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Archive - 14 May 2002

Government removes IT skills from visa list

News Instead of supporting British industry and jobs, the scheme is contributing to job losses and is undermining the knowledge economy, says contractors group

UK fights back against cybercrime

News Business organisations are gearing up to help firms combat the danger posed by hi-tech crime, which is thought to cost Britain billions of pounds each year

3G pits networks against phone makers

News With increasing pressure to orchestrate the rollout of complex data services, network operators are looking for more of a say in how mobile phones are designed

Sun scores key victory in Unix sales

News The latest figure show that Sun is gaining a greater share of the most lucrative section of the server market

Monitor glow may give away secrets

News Research at Cambridge University has shown that it is possible to reconstruct what a computer user is doing by catching the monitor glow

Beware of non-standard WiFi

Feature With 802.11 wireless LANs taking off amongst users, we are seeing a disturbing trend for vendors to tweak the standards

Law enforcement losing the war on cybercrime

News Hackers are increasingly getting away with attacks on e-commerce companies, as the law struggles to keep up with the pace of the criminals

Charting your certification course

News Before you spend time and money chasing certification, find out which one fits best with your career goals. One expert explains which certs have benefited him the most

Mobile phone makers hunt for 3G solution

News A chip design start-up argues that conventional thinking will not be enough to solve the design problems that beset 3G handsets

Game industry girds for battle

News As the game industry's biggest trade show approaches, the console war is hotting up

Keeping hackers out of your Web services

Feature Web services promise to revolutionise your company's development practices by connecting your company seamlessly with customers and other companies worldwide

Apple: Play music at your own risk

News Copy-protecting audio discs are causing serious problems on some hardware systems, and Apple is warning that its machines are not designed to play non-standard CDs

The latest cool gadget - an Internet fridge

News I-appliances are coming to the UK: you can talk to your fridge, and find out how many calories are really in that microwave meal

Pirated films: Now playing on a server near you

Comment It's Hollywood's worst nightmare: illegal copies of new film releases are showing up on university servers, where anyone can download them. The only solution is to tighten security on academic...

Has HP underestimated job losses?

News Industry analysts suspect that the number of job losses resulting from the merger of HP and Compaq may be much higher than previously thought

Why the network will be the next computer

Feature NetWorld+Interop 2002 clarified the industry's push toward a global, unified network infrastructure, based on Internet protocols. The writing is on the wall: Go IP or you'll wind up on a dead end

European CRM investments under the spotlight

News IDC predicts strong growth in European CRM spending - but says you must set measurable objectives to get return on investment

Broadband threatened by road digging charges

News A £500 daily charge for occupying roads when installing equipment could mean a significant hike in the cost of broadband installation, MPs fear

Forum: The fate of wireless security

News Businesspeople and academics are meeting with government agencies to discuss their worries about the security of wireless technology

Nintendo reveals online plans

News Nintendo will bring an online Phantasy Star to its console, making it the last to join the emerging online market

Net ads making a comeback?

News The number of unique online ads has risen in early 2002, a sign that the comatose online advertising market may be stirring, says a recent report

Five years ago: Grove details new Intel DIB architecture

News Intel finally went public on the radical new architecture required by the Pentium II processor last week