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Archive - 15 Aug 2005

Site validation tool swamped by demand

News Builder: Web developers have complained that a service that lets them check the validity of their code has all but ground to a halt

eBay providing unseen economy boost

News Uncounted retail sales from online auction sites could be boosting the UK economy by £5bn a year

Recycling directive leads to price hikes

News Companies stand accused of taking advantage of the introduction of the WEEE directive in Ireland

Murdoch planning search acquisition

News News Corp sees the Internet as its greatest priority today, and has $2bn earmarked to buy its way into it

Symantec finds bug in Veritas back-up software

News System administrators with Veritas Back-up Exec software have been warned to guard against an unpatched vulnerability

Firefox loses market share

News A short-term blip, or a backlash against Firefox security flaws?

Spammers scaring users into replying

News Spam claiming to offer protection against crime and child abusers is rising and is proving more effective than pornography in attracting the gullible, says Clearswift

Telecoms takeover frenzy as Thus targets Energis

News High drama in the UK telecommunications section as Thus and C&W fight over Energis

Open source high on UK companies' radar

News Survey: Three quarters of UK businesses will have implemented open source systems within five years, according to the National Computing Centre

Google suspends plan to scan the world's books

News The search giant is taking time out to let publishers decide if they are happy to see their books scanned into Google Print

VoIP: What you need to know

FAQ As Internet telephony enters the mainstream, we look to answer some of the most important and commonly asked questions about it

Copyright reform lends itself to libraries

Leader Google wants to put the world of books online. It may have tradition behind it

Can you hide from Accenture?

Q&A The head of Accenture's labs has been spearheading research into RFID and other sensor technologies, and has some interesting views on their use

Lloyd's to provide open source IP indemnity

News Syndicates at Lloyd's of London have finally woken up and smelled the coffee - they may soon begin underwriting open source software

Ex-Time employees see hopes dashed

News A UK court has overturned a judgement that could have helped former Time Computer employees recoup their redundancy money

Dreamweaver 8: a first look

Preview The new Dreamweaver better displays CSS elements and lets you drag and drop XML feeds.

Microsoft pips Apple to iPod patent

News Apple's attempt to patent the user interface for its digital music player have been foiled by an earlier claim filed by a Microsoft developer

HP accidentally leaks next iPaq

News Information that temporarily appeared on HP's UK Web site suggested that its next iPaqs will support five wireless technologies, but only one kind of removable storage

IBM chases a PC's soul

News The SoulPad could let users carry their computer's data, applications and personal settings on their mobile phone or digital music player

Debian start-up wants more funding

News A small firm that hopes to commercialise Debian Linux wants to speed up its growth as it looks to make the Debian Common Core Alliance a success

dtSearch Desktop 7.01

Review Most users are better off using free desktop search tools, but power users will appreciate the enormous control offered by dtSearch.

Zotob worm targets Windows 2000

News Windows 2000 users have been strongly urged to patch their computers against the latest piece of dangerous malware

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