks Transmeta can hold off Intel in the mobile processor market

Fiorina: HP can fend off Dell

News Dell is moving into the printer market through a deal with Lexmark, but the HP chief executive is confident that HP can cope with the competition

Putting IT people out to pasture

News Pensions - when the good times rolled, how much did you put into managed funds?

Improve TCP/IP performance in W2K registry

Feature Windows 2000's automatic TCP/IP settings aren't always the best choices for network performance. See how you can tweak a Win2K Server's registry to optimise TCP/IP

Netscape 7: Nice, but I'll still stay with IE

Comment David Coursey: Netscape 7 has officially shipped, but my opinion of it hasn't changed. The new browser has some really cool features, including a nifty tabbed interface, but they're not enough to...

AOL challenges BT's 'no-frills' broadband

News The price of its broadband offering has dropped, but AOL says it offers users much more than BT's similarly priced package

Microsoft: Users may have to pay for security

News RSA 2002: Microsoft is considering charging for additional security options, and admits it didn't move on security until customers were ready to pay for it

Lindows PC launches in UK

News The Linux operating system is now available in Britain on a £250 PC from a UK reseller, and ZDNet UK has the first review

Microsoft polishing .Net Server software

News Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on the second release candidate, or near-final testing version, of Windows .Net Server 2003, sources said

Road map for successful Web services

Feature Before adopting any new technology, companies need to know how and when it will improve the bottom line. Follow these steps to improve the ROI on a Web services project

Palm Zire

Review Palm’s inexpensive and ultra-basic Zire lowers the entry-level bar for handhelds. However, the price needs to drop even further if it's to become a compelling purchase for first-time buyers.

Vocera puts Wi-Fi on your collar

News The wireless telephone system uses badges on shirt collars rather than handsets, which Vocera says will be useful in warehouses or hospitals

Improve Linux security

Feature Although Linux's native support for networking services is part of the OS's appeal, these services can also create a security risk. Stop unnecessary network services

Have we reached the end of IT history?

Comment Peter Judge: The leaders of the flagships of the UK's IT industry admit that technology just isn't magic any more.

RentACoder: eBay for contractors?

News What do you get when you cross help-wanted ads with an online auction site? RentACoder is a new contract development Web site providing services that take some of the hassles out of contract work

Government confirms one million broadband connections

News A three-fold increase in broadband subscribers since the start of 2002 is good news all round, says Stephen Timms

Siebel expands partnership with HP, BEA

News The software company is to step up a joint marketing and technology development initiative with partner Hewlett-Packard

Trustworthy Computing - could try harder

Feature Eight months ago, Bill Gates launched Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative to improve security and win public trust. This report card grades the company's progress toward these goals

Amazon chief: We'll make $1bn a quarter

News The chief executive of the e-commerce giant is bullish about his company's prospects - and believes that selling second-hand goods is key to its success

Sony folds all-in-one 'W' PC into US lineup

News The sleek, folding computer from Japan makes its way across the Pacific in a new configuration

ATI speeds up memory chips

News A new design updates DDR memory to handle speeds of up to 800MHz

Apple's .Mac service goes down again

News A second service glitch hits Apple's Web services offering as the Mac maker tries to persuade users to pay up

New Intel chipsets pump up PCs

News Intel-based PCs will support faster memory and improved graphics performance

RIM updates BlackBerry server software

News The wireless email device maker says its new software makes BlackBerry easier to deploy. But wireless synchronisation will have to wait

Bugbear to set new virus record

News The virus is spreading a bit more slowly than last week, but is still on track to become the most prolific to date

IBM upgrades Unix software

News New version of AIX adds partitioning potential to IBM's Unix servers

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