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Archive - 15 Jul 2003

Kapor: Open-source project will be "last job"

Video Mitch Kapor, former Lotus CEO and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, tells ZDNet's David Berlind about his new project - the Open Source Applications Foundation.

Wi-Fi spreads through the home

News New Wi-Fi connections allow stereos to play downloaded music and TVs to show photos stored on PCs

Ultrawideband tribes square up for standards fight

News Wireless networking capable of high resolution video and near-gigabit speeds is on the cards, but the standards fight is intensifying

Agere chips ring up Wi-Fi Internet phones

News A new set of chips from Agere will let manufacturers quickly put together mobile phone handsets that can make cheap phone calls over a Wi-Fi connection

MPs: Government must subsidise rural broadband

News The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee has told the government to take its broadband policies back to the drawing board

Is VoIP ready for prime time?

Feature Internet phone calling is poised for a major boost as cable giants get into the game, but some of the biggest players are holding back

SuSE to sell Linux PCs online

News The Linux distributor is expanding its consumer-desktop focus, even as it continues to sell software for high-end servers

Let's bring e-crime into the open

Comment Peter Judge: The UK government wants to consult with us about how to deal with electronic crime. Let's make sure they understand the issues, and help get some good legislation out there

Mobile industry still waiting for upswing

News Makers of mobile phones and related equipment are showing few signs of recovering from their three-year slump

Microsoft's mobility power play

Feature Windows Mobile 2003 is the first operating system designed to take advantage of any available communication protocol - and the company hopes it will move enterprises into purchasing mode

Commodore 64 brand gets new guardian angel

News A new owner for the Commodore 64 licence means a subscription Web portal and a new logo, as the company responsible for its licensing moves to protect the brand

Malaysian price controls may flout WTO

News Malaysia's plan to stem piracy by cutting software and music prices may breach a WTO rule

CA sounds out on-demand revenue with Sonar

News CA World: Computer Associates has announced new tools for pay-as-you-use computing

Yahoo joins outsourcers to India

News Yahoo will set up its first software development centre outside the US in Bangalore, India

Panasonic promises longer DVD-DVR recording

News Buyers of Panasonic's latest DVD-DVR device will have more capacity to record live television shows onto hard drives or discs

Who is really responsible for hacker attacks?

Comment Robert Vamosi: Hackers are often targeting human weakness rather than software vulnerabilities.

Intel turbocharges Xeon chip

News The chipmaker has launched a 3.06GHz Xeon with an additional 1 MB of cache

Adobe e-form will target Microsoft

News A new Adobe electronic forms application is destined to clash head-on with Microsoft's forthcoming InfoPath software

File-swappers fear prosecution

News The number of people trading songs online dropped dramatically after record industry threats of legal action, according to an Internet-ratings company

Torvalds launches Linux 2.6 beta

News Linux Torvalds released a test version of the 2.6 Linux kernel on Monday

Acer Aspire 1705 SCi

Review A notebook on steroids, the Aspire 1705 SCi has a 3.06GHz desktop-class processor, a 17in. display and a full-size keyboard. It’s worth considering for company meeting rooms or home use, but there...

Yahoo's Overture may force Microsoft's hand

News Yahoo's £1bn acquisition of Overture could stir its rivals into action

IBM strengthens Linux investment

News IBM is hiring more programmers to beef up work on Linux for its Power line of processors

PeopleSoft can buy J.D. Edwards

News Regulators have given the green light to PeopleSoft's purchase of J.D. Edwards, ruling that the deal is not anticompetitive

CA: Don't believe the wireless mega-hype

News CA World: The money being poured into wireless technology may not reap the expected rewards, warns Computer Associates

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