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Blog Friday 8/10/2004 Rumours are circulating of the next iPod, which will squeeze 60 gigabytes of hard disk into the existing package and top it off with a full colour screen. The beast also has...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment You too can rule the world by remote control. Just hand over your card and smile for the iPod...
Senior management 'clueless' about RFID
News A recent survey by Unisys shows that just under half of board level executives have no idea what RFID is, let alone understand the scope of its implications for their business
Spam gets political
News It isn't always about porn and Viagra, you know
Man in tights to get smartcard reader
News The Serjeant at Arms has requisitioned a new smartcard based security system for the House of Commons in an effort to improve security after a number of high-profile breaches
Boosting broadband competition is vital, says IoD
News Improved competition among high-speed access providers in the UK hinges on whether Ofcom forces BT to cut its wholesale broadband prices
Branch offices offered ride on wireless Trapeze
News NetEvents: How do you offer Wi-Fi at your local branch if the staff haven't got the know-how to keep it running? Trapeze Networks claims it has the answer
GhostSurf 2005 Platinum
Review Want to remain anonymous while you surf? Check out Tenebril's GhostSurf, which encrypts your Internet connection and provides some useful security-related utilities into the bargain.
Thousands of companies are paying off online extortionists
News SANS conference: Despite the numbers of companies involved, victims are too embarassed to report the crime, says a UK security expert
NISCC wins gong for its fight against cybercrime
News SANS conference: The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre was rewarded today for its efforts in government leadership in the war against cybercrime
Open source is 'below the radar' of local government
News LinuxWorld: The London mayor's IT adviser says that the use of open-source software such as Linux is a pretty low priority for IT managers in local government
'Good citizenship' comes between Australians and their mobile porn
News Mobile phone operator Optus is giving the Australian Communications Authority one last chance to come up with guidelines for adult content on mobiles before putting their service live
IT security thought to be 'not a CEO concern'
News Senior management 'neither know themselves or their enemies very well' when it comes to IT security, according to Ernst & Young
Kazaa owner denied office-raid appeal
News Sharman Networks has lost its challenge to the legality of material being seized from its offices this year, but it claims this will have 'no bearing' on its copyright infringment case
Sun has betrayed us all
Leader By caving in to Kodak, Sun has set the scene for the end of free innovation in IT
SteelEye checks the LAMPs are on
News Builder: A new version of LifeKeeper will monitor the health of applications bulit on the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP stack
Incumbent telcos accused of plotting against VoIP
News NetEvents: The traditional phone companies are trying to stifle innovation in next-generation IP services, according to equipment makers
'Few firms' ready to embrace Internet telephony
News NetEvents: Establishing clear business benefits for moving to voice over IP today is proving 'pretty darn difficult' for many enterprises, experts say
IE stagnation spells trouble for all concerned
Analysis Even software developers who have based their projects around Explorer's failings are starting to worry about the lack of progress with IE and the consequent rise of Firefox
Contribute 3.0
Review Contribute is an easy-to-use and effective program for making visual changes to Web pages. However, the fact that it doesn’t support dynamic database-driven sites will limit its appeal to seasoned...
Sun and Kodak settle out of court
News The case over several delegation patents owned by Kodak has been settled out of court for less than 10 percent of Kodak's initial demand
Yahoo founder offers advice to Google
News Web 2.0: Yang advised the Google founders to enjoy it while it lasts, but admits that "to see what they've done is truly amazing"
IBM's new blades remain on the cutting edge
News Big Blue looks set to announce improved versions of its JS20 blade servers, which IBM claims should be both faster and more compatible than older versions
'Highly critical' security flaw found in Office
News A vulnerability has been found in a Microsoft's popular Office Suite - MS Word in particular - that could give a malicious third party control of your machine
