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Archive - 19 Sep 2002

ISPs give thumbs-up to BT ad bonanza

News Internet service providers say they'll also benefit from BT's forthcoming £33m broadband advertising blitz, but Thus sounds a note of caution

Palm reinvents the PDA

News Palm has named the dates for its new £70 consumer model and the new high-end devices that will come with Bluetooth and GPRS - not to mention a totally new look

Microsoft launches home networking hardware

News Microsoft plans to release new wired and wireless networking products into the crowded and hypercompetitive consumer hardware market

Selling Web services: Proceed with caution

Feature Some service firms are quietly observing the Web services market; others are diving right in. We spoke to several consultants who believe the time is right for selling Web services but encouraged...

Is PRM playing monkey in the middle?

Comment Adrian Mello: The word "middleman" has long had a negative connotation. Part of the promise of using the Internet to do business was the elimination of the middleman.

VMware cleans its Windows

News Workstation 3.2 allows users to run multiple operating systems, and the latest version passes Microsoft's Windows certification tests

Broadband Britain moves slowly forward

News The number of UK surfers opting for always-on, high-speed Internet connections is increasing, indicating that recent price cuts may be having an effect

EasyInternetCafe faces gag in CD-burning row

News The British music industry mobilises its lawyers as the argument over copyright infringement at EasyInternetCafe's stores rumbles on

Single sign-on -- not a panacea

Feature While many tech leaders tout single sign-on (SSO) as the Holy Grail of directory services and a key to password protection, SSO is not a security cure-all

Sun releases open-source Liberty tool

News Businesses that want to start building Liberty Alliance-compliant online authentification systems are now able to download an open-source development tool

Critical Java flaws revealed

News Microsoft has warned that two flaws in the Windows implementation of the Java Virtual Machine could allow an attacker to take control of a PC

Business people take email on holiday

News Approximately one in ten business people access their work email account or corporate network every day on holiday and would check email on the beach if they were able to, according to research

PS2: 40 million served

News Sony has announced the latest PlayStation2 sales figures, which indicate that the console is continuing to increase its user base

'Subsidise broadband', says US ex-regulator

News The former chair of the Federal Communications Commission says that supplying broadband will create demand, but that the private sector won't take the risk alone

Logitech pen aims to have the write stuff

News Logitech is hoping its new Io digital pen will make the PC mightier, and easier to use, than the sword

Home LANs risk accidental hacks

News Small businesses and home networkers are at risk from hackers - but some intrusions into a wireless network may be unintended

UnitedLinux inches closer to OS goal

News The four-company effort to create a standard version of Linux sets a release date for a test version of its code and taps a top exec to spread the UnitedLinux word

HP Photosmart 130

Review If you use a digital camera and want to print photos on the road, you’ll love this little printer. But if you're looking to print large sheets, consider a more versatile photo-capable inkjet.

Red Hat broadens desktop push

News Red Hat's version 8 adds a 'personal desktop' option to make the operating system easier for home use, but the company remains cautious

Label to identify copy-protected CDs

News Following controversy over copy-protection mechanisms on some CDs that prevent the music from being played on PCs, a music industry body thinks it has the solution

Lindows 2.0 tightens Windows connections

News Version 2.0 of the operating system offers networking features for connecting with Windows-based PCs, support for more printers and a streamlined interface similar to the Windows desktop

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