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Comment David Berlind: Bill Gates is beating the drum for tablets, Smart Display, and Web services - purchased with his $5bn research budget. The question is: do we want to follow, and can we afford to?
'Midband' will ease the broadband divide, says BT
News e-Summit: Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, believes that ADSL will only ever be available to 90 percent of homes and businesses. But a new product could help the unlucky few
E-government targets branded 'inadequate'
News e-Summit: The government has set a target of getting all government services online by 2005, but this will not be enough, say critics. People have to be enticed to use them
Oftel aims to make switching easier
News Customers who want to move from one telecoms operator to another should find it easier thanks to a new Oftel initiative
IT Forum opens with demo-fest
News Cynics might say that Microsoft's demos are better than its products. So it makes sense that the company's enterprise event for Europe kicked off with 90 minutes of demonstrations
UK firms face closure for software 'theft'
News Businesses using unlicensed software could face the threat of closure as new powers for the police come into force
Proxim offers DIY Wi-Fi hot spot
News IT Forum: Want to let visitors to your office building or coffee shop use the Net? A new product bundles the software for a one-box solution
Blair promises broadband for every school
News e-Summit: The prime minister, Tony Blair, has guaranteed that more than £1bn will be spent bringing high-speed Internet access to Britain's public sector
Minister calls for return to e-basics
News e-Summit: Government must embrace the spirit of innovation and creativity of the early pioneers of the Internet, according to Douglas Alexander
Segway goes on sale
News Dean Kamen's Human Transporter is now on sale to the public on e-commerce Web site Amazon.com
SuSE to push desktop Linux
News 'Anybody who is using a desktop computer' is a potential customer for SuSE Linux in its latest push for the open-source operating system
Top 10 reasons to migrate to .Net
Feature IT managers are understandably wary of .Net, but there are some strong arguments in favour of making the move, and .Net has plenty of benefits
Play your Game Boy on a TV screen
News Using a new peripheral for Nintendo's GameCube, Game Boy owners will be able to play their portable games on a TV screen
Sun plays safe with Linux device
News Sun Microsystems has teamed up with firewall maker Check Point Software to offer a security appliance based on Linux, the companies announced on Monday
Troubleshooting the WLAN
Feature Both the money savings and the ease of use of wireless LANs are beneficial -- until something goes wrong. Then it becomes all too apparent that, while wireless networks are growing, troubleshooting...
Wired pub serves up pints and jobs
News In a new initiative to help people find work, virtual job centres could be coming to a pub near you soon
Dell and HP PDAs slug it out amid sea of gadgets
News Comdex: Dell has entered the handheld market with the Axim, while a myriad of other device makers showed off their products
Nvidia: GeForce FX cooler than ever
News The company's next graphics chip is likely to reclaim the speed crown when it arrives next year. But all that power will need a new way to keep cool
IBM to build fastest supercomputers to date
News Big Blue is to produce the ASCI Purple, which will be three times more powerful than NEC's Earth Simulator - and a Linux machine that runs at 360 teraflops
Key factors for secure Web services
Feature To successfully implement Web services, every piece must be in place. This means that certain components, including security, reliability, and architecture, can make or break a Web services...
RealNetworks puts music in your Palm
News Comdex: Palm's upcoming Tungsten T handheld will be able to download, store and play back audio content using RealNetworks software
Office, Windows bring in the big bucks
News A new SEC filing offers the most insight to date on where Microsoft makes money, and its dependency on Office and Windows
Transmeta gears for comeback with Astro
News Comdex: Astro will consume less power than the company's first Crusoe chips, the TM 5000 series, but offer substantially more performance, according to the company
Fiorina echoes Gates' optimism
News Comdex: Despite Capellas' departure, Fiorina sees plenty of hope in the tech industry
McNealy touts N1, warns against Microsoft
News Comdex: Sun needs to make sure that equipment from competitors such as IBM and others will fit seamlessly into its N1 plan, Sun's chief executive has said
