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Feature How can you integrate new Web development technologies with legacy code and reuse, rather than rewrite, existing business logic? Take advantage of Enterprise JavaBeans
BT to revitalise rural broadband trials
News A new trial will use lower-cost exchange equipment and regional sponsorship to bring ADSL to areas with as few as 16 broadband subscribers
File-swapping networks continue to thrive
News A report from the Yankee Group predicts that the use of networks like Morpheus and Kazaa will continue to grow, despite a crackdown by copyright owners
Mozilla blocks pop-ups, but Netscape won't
News Users of Mozilla 1.0 are happy with its ability to block pop-up ads on the Web, but the latest Netscape release doesn't use this functionality
Linux replaces Microsoft at Air New Zealand
News Air New Zealand moves from Windows NT servers to IBM mainframes running Linux. As more Linux geeks climb the corporate ladder, could the trend be about to take off?
UnitedLinux prepares first beta
News The four founding companies behind the unified Linux distribution will hand a 'closed' beta-test version of UnitedLinux 1.0 to their partners later this month
Access with control
Feature While determining network, database, and file access may appear to be strictly a security issue, here's the reason why it's actually a business issue for CIOs
Dot-coms back in business as Euro Internet usage surges
Comment The shakeout in Europe has left the dot-com firms still standing in a strong position. Web usage is surging -- with more potential customers than ever. But will they pay?
Siemens bets on mobile gambling
News Siemens and software start-up Scaraboo are trying to change the ancient maxim of gambling that you can't bet on a contest that has already started
Yahoo! yields to Chinese Web laws
News The portal has signed up to a voluntary limitation on content in China, which critics fear is too close to online self-censorship
ISPs win crucial legal protections
News A new e-commerce law protects UK ISPs and e-tailers from actions over content held on or passing through their networks
Have server appliances failed to fulfil their promise?
Comment Matt Loney: If there's one thing you can rely on analysts to do, it's to over-hype The Next Big Thing.
Dell SmartPC 250N
Review Dell has joined the ranks of manufacturers who use desktop Pentium 4 chips in their notebooks. Like others in its class, the SmartPC 250N offers excellent performance at an attractive price.
Follow these seven steps to your next IT certification
News One of the biggest obstacles to earning IT certification is actually getting started. In this IT Certification Corner, Erik Eckel presents a seven-step road map you can use to start and complete...
IBM cutting 15,000 jobs
News Big Blue has clarified the full extent of its plans for jobs cuts for the first time, in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing
Customer data now safe, says e-commerce site
News Update: The company behind ukshops.co.uk, which exposed personal data about its customers on the Web, has explained what it is doing to solve the problem
Sex.com case turning dirty
News An arcane domain name dispute also involves porn operators, a fugitive on the run in Mexico, a forged letter and bounty hunters
Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux
News Red Hat reveals plans for its Advanced Workstation, while Sun will test Linux desktops internally
Dell unhooks Windows from desktops
News The PC giant will allow bulk customers to buy OS-free PCs, in an interpretation of Microsoft's new licensing terms
FBI accidentally turns off Web sites
News An internal crash took down the FBI and National Infrastructure Protection Center Web sites
