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Blog Friday 18/8/2006 With few exceptions, smart clothing may be the single stupidest IT idea I've ever heard. I've no objections to functional clothing that contains computing: spacesuits, diving...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment No asbestos underwear for Rupert as he goes digging for gold, dodging the spooks and ducking the ball
Cisco settles class action lawsuit
News Networking giant is paying nearly £50m to shareholders who claimed they had been misled
ID cards scheme has cost nearly £50m
News The Government has revealed the huge expense so far of the controversial project
Return of the RIPA and Dell's total recall
Comment Best of Talkback: From exploding laptops to the police demanding our encryption keys, it's been another busy week in tech
Ofcom aims to ease broadband migrations
News Regulator has accused some broadband suppliers of making it difficult for unhappy customers to move to another operator
Take-off time for smart clothing
News Clothing makers are betting big on a future where people will no longer carry mobile technology but have it integrated into their favourite jacket or bag
Power outage knocks ISPs offline
News An inquiry has been launched to find out how a single burned-out cable connection could cause major disruption to Internet service providers
Autodesk drawn into stock option 'scandal'
News CAD company has reported 'excellent' quarterly results, but can't reveal its profits while it investigates stock option allocations
Microsoft makes desktop-management waves
Feature The software giant is extending its desktop-management programme by taking over operations for a second company, in an effort to learn from its customers' perspective
T-Mobile launches first HSDPA phone
News The MDA Vario II with 3.5G connectivity is the first such device to market in the UK, claims T-Mobile
Unfinished Vista already gets security updates
News A Microsoft blog reveals that the Windows update is affected by two of this month's security patches
AMD chips win broader Dell approval
News Good news for AMD as Dell plans to expand its use of the company's chips, but the PC maker also reveals poor Q2 results and an SEC investigation
