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Blog Friday 11/06/2004 Tower Bridge is stuck! Rather, it isn't now -- but it was last thing last night. Yours truly and a fellow Ziffian were thirstily striding across its Victorian spans in search of...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Microsoft's digestive efforts and Citrix's science fiction can't match BT's Mickey Mouse security and the architecture that kept Rupert from his beer this week
4G gets more serious
News NTT DoCoMo says it has achieved a connection of 300Mbps with its experimental fourth-generation network
Software developers win engineering award
News The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded the IBM team behind WebSphere MQ with a handsome prize for innovation - in a first win for software development
Apple warned over 'misleading' Power Mac speed claim
News The ASA has clamped down on Apple's claim that the G5 is the fastest PC ever
Orange SPV C500: a first look
Preview Orange has announced its latest smartphone, the diminutive SPV C500, at the recent World Handset Forum in Amsterdam.
'Set-up is vital' for WLAN security
News Brief: Most wireless LAN intrusions could be avoided at the configuration stage, says Gartner
Racist spam attack hits Germany
News Spam emails with racist messages flooded computers in Germany on Thursday
Microsoft: 'Linux is more of a threat than before'
News The best way to get a great deal with Microsoft may be to say you're seriously considering Linux - which is why Microsoft spent Thursday dispelling the 'myth' of open source
China signs up to WiMax rollout
News Intel has done a deal to roll out wireless networks in two Chinese cities
Survey: Security measures pay off
News Tightening security results in fewer breaches and those that do occur are less damaging, according to a new report
Public to get online access to UK law
News The government is developing an online database of UK primary and secondary legislation
Rewards shift nature of worm hunt
Q&A Microsoft lawyer Hemanshu Nigam explains how big bucks can entice informants to turn in virus writers
Open source: Supply and demand
Comment Part four: In the final part of this series of articles in response to Eric Raymond, an examination of whether a hybrid model is the way forward
Europe asserts its right to regulate
Feature The European Union is increasingly willing to take on companies whose business practices have passed US scrutiny
Oracle judge grappling with market definition
News The judge overseeing the US Justice Department's attempt to block Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft has been critical of lawyers' 'blacking out' of supposedly confidential information
Security for your business
Buyer's Guide Security is a serious business these days. Read our buyer's guide to find out what you need to keep hackers and malicious code at bay.
Instant messaging more popular at work
News Corporate instant messengers will double in number during the next four years, according to new research
Microsoft's Korean offices searched
News Korean regulators were looking for evidence, as part of an ongoing investigation into the company's business practices
Arrests made over 'Half-Life 2' code theft
News Several people have been arrested in several countries on suspicion of stealing the source code of the much-anticipated game, which has had its release delayed as a result
