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Archive - 15 Oct 2002

Belkin to unveil Christmas Bluetooth line

News The manufacturer promises to make Bluetooth more affordable with a new set of products, including laptop and PDA add-ons

Analysts forecast layoffs at Sun

News Up to 20 percent of Sun's workforce could be at risk, say analysts, as the financial world waits for the company's earnings report

Microsoft is on top of the market

News The software giant is the world's most valuable company, according to its market capitalisation

UnitedLinux working on desktop distribution

News Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members

Plan C for failed broadband auction

News The first 28GHz fixed wireless broadband auction was a disappointment, and the second was simply a flop. The government's response? Run a third auction

Microsoft's 'Mira' delayed

News The software designed to run handheld flat-panel 'smart displays' is being delayed until early 2003, meaning that hardware makers will miss the holiday market

IBM recruits allies to storage standard

News Storage network management will be simplified by a new standard, according to an alliance that includes IBM and Sun - but not HP, who says the idea is 'totally redundant'

Reuters launches corporate IM

News The news and information provider is to launch its own instant messaging service for banks and other financial institutions

Top Windows 2000 networking tips

Feature Find out why you should keep the DHCP Client service running even if you use static IP addresses and what the RIP Listener service can do

Former FBI chief takes on encryption

News Louis Freeh may have lost his battle against allowing encryption when he was at the FBI, but he is continuing the fight now he's left the federal agency

Faster Ethernet round the corner

News A 40Gbps Ethernet standard could be on the cards, and 10Gbps Ethernet could run on copper - depending on an IEEE meeting in November

NEC goes old-school with new supercomputer

News NEC's latest supercomputer line avoids the cluster path, sticking with the older formula of a single system accomodating multiple processors

ICANN names .org successor

News As expected, the Internet Society has been named as the next overseer of the .org domain

Funding crisis threatens SETI@home

News The distributed computing project aiming to locate radio signals from intelligent aliens is under threat due to a lack of sponsorship

Where is the logic in .Net?

Feature Microsoft's .Net facilitates a broader set of functionality for Web applications. It establishes a bias for server-side programming that may be uncomfortable for those used to extensive client-side...

Palm investing in handheld content

News The handheld maker sees a future in media stored on tiny, cheap memory cards

Creative player serenades iPod audience

News Update: Creative's new digital audio player packs many of the iPod's features at a lower price in an attempt to woo buyers. The UK won't get all the savings, however

Free OpenOffice for Mac users

News Mac OS X gets its first version of Sun's open-source productivity suite, going head to head with Microsoft Office

Dell gets top billing with EDS

News The direct PC maker cuts a deal with the consulting giant giving it a leg up with the competition - and a direct line into EDS

Intel targets mobile users

News The chip giant adds to its flash memory line, and adds Xscale processors to the mix. A fully-integrated part is also on the way

Microsoft 'regrets' Mac-to-PC convert ad

News The company takes down an ad claiming to relate the experiences of a 'real life' switcher from the Mac to Windows XP

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