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Archive - 12 Aug 2003

WirelessUSB gets cheaper - at a cost

News A technology aimed at replacing cables for mice, keyboards and other peripherals is getting an upgrade, but data speeds could be its weakest link

Massive theft of mobiles and Xboxes sparks hunt

News Police are looking for a man sporting a beer belly after a lorry-load of handsets and consoles worth £780,000 vanished on Monday

AMD makes its mark on Opteron

News A new logo programme will make it clear which products contain AMD's processors

French campaigners win concession in mobile privacy row

News French mobile phone users have six months in which to opt out of being included in a national directory

US lawmakers worry RFID will hurt privacy

News California's legislators will meet later this month to address privacy issues surrounding radio frequency identification tags

Cleaning up after the MSBlast worm

Help/HowTo How to rid your system of the latest fast-spreading worm

My trip to Windows hell...and back

Comment Recently, my Windows machine froze up for no apparent reason and I spent hours troubleshooting. Sound familiar? Here's my story - and why Microsoft can't let this sort of thing continue

Attorneys begin mammoth PeopleSoft task

News Up to 1,000 customers will be interviewed as state attorneys general attempt to decide whether Oracle's hostile bid violates antitrust law

Update Windows today - before it gets Blasted

News Microsoft's Windows Update server could be out of service sooner rather than later because of a new worm

End of the line for NTL's Knapp

News The cable guy from NTL is leaving his post after 10 years of ups and downs

Microsoft to publish Office prices

News Pricing and a release date for the next version of Office will soon be made public, say analysts

Nanotech brings out the Luddites

Comment The future of nanotechnology may be put in jeopardy because of well-meaning but scientifically illiterate activists

Gamblers sue their credit card companies

News A Californian couple claims their banks and credit card companies should not have processed their bets

ID chips pressed into laundered clothes

News The controversial RFID tag technology is being taken to the dry cleaners

LG L3000A

Review The L3000A will allow you to get more detail and information into your presentations than a similarly priced plasma screen. You can leave whatever image on the screen for as long as you like, with...

Time to drop 'AOL'?

News AOL Time Warner may attempt to distance itself from its Internet arm's troubles by removing the brand from its name

PowerPoint misses out on XML

News The inclusion of XML has been promoted as a major feature of Office 2003 - but not all aspects of the suite will include it

Mac Office slashed in price

News Microsoft is cutting prices for the Mac version of its Office suite

Transmeta casts Efficeon chip as saviour

News Transmeta hopes the new chip, to launch in notebooks later this year, will help revitalise its fortunes

Samsung does ultrawideband deal

News Samsung is set to announce what it claims is the first commercial deal for the 480Mbps data-transfer technology

Digital fingerprint aims to cut down piracy

News In its latest antipiracy move, Universal Music has signed up Audible Magic to help prevent counterfeit copies of its CDs being made and distributed

Paper cut out at .co.uk registry

News Owners of .co.uk domain names will no longer have to resort to paper if they want to renew or update their registrations

Protecting yourself from the MSBlast worm

Help/HowTo What to do about a worm exploiting widely publicised holes in Microsoft Windows

How to stop your hardware overheating

Feature Once you know the cause and effects of heat in your system, you can go about eliminating it as a problem. Here’s what you need to know

Zone Labs targets IM security

News The security specialist has bought a company that provides software protecting instant messaging applications

SCO signs up first Linux licensee

News Despite pending action on its legality, SCO has convinced a Fortune 500 company to pay for a Linux licence

Worm exploits major Windows flaw

News The MSBlast worm is spreading rapidly, and security experts predict that the spread will accelerate when hackers refine its code

Microsoft hit with $521m Explorer fine

News Microsoft's Internet browser violated existing patents, according to a US federal court - though the software giant will appeal the decision