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Blog Friday 12/03/2004It is, says Intel's happy press release, Centrino's first birthday! Congratulations, and isn't it growing up so quickly? The precocious mobile technology has been spotted...
Psion wins Symbian sale vote
News Unless other shareholders step in, Nokia will soon have its hands on a controlling stake in Symbian
Critical Office XP fix disables spam filters
News The latest Microsoft Office security patch is disrupting the PCs of companies using some anti-spam applications
Wi-Fi and fries?
Feature Despite the lack of customers queuing for the service, McDonald's is confident that its Wi-Fi menu will drive growth
The evolution of emoticons
Q&A An American academic has delved into the semiotics of the smiley
Netsky copycat sparks search for source code
News Antivirus companies are trawling the Internet looking for evidence that the author of Netsky has published the worm's source code, after new variants were discovered
Model security from Microsoft?
Comment It's not crazy to suggest that Linux could learn from Microsoft's example when it comes to security
Shareholder anger ahead of Symbian vote
News Private investors who want to prevent Psion's 31 percent stake in Symbian falling into Nokia's clutches claim they're being hamstrung by City apathy
Microsoft beams video to mobiles
News A wireless video delivery system will play content on mobile devices
Global sales of camera phones shoot up
News More than a quarter of handsets sold this year will contain cameras, according to a study
Oracle's earnings meet estimates
News Oracle just hit analysts' predictions of results for its third quarter
Microsoft's request to shift trial denied
News RealNetworks' case against the software giant will be heard in San Jose rather than on Microsoft's home turf
Toshiba Pocket PC e800 Wi-Fi
Review Although it's not the lightest or cheapest handheld, Toshiba's e800 provides the performance and robust software that mobile professionals require.
HP reduces business PC range
News Hewlett-Packard is streamlining its line-up of PCs for businesses
Zingo goes south of expectations
News One of the first examples of how mobile-phone positioning data can be used commercially has seen its early high rate of take-up execute a sharp u-turn
Legal swapping networks flourish
News Companies selling P2P technology for legitimate purposes are gaining ground
Canadian government demands $120m refund from HP
News Canada is disputing whether Hewlett-Packard delivered on a massive contract for its defence department
Proof emerges of SCO's Microsoft link
News An investment company has corroborated allegations of ties between the two firms fighting against open source
