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Archive - 16 May 2002

Web service development with Java

Feature The hype surrounding Web service technologies continues to swell

Tune up your VPN network connections

Feature Creating a VPN server but getting the internal network tuned up to support your VPN clients takes some effort. Here's how you can do it...

Handspring Treo 270

News Details and images of Handspring's upcoming colour-screen Treo have emerged on the FCC Web site. Check it out here.

BT to subsidise broadband ad blitz

News A surge of BT-subsidised broadband marketing, costing millions of pounds, is just round the corner

How to interview your next developer

News Software engineering is a rigorous job, and your interview process needs to be just as tough. Find out how you can use the progressive interview technique to eliminate weaker candidates.

The software developer's interview (Part Two)

News A candidate who's too good to demonstrate his or her competency doesn't belong on the team

Pentium 4 v Athlon XP

Tech Guide Intel has upgraded the Pentium 4 architecture to support a 533MHz frontside bus. Check out our comprehensive benchmark tests to see how this affects the balance of power with AMD.

Microsoft loses latest round in Windows trademark battle

News Upstart Linux company Lindows.com can carry on using its name after a judge refused Microsoft's request for an injunction against it

Jelly babies dupe fingerprint security

News You too can create fingerprint forgeries in your kitchen, says a Japanese researcher who uses household items to fool biometric security devices

Microsoft, Citrix keep code deal alive

News Citrix is to retain its access to Windows Server code, but its software won't be used in Microsoft's operating systems

New Web spyware eschews cookies

Feature Researchers in Scotland are developing a new kind of Web monitoring software that they claim can collect enormous amounts of data on Web surfers while remaining nearly undetectable

Inland Revenue adjusts IR35 guidelines

News Campaigners are welcoming changes to the way the Inland Revenue will assess whether IT contractors should be subject to the IR35 tax

Intel, AMD neck and neck on chip costs

News The battle to cut costs in the semiconductor manufacturing industry is hotting up, with both Intel and AMD claiming the edge

Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

News Powerful tech companies are teaming with Kazaa to overhaul the way record labels are paid for Net music

Matrox 'Parhelia' aims to eclipse Nvidia

News The graphics chipmaker unveils its new attempt to scorch the competition with a 512-bit graphics processor tailored for 3D

Matrox Parhelia-512

Tech Guide Matrox's newly-announced Parhelia-512 graphics chip looks set to cause a stir among the 3D gaming community. Here's a preview of what's on offer.

Lack of trust hampers UK e-government target

News Three-quarters of UK public services will be online by the end of 2002, but trust issues will hamper the next steps, says the e-envoy's office

Teenager charged with IM harassment

News An American teenager will be prosecuted if he uses IM to contact six girls and women who allege he violated their civil rights by harassing them

VMware enhances server software

News An upgrade that lets the program handle more memory means an expansion in the power of the server

IBM thinks big about nanotechnology

News Big Blue is to work with nanotechnology start-ups to explore trends in molecular computing

Text, lies and videophones

Comment The technology of the future could be putting words in your mouth - and there may be no way to tell imitation from reality.

Two-piece mobile phone cuts radiation

News Although fears of mobile phone health risks are not yet backed up by conclusive proof, the Greenphone uses Bluetooth to keep the radiation away from the user

'Deceptive Duo' suspects hit in FBI raid

News The FBI issues search warrants for two hackers suspected of defacing sites with patriotic messages

Hands-on revamp for Cisco's CCNA

Feature In the hopes of improving its certification program, Cisco has refreshed the CCNA exam to include a simulation-based format

Microsoft stomps on new IE bugs

News The software maker identifies six new flaws in its Internet Explorer browser - and warns that one bug leaves PCs open to attack. But a whopping 2MB patch has been released to fix them

Microsoft puts final touches on Office

News Sources have indicated that many of the features planned for .Net My Services may make their way into the latest version of Office

US government to boost IT spending

News Despite the downturn in enterprise spending, the government is giving the tech industry a boost with increased expenditure

Five years ago: Microsoft u-turns on IE for Unix

News While Microsoft Corp. posts an update to applications for the current version of Internet Explorer, the company's IE for Unix team has decided to move straight to Version 4.0 and forgo the Version...