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Comment Thirty years ago, time was precious. In fact, in the world of mainframes and minicomputers, it was a very valuable commodity. Accounting for, allocating and controlling processor -- CPU -- time was...
Zero notice sackings - Techies want honesty
News Lies, disrespect, sneak attacks: When it comes to redundancy, few technology companies deliver the news with dignity and truthfulness
Jobs unveils new iMacs at Macworld
News Two new iMacs are available now, with a third to come in September, but there is still no sign of the flat-panel version
I-mode delay spells bad news for Euro mobile users
News The arrival of DoCoMo would have forced European operators to up their game, according to analysts
Bogus Microsoft bulletins closed down
News But security experts predict that the pornography virus trick is still lurking out there
Microsoft rushes to fix Outlook flaw
News The bug allows malicious Web sites to run code on user's PCs without their knowledge
Intel vows deeper price cuts
News Despite plunging profits and a bleak earnings outlook, Intel execs said Tuesday that they will continue to slash prices to replace the Pentium III with the Pentium 4
George Soros re-invests in Sports.com
News Sports.com raises over £9m in its latest funding round, and will probably use some of the cash to develop 3G services
Internet case overturns European Data Directive
News A freedom of speech ruling in Sweden has set a precedent for cases that involve publication of slanderous content on the Web
Compaq copies HP pricing plan
News The increasing demand for pricing policies based on how much computing power is used has tempted Compaq into the fold
Unsettling standards of GPRS
Comment The good news is that you can now design your own mobile phone, with your favourite picture on it.
Why software patches are rotten to the core
Comment If there was a recurring theme to this year's Black Hat Briefings and DefCon conferences in Las Vegas, it might have been this: Software vulnerabilities create opportunities for malicious users.
Sony, Warner license anti-piracy standard
News The Digital Transmission Content Protection system will prevent people from rebroadcasting movies delivered digitally to home viewers
Apple earnings plunge but beat estimates
News The company punches through the weak economy and typically slowest sales period of the year to beat analyst expectations
Honeynet Project sweetens hacker bait
News The security group uses the Black Hat Briefings to announce its next generation of hacker traps, aiming to make watching network intruders easier
FBI nabs Russian expert at DefCon
News A Russian encryption specialist is arrested only a day after giving a speech at the hacker conflab for breaking anti-copyright law
Intel sees 76 percent drop in income
News Microprocessor division performed better than expected in the last quarter, but sales of chips and flash memory for handheld PCs and mobiles were poor
Five years ago: Office 97 will include Bob-like help
News Microsoft is putting a help system that resembles its reviled Bob 'human user interface' into the next full release of its Office application suite, Office 97
