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Archive - 17 Jul 2003

Bulldog keeps rolling out faster broadband services

News Customers who move quickly could get 2Mbps Internet access at off-peak times for less than £30 a month

Government u-turn on private finance for IT

News The pace of technological change and nature of IT contracts meant that the Private Finance Initiative was not delivering value for money

Light workout for tablet PC

Video CNET's Brian Cooley looks at the new screen technology in Fujitsu's Stylistic ST Series Tablet PC, which features a reflective front light display for better visibility under a variety of lighting...

Manufacturers want masses to swallow tablet PC

News The tablet PC is going downmarket, with consumer versions set to go on sale worldwide

Moving clients to an Active Directory environment: The pitfalls

Feature An Active Directory environment can greatly benefit your clients, but you should be aware of the disadvantages too

Intel celebrates 35 years

News The chip giant turned 35 this week

Netscape browser left with skeleton staff

News In addition to laying off 50 Netscape browser staff, AOL Time Warner has moved nearly all its developers onto other projects, staffers say

Moving clients to an Active Directory environment: The benefits

Feature Now is a good time to start thinking about moving clients to a post-Windows NT application, which brings with it the benefits of the Active Directory environment

Hacker targets Sophos mouthpiece

News Belgian hacker Gigabyte has developed a worm containing a game that awards points for coconuts thrown at Graham Cluley, the well-known Sophos spokesman

Office to work with proprietary back-ends

News Microsoft's next version of Office will permit it to act as a front-end for other vendors' complex CRM packages

Smart Displays allow admins to roam

Feature Using a Smart Display may mean that network administrators can solve problems on the move

Apple beats targets but profits fall

News Apple's third-quarter results reflect strong sales, despite a drop in profits compared to this time last year

Microsoft's dog food diet

Feature Q&A: Beta testing software has become increasing important for Microsoft - the company's CIO explains some of the process

Cisco warns of network flaw

News Cisco says a glitch in its router software could allow attackers to freeze the devices and halt network traffic

Aussies win RoboCup

News An Australian team triumphed in the international RoboCup by teaching its robot dogs to learn

Humanity: Computing's biggest problem

News IT companies are employing anthropologists to figure out how people actually use technology

IBM cautious on recovery

News IBM's second-quarter results were on-target but the company has shied away from predicting an upturn

Asia-Pacific Wi-Fi growth outstrips US

News Hot spots are heating up in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report

School PDA spy off the hook

News A Singaporean student who covertly filmed a classmate being disciplined by a teacher will receive only a warning

Small PC makers lose out as shipments surge

News Europe is seeing its biggest PC sales growth since the heady days of 1999, but the good times are not boosting consumer demand or helping smaller computer vendors

Oracle loses two execs

News Two senior Oracle executives have resigned

'Meow are you?'

News A Japanese toymaker has developed a device that translates cats' meows into human speech

PC market edges towards recovery

News The PC market appears to be out of critical condition, with sales growing faster than expected last quarter despite Sars and the war in Iraq

Glitch slows Dell's Axim

News Dell has suspended shipments of its Axim X5 handheld after discovering that its performance suffers when running the Windows Mobile 2003 operating system

3 unveils twin-camera 3G phone

News Mobile-operator 3 has launched a new NEC handset that features two cameras, for making video calls and taking photos

Microsoft plugs 'enormous' hole

News Microsoft is urging users to patch a 'critical' hole discovered by a Polish group of hackers that allows an attacker to take control of Windows-based PCs

Philips DesXcape 150DM

Review You don't always want to work at your desk, but when you do you want your monitor to have all the standard features. The oddly-named Philips DesXcape 150DM aims to give you the best of both worlds...

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