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Blog Friday 15/06/2001 According to Bugtraq, wireless keyboards are not the most secure devices on the planet. You'll find this hard to believe, but apparently using a device that transmits every...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment My view of the week that was....
Nortel rocked by £14bn loss for Q2
News Telecomes giant blames global slowdown in the telecoms industry for a massive loss as it announces 10,000 extra job cuts
News Schmooze: Resurrected Daleks hail new e-minister
News Douglas Alexander had the IT industry scratching its head, hoax emails caused worry, and Microsoft hacked itself...
NewMedia Spark buys GlobalNet Financial.com
News Internet incubator shrugs off yesterday's disappointing financial results with what could be the first of several new investments
Eidos misses film opportunity
News The Tomb Raider film arrives in UK cinemas next month, but Eidos will not release a new Lara Croft game until 2002
UK Net access cheaper than in California
News Oftel study finds the average cost of unlimited access undercuts both Silicon Valley and Europe
Big Brother Web site pulls in crowds
News Latest figures suggest that Channel Four's new reality TV show is proving a hit with Net users
Sony goes wireless with Bluetooth kit
News Sony launches new Bluetooth-enabled notebooks, plans 802.11b products for the autumn and forms a strategic partnership with fast wireless networking specialist
Software, without flaws?
Comment You won't catch me running away from Windows and installing Linux, just because some Microsoft bug-patch for Exchange has turned out to be buggy -- but I have met people who say they will do.
Sony makes gains with Memory Stick
News The Memory Stick, which launched three years ago to a tepid reception, is gaining market share from CompactFlash and Smart Media
Malicious mobile e-mail warning in Japan
News Japanese wireless phone giant NTT DoCoMo warns the company's 24 million mobile Internet service subscribers that a malicious e-mail could be making its way to their phones
Adobe blames Europe for flat revenue forecast
News European sluggishness will keep Adobe Systems' third-quarter revenue roughly the same as it was a year ago, the company predicts
MP3 fans find a new star
News A little Napster, a dash of Gnutella and you've got Audiogalaxy: a new haunt for music fans who want to share MP3 files. But get in while you can - the file-swapping service has already raised...
National Semi revamps Net appliance chip
News With the launch of a beefy new design for its Geode all-in-one processor, the chipmaker shows it still has faith in the faltering Net appliance market
Word flaw opens door to Trojan horse
News A new malicious program -- dubbed 'Goga' -- takes advantage of a month-old flaw in Microsoft Word to potentially steal and upload log-in and password information
Politician issues Carnivore warning
News In the US, Attorney General John Ashcroft is put on notice that the FBI's use of the controversial e-mail surveillance technology could violate the Constitution
