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Archive - 19 Nov 2003

Critics delay vote on EU intellectual property law

News A far-reaching proposed directive covering the enforcement of intellectual property rights has been delayed again amid ongoing controversy

Big Blue backs beige boxes

News Comdex: IBM has thrown its weight behind desktops with new software releases and one executive saying that 'demand is improving'

AIM opens up to Macromedia developers

News For the first time, AOL is set to open up its IM software to third-party developers

Networking standard gets Windows storage boost

News Microsoft is set to announce the hardware vendors whose iSCSI-based products will work with Windows

Broadband 'worth an hour's work a week'

News A new industry group argues that with fairer pricing, high-speed Internet connectivity could be worth billions to the UK economy

Second 'Panther' update on the way

News Just a week after the new Mac operating system's first bug-fixing release, a new package of tweaks is rumoured to be nearing completion

Cisco initiative tackles mobile working security threat

News The networking company has joined forces with antivirus firms for an initiative that attempts to make sure insecure devices aren't passing virus infections to otherwise-secure networks

Oracle plays the waiting game

Q&A Oracle is not giving up in its fight to acquire PeopleSoft despite legal hurdles - executive Chuck Phillips explains why

Marketing campaigns 'can paralyse Web sites'

News Forget hackers - many companies are their own worst enemies when it comes to keeping their Web sites running, a report has found

HP: Printer politics waste millions of pounds

News Comdex: Battles between IT and other departments over hardware like printers waste time and money, says Hewlett-Packard

Net attacks 'getting faster'

News A report has found that businesses are menaced by more plentiful and dangerous types of attacks, although other experts say incidents are levelling off

Toshiba beefs up tablet PC

News By offering a better screen and a faster processor than those found in its first tablet, Toshiba is hoping to appeal to a broader set of customers

Delay hits open-source .Net project

News Novell has announced that the results of the Mono project will now not be available until next year

Red Hat subscriptions surge

News Comdex: The top Linux distributor has said customers are sticking with its enterprise product, a healthy sign for the Linux operating system market

Digital SLRs: go pro for less

Buyer's Guide Professional-level digital cameras used to cost thousands of pounds. Now they’re down to under a grand -- at least Canon’s breakthrough EOS 300D is. That’s good news for digital photography...

Siebel planning major online CRM offensive

News Comdex: The software giant's CEO showed off Siebel's on-demand product at Comdex, and laid out plans for fending off the fast-growing competition

Comdex heats up spam-cooking tools

News Comdex: Battling junk email is becoming increasingly critical for enterprises, and a number of companies are lining up to offer their solutions

Bush backs international cybercrime plan

News Ratification by the US government would be a boost for the Council of Europe's controversial treaty, which covers copyright infringement, fraud and other crimes

Sun and JBoss bury the Java hatchet

News After years of dispute over J2EE certification, JBoss and Sun have announced a licensing deal for testing software

Macromedia releases Flash add-on for offline development

News Macromedia's latest add-on for flash allows rich media content to be viewed without a browser

Pentax *ist D: a first look

Preview Despite its odd name, the 6.1-megapixel Pentax *ist D is a seriously attractive digital SLR camera.

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