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Blog Friday 16/07/04 Desperate to make amends for declaring a jihad on the technology community, Queen Elizabeth has dubbed http://tim.berners.lee a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire....
VoIP wars begin as BT trades shots with Skype
News The Internet telephony market is hotting up, with BT claiming that its Communicator product beats Skype hands-down in the functionality stakes. But can eight million Skype users be wrong?
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Trouble in Toronto, mysteries in outer space, BT promotes its rivals and the egalitarian Internet recast in traditional style
Programming talent search 2004 kicks off
News Builder: If you know when Lady Lovelace was born, or when Alan Turing developed his famous test for artificial intelligence, you could be on you way to win this year's Brain Academy...
New Bagle released but Netsky tops the malware charts
News The latest Bagle variant has been relatively active but it has a long way to go before knocking the various Netsky variants out of the virus top 10
Dell expecting more from second quarter
News The PC firm has increased its financial predictions, as Michael Dell hands over the chairman's reins
SCO adds to IBM ammunition
News The SCO group has added details to support its claims that Linux contains code appropriated from Unix
Mono seeks to open up .Net
Q&A Miguel de Icaza, the founder of the Mono project, explains why Microsoft's development platform should be used to write Linux applications
New powers granted to slam rogue diallers
News ICSTIS now has more powerful weapons to control premium-rate services, as it tries to protect Web users from fraud
BitDefender sees Al-Qaeda link in new Atak worm
News The 'smart' worm that sleeps when scanned has sprouted a variant that appears to be written by someone claiming links to Al-Qaeda, according to antivirus firm BitDefender
'Cyber-loafing' signposts motivation problems
News Survey: While surfing the Internet, sending personal email and engaging in instant-messaging conversations steal significant amounts of office time, low staff morale is a greater problem
Police 'misusing national computer'
News The failure of police to retain and pass on data amounts to 'misconduct', says the deputy chair of the police complaints commission
Fiat and Microsoft test in-car devices
News The two companies will jointly create ways to integrate mobile devices into cars
Magellan RoadMate 700
Review The RoadMate 700 is a portable and usable GPS navigation device with full European coverage, comprehensive points of interest and voice prompts.
Nanosys sets IPO price
News The nanotechnology firm has given an indication of the probable price range of its initial public offering
IBM's earnings solid but unspectacular
News Big Blue has posted better-than-expected earnings that also reflected flat spending on business software
Java Server joins open-source candidates
News Sun is considering taking another of its software suites open source
IBM spearheads drive for smoother software configuration
News Installing applications on business networks will become simpler if a standard proposed by an IBM-led group is adopted
Microsoft picks up search-technology firm
News The software giant's MSN division has bought Lookout Software, which produces technology to search emails stored in Outlook
EC may ease spectrum trading
News Selling spectrum may become easier in Europe, with the Europe Commission mulling more liberal rules
Red Hat's restatement prompts lawsuits
News Investors are queuing up to sue Red Hat, after the Linux firm announced a chance to its financial reporting
New Bagle opens another spam backdoor
News The latest incarnation of the Bagle worm is spreading steadily, though infection relies on opening an attachment
