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Blog Friday 14/7/2006 It's not often that one gets called into the dock to answer for one's actions concerning intergalactic warfare, sugary doughnuts and Wikipedia. But answer I must. It all began...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Lots of new technology this week isn't quite as it seems, with satellites, Irish priests, PRs and self-induced execution failures under the quizzing glass. And then there's the strange case of the...
Google's antisocial stance
Feature The social-networking craze is sweeping the Web, but for once the search giant seems to be taking a back seat
EMC cuts forecasts after inventory slip
News Demand for EMC's first petabyte storage array has exceeded expectations, and left the company struggling to keep pace
Has Skype been cracked?
News Skype has moved quickly to try and scotch rumours of an imminent clone — a development which would threaten the VoIP client's business model by introducing interoperability with its rivals
iTrip to be legalised in UK
News Ofcom is relaxing its regulation of low-power FM transmitters, in a boost for CB nuts and those who want to play their iPod through their car stereo
Peer loses cybercrime fight
News Lord Northesk's attempt to prevent IT pros and the police from being criminalised by the updated Computer Misuse Act has failed
EC: We had to fine Microsoft
News Q&A: Commissioner Neelie Kroes can't believe that Microsoft didn't understand how to document server protocols
Debian developers locked out after server hack
News Open source project has fallen victim to a malicious attack, with weak passwords taking the blame
Planning a power-management strategy
Feature The preservation and conservation of energy should be a priority for all IT infrastructure planners
NASA hacker debate rages on
News Security experts are split over Gary McKinnon's extradition for allegedly hacking US Government computer systems, while the majority of ZDNet UK readers polled do not think he should be tried in...
Carphone Warehouse 'cleared' over free broadband claim
News The company's chief executive has claimed the Advertising Standards Authority will clear his firm over complaints that its 'free' broadband offer is misleading, subject to making some small changes
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Review Intel's Core 2 Duo E6700 offers the best price-to-performance ratio we've seen in a desktop chip. For half the cost of AMD's top-of-the-line chip, you get identical if not superior performance and...
Congress backs energy-efficient servers
News US politicians have woken up to the importance of server efficiency
Microsoft warns Google off enterprise search
News 'It's our business, and Google's not getting its hands on it' says Microsoft's chief operating officer
Google ranking case dismissed
News Claims that the search giant deliberately downgraded a rival's pages have been rejected, but could yet return to court
Intel to cut 1,000 manager jobs
News As the company takes steps to become more competitive, further layoffs could be coming
