Cable modems -- not just a security problem
Feature As well as securing home-office cable connections, IT managers will have to deal with increased loads on corporate networks, and demands to support users at home
Liberty 1.0 launch hints at OASIS merger
News Liberty Alliance's 24 new members do not include Microsoft, Oracle or IBM, but the group is pushing ahead with its Web sign-on specification and may merge with another industry body
Friday
Blog Friday 12/07/2002Microsoft gets the Norwegian blues, as the Nordic government cancels the contract that gave Bill and pals sole supplier status for public service software. It is an ex-contract. As...
HP Jornada 728
Review Check out HP’s Jornada 728 if you want to ditch your notebook in exchange for increased portability and battery life -- but only if your software requirements are relatively undemanding and you can...
Linux hack attacks on the rise
News Hackers are increasingly focusing their efforts on the open-source operating system, as attacks on Windows and government sites fall off sharply
No 3G spectrum trading before 2006 - government
News The government proposes a delay before 3G spectrum can be traded, despite expert advice that the process should be brought in as soon as possible
Business agility could boost UK Plc by £68bn
News The UK could see a 7 percent boost to gross domestic product if businesses were more agile, according to senior executives polled by Gartner
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment From American pie to RIPA hacker honeypots to Cornish dishes, no tasty corner of the globe escapes Rupert Goodwins' diarising digits. But was he really a Norwegian stripper?
Adobe sharpens focus on Photoshop Elements
News The consumer version of Photoshop cuts out many of the program's professional tools, but some analysts warn it may not be cheap enough for mass use
Five critical success factors for top-notch developers
News What does it take to be a top-notch developer? Here are five critical success factors for taking your skills and your career to the next level.
MS sees digital media tech as key to sales
News Microsoft is taking on MPEG-4 in the digital media market, aiming to use Windows Media 9 to sell software for servers and embedded devices
Norway government cancels Microsoft contract
News Norway is calling for more competition in the public sector software market, as governments show increasing interest in open source
Latest Athlon to launch under a cloud
News The Athlon XP 1800+ will be AMD's fastest mobile chip to date, but times are still hard for the chipmaker, expected to report low second-quarter earnings
Desperately seeking chief ethics officer
Comment Dan Farber: Greedy CEOs are making a bad name for the profession - and corporate America. If government-proposed remedies can't adequately address this ethics crisis, disgruntled shareholders...
USA Today investigating hack attack
News The police are called in after fake news stories were posted on the hacked home page of the US newspaper
Sony shrinks its Memory Stick
News Sony is releasing a chewing-gum-sized memory card designed to increase the storage capacity of mobile phones and digital audio players
Dell makes bid for system management respect
News System vendor Dell makes a bid on Monday to be taken seriously as a system management player. But IBM and HP may not need to worry just yet
Yahoo! influence seen in AIM makeover
News AOL's instant messaging service is being revamped, and some of the improvements bear similarities to Yahoo! IM
More government eyes on Qwest
News As well as an announcement that it is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Qwest is facing a review of its contract status with the US government



