Previous DayLucent loses court case over employee Web site
News In a controversial decision, a French court has held Lucent Technologies responsible for an illicit Web site created by one of its employees on company time
Russians turn mobile phone security off
News Moscow residents were denied GSM privacy this week by government order as the authorities seek to crack down on crime
US states home in on Oracle bid
News US attorneys general are preparing to share confidential information on Oracle, PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards
Security fears mean Wi-Fi won't star at the Olympics
News The International Olympic Committee doesn't believe wireless security is good enough for their IT set-up at Athens in 2004
Friday
Blog Friday 11/7/2003According to Jim Gray, head of Microsoft's Bay Area Research Centre, the best way of transferring lots of data is to put it on a hard disk, stuff it in bubble wrap and post it off....
MSN and eBay forge closer links
News Microsoft's MSN will provide direct access to eBay and boost the auctioneer's advertising reach
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Secret transmitters, Iraqi mobile phones and the connection between mad dogs and cable modems are just some of the flak that flew this week. Rupert Goodwins digs in
MP3.com wavers on brink
News MP3.com will shut its European arm and has put its US operation up for sale
Torvalds wraps up work on Linux core
News Linus Torvalds has released the last update to the current Linux development kernel, and says he will now turn his attention to the next version of the operating system core
Weblogs help create a political hot spot
News A blogging seminar to be held in the House of Commons on Monday will create the first ever Wi-Fi hot spot in the building, but it will be live only for one day
Aeroplane broadband is cleared for take-off
News A new frequency band for aeronautical mobile-satellite services has been approved, meaning that airline passengers will be able to share high-speed Internet connections
How satellite is saving the radio stars
Comment David Coursey: I'm a radio fan, but had feared for its future - until I discovered satellite radio
Q&A: An IT job of Olympic proportions
Feature The chief technology integrator for the Athens Olympics, Claude Philipps, reveals some of the strategies behind one of the world's biggest IT projects
Mobiles transform into mosquito repellers
News Asian mobile firms have developed a ringtone that wards off mosquitoes
Identity management could backfire, analysts warn
News Companies committing too quickly to an identity-management framework risk being stuck on the losing side of a standards war
Nanotech's promises and perils
Comment Michael Kanellos: Tiny technology is developing apace - but can a firm like Nantero suceed in the carbon circuit business?
China's mobile brands nurture global ambitions
News Chinese mobile-handset brands may soon be as ubiquitous as Nokia or Samsung
Japan plans super grid computer
News Japanese government and industry have teamed up to develop a supercomputer founded on smaller computers linked around the country
People power may derail Oracle's ambitions
News PeopleSoft's customers, who have invested millions in the company's software, fear the intentions of hostile-bidder Oracle
Sun emerges from shadows holding SCO licence
News Sun has revealed it was first in line to sign a Unix licence from SCO Group
Chipmakers' capital spend signposts recovery
News Chipmakers are pumping money into plants and equipment, in a dramatic reversal of previous years' budgets, says a new report
