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Blog Friday 17/12/2004 "Buy land", the old saying used to go. "They're not making any more." Leaving aside pedantic responses about Holland, this used to be true. But now, the news comes that an...
Microsoft dodges anti-spyware charge accusations
News Microsoft has side-stepped allegations that it will charge customers to remove spyware that has infected Windows systems
EU to throw patents in with the bath water
News The EU software patent directive will be passed by the EU Council next week, at the same time as a law on bathing water quality
Broadband competition boosted by Ofcom
News From the start of next year, it will be much cheaper for BT's rivals to get into its local exchanges
Acacia increasing patent arsenal
News Acacia Research has acquired Global Patent Holdings, and the acquisition is predicted to cause headaches for many in tech
Rivals rubbish the new Symantec's prospects
News Symantec's rivals are attempting to rain on the security firm's parade by predicting problems with the recently announced Veritas merger
CRM: The enterprise is dead – long live the SME
Feature Customer relationship management (CRM) used to be an industry pariah but now it's turning into the software market to watch
How blogging cost me my job
Feature Employers are starting to crack down in response to personal blogs - as one woman found out to her cost
Start-up sees low-cost future in clusters
News Katana Technology is to be renamed VirtuOS, and is going to release technology next year that could slash the cost of high-perfomance servers by up to 70 percent
New e-government minister appointed
News The cabinet re-shuffle prompted by David Blunkett's resignation has seen the appointment of a new minister responsible for e-government, and assurances that ID card plans will continue unchanged
Massive IE phishing exploit discovered
News Even SP2 versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are vulnerable to a spoofing exploit published yesterday
Argentina cries out for Linux
News Nearly half of companies in Argentina are using Linux, with many planning to use it for all new applications
Symantec CEO: The future with Veritas
Q&A John Thompson explains what the purchase of Veritas means for his company, his staff and the software market
Email Christmas cards: just say Ho Ho No
Leader It is more blessed to give than to receive. Christmas cards by email bring curses all round
Win a wireless network camera
News Day two of ZDNet UK's Twelve Days of Christmas mega competition gives you the chance to win an Axis 206W wireless network camera
Magnetic memory moves on
News Toshiba and NEC have joined forces to cut down power consumption and size in cells of MRAM
Symantec buys Veritas
News Update: A $13.5bn deal has seen the merging of the two software companies to form a huge security and storage firm
Microsoft snaps up anti-spyware firm
News Redmond is hoping its latest acquisition will enable it to take a Giant leap in protecting Windows from spyware
RFID let off the royalties hook
News An RFID standard has been declared royalty-free, but the firm which owns patents related to the technology has warned that some hardware components will require paid-for licences
Java founder condemns Sun-Kodak patent settlement
News 'The whole case was a complete atrocity,' says James Gosling, who warns that the way patents are being used is 'ridiculous'
Microsoft issues 'critical' XP patch
News A fix for a hole in the Windows firewall setting 'fell between the teeth' at Microsoft, leading to it being released off the monthly schedule
