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Archive - 12 Jul 2001

PGP Personal Security 7.03

Review PGP Personal Security will only be effective if you understand what it's doing and make it part of an overall security scheme -- just installing and running it won't provide a miracle cure.

European Parliament restricts access to personal data

News Cappato report challenges European Council plans to give law enforcement greater access to electronic communications

Napster hit by defecting users

News Analysts believe that a red hot Dutch peer-to-peer company is on track to be the next successful song-swapper

Marijuana worm smoked out of action

News The recent PE_MARI.A worm was too flawed to take over many computers, analysts say

Palms: Are we waiting for USB?

Comment Was the boom in hand-held Palm PCs and Pocket PCs just a fad, now forgotten along with Psion profits? It seems all too easy to say so -- and several commentators are doing this, on the back of...

Tech firms blame Europe for slow growth

News ANALYSIS: Latest batch of tech earnings will highlight European weaknesses, observers predict

Semiconductor makers streamline with RosettaNet standards

News Manufacturers can now share information across entire production process, making them more competitive

BT faces strike over back-office outsourcing

News Communications Workers Union opposes plan to send paperwork overseas

Worms evolving into complex beasts

News Computer systems are becoming more like living organisms, says an expert - and harder to keep healthy

New front opens in Web standards war

News Web-authoring companies are being pressed to adopt standards - but they might not work with your browser

Fujitsu to unveil 128-CPU server

News Primepower 2000 arrives late, but will put pressure on Sun, IBM and HP

Cube fans pray for its reincarnation

News Mac fans quickly buy up stock of Apple's Cube - after it is axed for low demand

Spam plan fails in EU committee

News Committee rules that if email users don't want to be drowned under a sea of spam, they will have to ask the spammers to stop

Psion has faith in the future

News Company downplays cuts in consumer handhelds, saying it is leaving its options open for PDAs and Bluetooth

Free Software

Comment Free software works just fine. Open Source software works just fine. Don't let anybody pretend otherwise. It works at least as well as any other sort of software. It works for me.

Microsoft shares jump on outlook

News Software giant will take a charge of £2bn on investments

Intel looks at leap in handheld memory

News Chip maker says it is closing in on 'Holy Grail' of memory for mobile devices like phones and handheld computers

Napster must stay offline

News US court judgement means Napster must prove it can block trading of major-label songs

Yahoo! beats Street's target by a hair

News In its first report under new chief executive Terry Semel, the Net bellwether posts shows a profit of a penny per share in the second quarter, excluding charges

Microsoft alters Windows pacts

News In a dramatic shift, Microsoft will now allow PC makers to change desktop icons, entries from the Start menu, and block access to Internet Explorer. Experts say it's too little, too late

Psion handhelds fall victim to a changing market

News The handheld market is still booming, but Psion says it can no longer compete. The company hasn't done anything wrong, say experts, it has simply been squeezed out of its niche

Five Years Ago: Dixons: PCs were almost a quarter of sales

News UK electronics retail giant Dixons Group announced upbeat figures for the financial year ending 27 April 1996, saying PCs had contributed significantly to the numbers

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