Previous DayFurious BT loses battle over local exchange access
News Despite security concerns, Oftel has ruled that rival operators are allowed unsupervised access to BT's local exchanges
Mercury to root out e-business problems
News Testing software gets a new module to find the root cause of customer problems on Web sites
Child's play: the 'kiddies' behind Goner
Comment The teenage authors of Goner have now been arrested - Robert Vamosi looks at the electronic trail that lead investigators to them.
European Parliament accepts telecoms competition laws
News A new telecoms package was approved on Wednesday, which will free up competition in the telecommunications market
Microsoft offers a 'tune-up' for XP
News Microsoft's latest download for XP includes several enhancements to its entertainment package
Sony cracks down on PlayStation2 chipping
News Sony has sent letters to two UK sites selling chips that let PlayStation2 owners play multi-region DVDs and games bought in the US
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Wednesday 12/12/2001 Happy birthday, radio! The story isn't quite as mythologised, but today is the centenary of Marconi's first transatlantic transmission. I'm a complete wireless nut in any case...
Distributed computing's prime moment
News The world's largest prime number has been found using distributed computing, showing the power of a worldwide supercomputer made of PCs
Yahoo! makes offer for HotJobs
News The Web portal's acquisition offer marks a substantial premium above the job site's recent market value. But TMP Worldwide has a competing bid on the table
Oracle: 'Tonka toy' of the database market?
News Its recent advertising campaign says that the Oracle 9i database is 'unbreakable' - but critics argue this will simply attract malicious hackers
US: Warez crackdown has only just begun
News An international crackdown on warez groups is only the first step of an ongoing crackdown, says US Customs
Check Point, Nokia team up for security
News Following a long working relationship, the two companies are to co-develop security technology as part of an expanded alliance
Pentium 4: Too hot to handle?
News Intel's latest mobile chip may require extra cooling, and the extra power requirements make it too heavy for ultra-light notebooks
Microsoft dismisses states' settlement plan
News The US states that are still pursuing more concessions from Microsoft in the antitrust case have been given a harsh rebuttal
AMD boasts market share gains
News New products are unveiled by the chipmaker as its shares in the Japanese and European markets grow
Microsoft unveils new version of Project
News A test version of the project management software is to get a public release
