Previous DayIntel confirms chip-naming change
News Intel hopes that a new naming scheme will wean buyers off clock-speed addiction
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 19/03/2004You'll have feasted on our CeBIT coverage already, sent back single-handed by our intrepid one-man expeditionary force, Graeme Wearden. Of course, not everything makes it through...
Microsoft to extend Media Center in 2005
News Windows Media Center users in Europe will be able to share music and video files using a new extender technology, says Microsoft
IBM gets flak for 'quiet' fix of faulty ThinkPad hard disks
News IBM has issued a 'mandatory' firmware upgrade for an technical problem that can result in data loss on particular hard disks in certain ThinkPads. Some customers say that's not enough
Esther Dyson to join CNET
News CNET's acquisition of EDventure Holdings will see former ICANN chair Esther Dyson join the company - and she'll be bringing Release 1.0 with her
Samsung to develop two-megapixel camera phone
News CeBIT: Megapixel camera phones are all the rage in Hannover, and Samsung is keen to take a piece of the action
US aims to bring down China's regulatory wall
Feature Chinese laws are designed to keep out foreign firms - or make them invest in local branches - say US companies
3 misses subscriber target by half
News The UK's only 3G phone operator is only about halfway towards achieving its target of one million subscribers
RFID helps create the paper computer
News CeBIT: Welcome to the world of intelligent paper. Smart parcels and pill packets could soon be sensing their environment and recording how you are feeling
Don't get carried away with portable war games
Comment Microsoft's getting bullish about personal video but old ideas won't build new markets
Web services unplugged
Q&A IBM's Bob Sutor describes the reality of Web services and why he considers Java to be open source
Who says standards are sacred?
Comment There is a place for standards - but the benefits may not be as universal as many people argue
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
News IT specialists are not a terribly contented lot compared to hairdressers and chefs, according to the City & Guilds Happiness Index
HP notebooks built for battle
News New notebook and tablet PCs aimed at the military market can survive extremes of temperature and repeated drops on to concrete
AMD turbocharges Athlon 64
News The chipmaker has unleashed its fastest Athlon to date, with a clock speed of 2.4GHz
Symantec wants to police small firms' networks
News The security firm is targeting a series of networking appliances at small businesses
Chipmakers agree to sponsor cancer research
News The Semiconductor Industry Association will fund a study into the cancer risks posed by its members' manufacturing facilities
Programmer demands $25m for writing Kazaa
News A developer involved in coding the original version of Kazaa has launched legal action against Sharman Networks, claiming he never signed away his rights to the file-sharing program
Next Windows Mobile primed for release
News Microsoft's operating system for mobile phones and handheld devices is set for an update next week
Novell opens up SuSE tool
News In a reversal of long-held SuSE policy, Novell will distribute its acquisition's popular Linux-management tool under an open-source licence
Microsoft awaits punitive EU judgment
News update: After Microsoft's last-ditch attempts to reach a settlement with the European Union and avoid antitrust action failed, a landmark legal ruling looms next week.
Four new Bagles emerge in two days
News Virus writers are modifying each variant only slightly in an attempt to evade antivirus detection
Travelling light: replacing your notebook with a Palm
Buyer's Guide Do you find even an ultraportable notebook too much to carry? We set out to discover how feasible it is to restrict yourself to a Palm OS handheld on your travels.
