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Archive - 19 Jun 2001

SuSE Linux validated for Oracle 9i

News Open source operating system provides alternative to Unix and Windows for leading database software

Red Hat Tux 2.0 blows away Apache

News Review: The server sofware running a Linux 2.4 kernel performed nearly three times faster than current Web server mainstay Apache in benchmark testing

Government stands firm over 3G licence appeal

News The government is resisting claims from BT and One2One that it unfairly aided Vodafone and Orange

Compaq launches competition for handheld Linux apps

News Computer maker looks to stimulate developer interest in Linux on handheld devices with a competition open to all-comers - even Microsoft

Queen's speech to exclude arts Web site scheme

News Government struggles to proceed with plans to put the arts online, but says the £150m scheme has not been shelved

Intel's Tualatin makes debut

News The more advanced Pentium III will launch in desktops from today, ahead of the mobile chip launch next month

Anarchist coders prime unfettered file swapping service

News Concerned at the way big companies can monitor files swapped over services such as Napster, a group of programmers are about to commercialise their untraceable version

Wider role for e-commerce minister

News Patricia Hewitt keeps the e-minister title, but new boy Douglas Alexander will promote e-commerce and universal banking

Pentium 4 may miss sales targets

News A prominent financial analyst predicts Intel will sell only 15 million of the chips this year

Semiconductor industry to see worst-ever downturn

News A new study deepens fears over the chip industry's health, predicting a 21 percent decline this year

Microsoft: ready for open source threat?

News The company's recent attacks on the open source movement mean one thing: that Microsoft is getting worried

Microsoft signs up helpers to deploy .Net

News More than 100 third-party vendors have signed up - several of them to help with the tricky issue of testing

Commerce One president heads to AOL

News After a year and a half at the e-marketplace firm, Robert Kimmitt will leave for more familiar ground

Legal experts say Windows XP may cross the line

News Some critics are saying that Microsoft's latest XP moves are monopolistic. If it doesn't win a clean sweep of the imminent appeallate decision, there will be trouble

Oracle scrapes by in latest quarter

News Despite falling revenue Oracle has managed to keep its profits up for its fourth financial quarter, beating analyst estimates

Singapore cabs catch Web fever

News A £6m project to build personal area networks into Singapore's taxis will let passengers surf while they ride

Intel and Stratus ally against Unix servers

News High availability server maker Stratus sheds its RISC past for an x86-based future with Intel

Digital music goes corporate

Comment Like so many Internet proponents in the early days of digital music, I was once pretty naive about how quickly online music services would transform the industry.

100GB hard drive hits storage high

News Maxtor unleashes a £200 drive with 20GB more punch than the previous 80GB top dog, aimed at audio and video hoarders. But hard drives are reaching their limits

Legal experts: Win XP crosses the line

News Some critics are saying that Microsoft's latest XP moves are monopolistic. If MS doesn't win a clean sweep of the imminent appellate decision, there could be trouble

Wireless data mining is watching you

News DigiMine rolls out a service that provides real time snapshots of how people use the wireless Web. Will a marketing renaissance follow, or just lots of cell phone spam?

Intel: Pentium 4 to clock up 1.8GHz

News The chipmaker will add 1.8GHz and 1.6GHz processors to its Pentium 4 lineup in July. Is Intel trying to prod sluggish sales, or just trying to keep AMD out of the market?

Web at risk from new MS flaw

News Microsoft warns of a 'serious vulnerability' in its IIS software, installed on Web servers by default and used to run up to 6 million sites. Administrators are urged to patch the flaw - before it...

A Year Ago: Mobile phone becomes a universal remote

News Soon your mobile phone will be able to control many devices in your house, connect to your land line and pay for you in shops

HP Officejet v40

Review Well worth considering if you're in a cramped office, or are working from home.