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Archive - 09 Feb 2004

Nokia admits multiple Bluetooth security holes

News Nokia has admitted that a number of its Bluetooth handsets are vulnerable to bluesnarfing - in which data can be stolen from a phone without the owner's knowledge

EMC announces storage upgrade

News The storage maker has announced updates to its Clariion line of hardware

3G operators open up a VAT of controversy

News Can m'learned friends help Britain's third-generation mobile licence holders to claw back some of the £22.5bn they blew during the auction of 2000?

Multiprotocol label switching makes for mainstream

Feature After years of hype, MPLS may finally be an acronym whose time has come

Bluetooth phones at risk from 'snarfing'

News A serious Bluetooth security vulnerability allows mobile phone users' contact books to be stolen. You've heard of bluejacking - now meet 'bluesnarfing'

Maplin drops copying devices

News Under pressure from the European Union Copyright Directive, the electronics chain has discontinued three lines of devices that could be used to circumvent copyright protections

Nokia grabs Psion's Symbian stake

News Psion's decision to sell its chunk of Symbian could damage the operating system's chances of dominating the smartphone market. Now analysts believe Symbian looks like it's just Nokia's baby

Samsung CLP-500

Review Home-based businesses and small offices looking for a sub-£500 colour laser with a network printing option should consider the Samsung CLP-500.

Opera plans March IPO

News The browser company is seeing higher revenues from sales and licences, and says a flotation will help it to compete

Disney to deliver content with Microsoft

News The two firms have struck a deal to develop digital media content

Why MyDoom-like attacks will persist

Comment Is email doomed by the IT industry's greed?

Businesses will blow IT budgets this year - Gartner

News Spending on IT is likely to surpass the amount companies have budgeted for this year, after a frugal 2003, according to the research firm

US firm trials 4G broadband

News Mobile provider Nextel is conducting a test of wireless broadband capable of delivering 1.5 megabits per second

Protect yourself from the risks of steganography

Feature It's possible to move sensitive data using steganographic techniques - here are ways to protect yourself

New spec speeds data transports

News The latest HyperTransport version, released this week, will improve performance in PCs and communications equipments

Lycos looks to lease space

News The Web portal is attempting to lease out space at its California headquarters, in a sign of further cost-cutting

Stop intruders exploiting applications

Feature Why you must design your applications with security breaches in mind

Stock-swap programme costs Microsoft millions

News Microsoft's stock-option exchange programme has cost the company over $600m, but profits remain healthy in its client and information worker units

Microsoft talks up 'entry-level' Windows

News Update: The company is to compete in poor countries with a cut-price, reduced-functionality version of Windows XP - and Thailand is already using the software

Is it time to charge for email?

Comment Spam has become the bane of our inboxes. Is it time to seriously consider bringing the era of free email to an end?

Hosting firm felled by attacks

News A massive distributed-denial-of-service attack hit an Australian Web hosting firm over the weekend

IdeaFisher Pro

Review This is a useful brainstorming tool once the initial learning curve is overcome. However, it could do with an interface overhaul, while localised versions for audiences outside North America would...

Union wades into offshoring row

News In the face of what it sees as government inaction over offshoring, Amicus is to investigate the issue itself - and in the meantime, threaten industrial action against any organisations that cut UK...

Yahoo rethinks music downloads

News The Internet firm is investigating ways of developing a music-download service

AMD raids Asia resellers after fake chips found

News AMD has found 30 bogus chips in four PC stores in Manila, the Philippines, in a series of raids

Filtering Kazaa 'impossible' - Sharman

News Sharman Networks says it cannot differentiate between copyright-infringing and legitimate file-sharing on its network

SCO wants $5bn from IBM

News The amount that SCO is seeking in damages from IBM in conjunction with its Linux lawsuit has hit $5bn

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