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Blog Friday 19/10/2001 Amid online discussion of the proposed laws to ban activity that stirs religious intolerance, the point is raised that everybody can find something to upset them in other...
News Schmooze: Thumbs up to 3G auctions, says NAO
News The government congratulated itself, disturbing worms failed to proliferate and Microsoft resorted to mass hypnosis
Security hole leaves HP-UX wide open
News Hewlett-Packard has admitted that an exploit in its implementation of telnet could allow an attacker to gain remote root access
Wireless networking moves up to warp speed
Comment Proxim claims to have moved wireless networking up to 100 megabits per second, but closer scrutiny reveals that all is not quite what it seems.
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment This week, Rupert has been in discussion with a prize-winning chatterbot, and discovering what happens when you put thiols in a beaker.
Music firms still don't get it
News The record industry has taken a hard line on MP3 swapping, but they may be forgetting that it's bad business to treat customers as criminals
FSA loses domain name battle
News A small Bournemouth company is allowed to keep the fsa.co.uk Internet address that it registered four yeas ago, but now faces the threat of legal action
Sharp hones Linux PDA
News It's only a developer unit for now, but Sharp's organiser claims to be the first Linux-based handheld from a major manufacturer
Matsushita spins up 100GB recordable disc
News The Japanese consumer electronics giant uses violet lasers to record more than 20 times the current DVD capacity
IBM to upgrade mainframe features
News High-speed connections between partitions on the mainframe will be possible as part of Big Blue's upgrade package
Intel looks to fibre-optics to speed chips
News The chipmaker is checking out a new approach to building processors that uses fibre-optics to connect components, and even eventually to replace copper or aluminium wires inside chips
.Net and XP hit by patent suit
News InterTrust expands to its existing legal conflict with Microsoft, claiming that the software maker's new products use patented technology
Palm OS learns Chinese
News The handheld recognises Chinese characters, translates between Chinese and English, and includes multimedia features
Road rage drives into the SMS age
News A new service developed in Australia allows driver to text or email other drivers simply by using their licence plate details
Intel axes its consumer electronics unit
News The chip giant is paring back to its core chip business, and will stop making digital cameras, music players and other consumer devices
Win XP to launch .Net on grand scale
News Windows XP will be a key part of Microsoft's enigmatic .Net plan. Is it really a strategy to control the Internet, as competitors claim?
Sony to plug TiVo into its products
News Personal digital recording technology is to be available in Sony's consumer products as part of a new deal
Five years ago: Intel wants a Pentium in every car
News Not content with making its chips ubiquitous in PCs, Intel wants to put a Pentium in your car
