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Archive - 17 Oct 2005

European information security specialists 'justifying existence'

News IT Security professionals think they are becoming more influential according to the latest study from RSA

20,000 flout mobile phone ban in Scotland

News A campaign is planned after news emerged that drivers were ignoring the new law in their thousands

IT cynicism fuels outsourcing failure

News A failure to involve the IT department in outsourcing decisions is fuelling cynicism which contributes to project failure, according to a research done in UK firms

Peace breaks out in RIM-Palm conflict

News The two mobile device firms have signed a deal that has been a long time coming

Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software

News You can give people free software, but they won't have the expertise to use it, says Microsoft Nigeria's manager

Online banking security standard 'by the end of 2005'

News The matter of who foots the bill for better security is yet to be decided

The long and winding road to Wi-Fi 2.0

Feature New technology promises to increase the speed of wireless networks by a factor of 20, but the emerging standard is being delayed by vendors squabbling

Two factors will help Lloyds push security

Leader Customers are now ready to accept that more security means less convenience; we're facing a watershed moment

Copyright activists let off steam in London

News After Hours: Boing Boing editor Cory Doctorow and free software activists denounce copyright law in London's Hyde Park

Mannheim Linux switch underway

News The German city is on target to complete the first stage of a major migration to Linux this year

Orange SPV M5000

Review Like O2's very similar Xda Exec, the Orange SPV M5000 combines 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a swivelling landscape/portrait VGA screen and a QWERTY keyboard in one device.

Learning from virtual plagues

Feature After Hours: Watching diseases spread online can give fascinating and useful insight into how they spread in the real world

Yahoo joins three-way scrap for AOL

News Google and Microsoft will now have to contend with Yahoo if they want to get their hands on AOL, according to reports

Give public biometrics the finger

Tech Guide Like it or not, fingerprint scanners are becoming ever more widespread. Are they more secure? No.

OSDL to push Linux for mobiles

News A new industry group is being formed to encourage the optimisation of Linux for mobile devices

Windows patch may wreak havoc

News One of the latest Windows patches could lock you out of your machines, shut down your firewall and stop your applications running

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