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Archive - 19 Jul 2005

Thousands back petition to open source OS/2

News OS/2 users are calling on IBM to make the operating system an open source project

WaSP looks to order scripted chaos

News Builder: The DOM Scripting task force is out to get Web developers with a single-browser mentality or a preponderance for writing flashy scripts of questionable value

More MEPs demand transparency after patent debacle

News The European Independence Party claims that MEPs faced 'very aggressive' lobbying over the patent directive and wants professional lobbyists to reveal their funding

HP blames Euro laws for drawn-out job cuts

News It will take 18 months for HP to cut 10 per cent of its workforce, says chief executive Mark Hurd

Gates: We're short of tech talent

News Microsoft's chairman has warned of a lack of suitably qualified tech workers, despite counting the under-tens in that category

Mozilla: From obscurity to opportunity

Feature The non-profit Mozilla foundation has gone from zero to hero over the last two years thanks to the increasing popularity of the Firefox browser

4GB mobile phone just around the corner

News Cornice has put 4GB on a $65, 2.5cm-thick disk drive and has also claimed leadership in drive density, durability and affordability

Mozilla: IE7 will boost Firefox take-up

News Windows 2000 users are expected to migrate to Firefox in droves, taking advantage of enterprise-friendly features that will be available in version 1.1 of the open source browser

It's a Dell old business on the desktop

Leader Dell's ambitions to grow beyond its traditional market are both bold and realisable. Yet its trademark efficiency comes at a price

Firefox: Doing it for love

Q&A Asa Dotzler, the community co-ordinator for the Mozilla Foundation, reflects on how grassroots marketing has spurred the growth of Firefox, and how a bunch of developers managed to create such...

Behind the scenes at Mozilla HQ

Feature Photos: The Firefox browser may be a growing threat to Microsoft's market dominance but the Mozilla Foundation's office is no Redmond campus yet

Firefox: The alternative history

Feature Asa Dotzler, the community co-ordinator for the Firefox browser, discusses how the fledgling competitor to Microsoft's IE learned to spread its wings

Eizo FlexScan L997

Review The Eizo FlexScan L997 is a high-end LCD that delivers excellent performance and all the adjustability a graphics professional could want.

Unions to get £10m to e-modernise

News The government has earmarked the funds to help with 'adaptation to changing labour market trends and to new ways of working'

Netil accelerates Web services

News Brief: Speeding up local interfaces, rather than just increasing download speeds, is the key to the firm's plans

DoS flaw extends across Windows range

News It's not just Windows XP that is vulnerable to the Remote Desktop Protocol flaw, but also Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003

U.S. Robotics Wireless MaxG router

Review It's not the best long-range performer, but the U.S. Robotics Wireless MaxG router is one of the cheapest ways to achieve decent wireless throughput over long distances.

Faster bus to boost Itanium

News New chipsets for Intel's beleaguered high-performance processor could provide speed boosts, but support is strictly limited

HP job cuts coming Tuesday

News News should emerge before the markets open in New York as to how HP is going to cut an estimated 15,000 staff

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