Archive - 17 Jan 2001 - Technology News, Blogs, Product Reviews and White Papers

MindManager Business Edition 4.0

Review The most usable and powerful 'mind-map' creation software on the market.

Microsoft gives new life to SMS

News Instead of merely integrating Systems Management Server features into Windows, Microsoft is heading toward a new version code-named Topaz

Phoneboxes transformed into surfboxes

News If you thought the phonebox was just for making calls, think again

LetsBuyIt.com buys it

News Innovative e-commerce site announces bankruptcy

BT's unlimited unbundling

Comment With almost no fuss, and absolutely no fanfare, one of the biggest revolutions in comms in the UK has started.

Ford workers suspended over Net surfing

News Investigation into unauthorised surfing at Ford plant

Macromedia beats 3Q estimates, merges with Allaire

News Let's get togetherMacromedia announced Tuesday a $360m merger with Allaire, expanding the company's reach from Web authoring software to back-end application development software.

Massive paedophile operation leads to arrests

News Nationwide operation leads to 13 arrests and 27 computers being seized

News Burst: Massive paedophile operation leads to arrests

News Nationwide operation against paedophilia results in 13 arrests and 27 computers seized

One in five employers snoop on staff email

News Bosses sneakily spying on emails sent by employees

The Day Ahead: Should PC makers consolidate pronto?

News Whether analyst's 'Manifesto for Change' is really going to do the job remains to be seen

BT and Oftel baffled as unbundling fails to attract

News Plans to dismantle BT's telecommunications monopoly are falling apart as competitors stay away

AMD rolls out Duron chip for portables

News Notebook chip is based on Athlon technology

Console transition slams videogame sales

News Industry hit by its first decline in four years

Government smashes own online targets

News Electronic delivery of services going well says government

News Burst: Ford workers suspended over Net surfing

News Investigation into Internet porn access at Dagenham plant

IT pay: Women get short end of stick

News A new study shows women start out on a salary par with their male counterparts early in their careers, then fall behind

The privacy war

Comment Make no mistake about it. There's a war going on, and at the heart of it is your personal information.

Partnership aims to add graphics to wireless Web

News Wireless Internet gets more 'image'-inative

Hole found in Windows Media Player "skins"

News I've got you under my skin: Customising your computer can bring security risks

Hackers' video technology goes open source

News Code to be thown open to developers to push DivX project along

ISPs blast police ignorance

News Police accused of incompetence at House of Lords forum

Intel sees bleak 1Q

News Storm clouds ahead for Intel in the wake of the PC slowdown

MP3.com gets the open source spirit

News The digital music pioneer says it will share its MyMP3.com database and streaming technology in the interest of improving commercial music distribution on the Net