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Archive - 08 Oct 2003

Canadians launch Microsoft Smartphone

News Microsoft's Smartphone 2003 is the choice for new phones from Sierra Wireless

Getting back to basics

Q&A The IT industry has been in a conspiracy to make technology as complex as possible but now it needs to face up to the fact that's not the way to treat customers, says Autonomy chief executive Mike...

CCIA on Microsoft - what's the real issue?

Comment In part two of an examination of the recent CCIA report about the security of Microsoft's software, the true focus of the criticism comes under the microscope

Steam age tech takes heat off chips

News Victorian engineering has come to the aid of overheated twenty-first century chips

11,000 IP addresses found on accused hacker's PC

News Police found a file containing more than 11,000 vulnerable servers on the PC owned by a teenager accused of attacking a US port with a massive DDoS attack, a court heard today

P2P group seeks cross-industry detente

News A forum backed by Kazaa's parent company wants to eliminate piracy from file-swapping networks

CIOs express caution over Linux

News UK Tech Summit: Chief information officers say they are yet to see the benefits of open source outweighing its lack of accountability

Accused port hacker says log files were 'edited'

News A teenager accused of launching an attack on one of the US's biggest ports has claimed flaws in Windows allowed the real attacker to frame him

Meeting airs anger against VeriSign

News An unprecedented public meeting heard Internet companies describe in detail difficulties experienced after VeriSign began redirecting mistyped domain names to its own Web site

Siebel aims for ease of use

News Siebel's 'CRM for Everyone' programme promises a revamped customer interface and easier installation

UK file-swappers could face jail under new law

News New UK regulations that will implement a European directive on copyright could mean up to two years in jail for file-swappers

AOL extends Google pact indefinitely

News America Online has reiterated its commitment to using the Google for algorithmic and paid search results

Check Point surveys home-office border

News The security firm has released its first branded device, which centrally manages connections to off-site employees

Enterprises get the Instant Message

Q&A Instant Messaging is the application that never grew up. IMLogic's Francis deSouza explains how his company is turning IM into a tool for the enterprise, and why standards are vital

Research firm clarifies its 'integrity'

News Forrester Research will not longer let client companies publicise the research they commission

Microsoft embeds Amazon links

News Office applications will soon contain links to Amazon's services, after the announcement of a partnership between Microsoft and the online retailer

Why Wi-Fi will become ubiquitous

Q&A NetGear's chief executive explains how the concept of wireless access will soon be as accepted as taking money from a cash point

Sony VAIO PCV-W1

Review The VAIO W1 is an elegant and generally well-specified ‘media centre’ PC. But, like many convergence devices, it makes a number of compromises that reduce its initial appeal.

Hitachi pushes data-mobility software

News The company is releasing software that moves data between different storage devices, as part of its 'information lifecycle management' strategy

Sun seeks to restore its sheen

Feature After a persistent trickle of bad news, Sun Microsystems is polishing its comeback strategy

Start-ups must 'adapt or die'

News A new Darwinian ethos pervades Silicon Valley start ups, according to venture capitalists attending a conference this week

Australian broadband adoption accelerates

News Broadband take-up in Australia had edged past the half-million milestone, according to the latest statistics

Second Nokia phone explodes

News A Dutchman's mobile phone exploded in his trouser pocket on Monday

Microsoft plans 'Green' makeover

News The next versions of the software giant's business management applications will be tied to its next iteration of Windows, in an effort dubbed 'Project Green'

VeriSign goes on security offensive

News The company, under fire for its domain-name management, has brought together various security services under one umbrella

Adobe patches SVG Viewer

News The software publisher has updated a plug-in that lets popular Web browsers display images created in SVG format, after the discovery of several security holes

Copy protection broken by hitting 'shift'

News Disabling new anti-copying features from record company BMG is as easy as holding down the shift key, according to a paper by a university student

Microsoft patents widely used IM feature

News Microsoft has been granted a patent for the instant-messaging feature that lets people see when the person they are chatting with is typing a message

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