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Blog Friday 14/5/2004As I write this, it's lunchtime. I have already had an entire month's worth of angst in a mere four hours, I have to get the diary done in a frantic rush before an office...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Bad days for Intel, BT, the CIA and Microsoft, but at least Rupert got to keep his shoes
Phatbot suspect released on bail
News Brief: A man suspected of writing the Phatbot Trojan has been released on bail
Microsoft lifts the bonnet on XP SP2
News Microsoft has released some details of what the latest service pack for XP will contain, but does not yet have a firm release date
Microsoft points the way to licence support
News Microsoft is suggesting customers turn to resellers and consultants to help manage their software licences, which are still causing users big headaches
Longhorn: End-to-end search remains a dream
Analysis WinFS search technology won't be a part of Longhorn for several years, meaning that Bill Gates' dream is still not a reality
3Com switch aims for the 10-Gigabit future
News The latest family of switches from 3Com is targeted at network managers contemplating Gigabit to the desktop
Adware company loses its links
News An association with the practice of 'cloaking' has cost WhenU its links from major search engines Google and Yahoo
Gaming companies take aim at online profits
News Mini-transactions may hold the key to making money from online gaming, say companies at this year's E3
Tuning out wireless chaos
Comment Security for wireless could end up more of a mess than security on our PCs, unless we act soon
Google vs Yahoo - this time it's discussion groups
News In the latest round of one of the Web's biggest battles, Google is to take on Yahoo in the email discussion-group arena
Yahoo ups free email storage limit
News In a move the company says has no relation to Google's recent Gmail announcements, Yahoo's email customers will be able to store much more data for no charge
Sasser attacks provide fodder for new worm
News Systems hit by the worm are also open to attack by Dabber, which exploits a back door left by Sasser
Intel seeks profit in dual cores
News The chipmaker is 'shifting the design paradigm' and focusing on both multicore processors and the wireless market
Microsoft opens up Windows tools
News The Windows Template Library has been released to developers through Microsoft's shared source initiative
