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Archive - 18 Aug 2003

Open-source search looks for Web niche

News A search engine under development aims to open up the process of finding noncommercial information online

AMD: In for the long haul

Comment Doing the maths from AMD's books, by the end of next year, my lifetime net profit will probably be higher than the chipmaker's

IT contractors flee UK

News Nearly half the UK's IT contractors have either left the country or are waiting to go, according to a survey

The future of Radio Frequency Identification

Feature RFID seems set to change the future of the supply chain, once privacy and pricing issues are addressed

Microtune doubles damages against rival chipmaker

News Microtune has won twice the damages it was seeking in a patent infringement case against Broadcom

DirectX attack expected - patch Windows now

News Following last week's MSBlast worm attack, security experts at Microsoft and other firms are worried that a recently discovered vulnerability in DirectX could cause even more problems

Rolling Stones hit the Web

News The rock band's songs will finally be sold online, as Web music sales slip into the mainstream

Sony tries to keep Memory Stick a step ahead

News Sony's next Memory Stick is smaller but holds more data, and features removable flash memory

Broaderband? The future of high-speed access

Special Report Although not widely available yet, there are a host of new broadband technologies being developed

What's the right Broadband for you?

Special Report Three scenarios to help you decide the right way for your business to get broadband access

Software security running out of excuses

Comment Another worm has taken advantage of a security flaw, despite a patch having been available. It's 'deja vu all over again'

DSL sales climb while revenues descend

News DSL equipment vendors are earning less from each customer, though growth worldwide is strong - particularly in Latin America and Asia Pacific

Sony develops digital camera with clearer colour

News Sony is to launch an 8-megapixel camera that brings more realistic colour to the viewfinder

Real announces Helix media player project

Video At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, CNET's Brian Cooley talks with the general manager of RealNetworks' Helix technology, Kevin Foreman, about a new open-source program that's aimed at...

IBM shows off Opteron supercomputer at LinuxWorld

Video At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, CNET's Brian Cooley gets a look at the new IBM eServer 325, which features dual Opteron processors, a Linux operating system and a lower price point.

Schedule a mobile phone video meeting

Video NTT DoCoMo is working with AT&T Wireless to develop a cellular network that will support 3G mobile phones that can be used for live video conferencing. ZDNet's David Berlind sees a couple of examples

Sun chip to mix old and new

News The Gemini, due out next year, will fit two recycled cores into one piece of silicon

Start-up amplifies Wi-Fi coverage

News Chip technology from a US start-up will extend the reach of wireless networks

Korea mandates e-voting by 2005

News Korea will introduce electronic voting for all political elections from 2005, with trials beginning next year

Rogue PeopleSoft shareholders turn on company

News Eight PeopleSoft shareholders have filed lawsuits claiming the software company should not have rejected rival Oracle's takeover bid

China dictates purchase of local software

News Government ministries must buy only China-produced software from their next upgrade cycle onwards, shutting out Microsoft

Mobile phones fall over in emergency

News Mobile phones failed subscribers during last week's blackout in the US and Canada, with normal service taking some time to be restored

Microsoft shuts down Update address

News Microsoft says it has permanently killed the Windows Update Web site targeted by the MSBlast worm

MSBlast still spreading strongly

News The worm's rate of infection may not have slowed, contrary to earlier reports

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