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Blog Monday 16/10/2006 There's no exact day to mark it, and plenty of arguments to be had about the details. Nonetheless, 25 years ago TCP/IP was born — and with it, the beginning of the Internet. As...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Twenty-five years of Internet freedom, nukes in the basement and the big threat to Apple that nobody's talking about. An entire diary without mentioning the M word, in fact
Cynicism over Newham Linux U-turn
Blog The controversial CIO at London's Borough of Newham brought on more controversy this week as he branded open source as a "red herring" in front of dozens of senior IT professionals. The cio,...
Euro telco super-regulator plan savaged
News Industry figures and government ministers have panned the European Commission's plan, at an event where Net neutrality and roaming charges were also debated
An Apple as the teacher
Leader Apple should give its hardware business to Dell, says Gartner. What an... interesting idea
Corporate WANs get application speed boost
News Juniper and Silver Peak both beefed up their WAN appliances this week
Home Office advisor urges biometrics testing
News ID card campaigners are 'terrified' by the lack of biometrics testing conducted by the Government
IT industry: Data retention mess needs fixing
News Industry group Eurim has lent its weight to the fight for reform of 'ignorant' data-storage laws
Refurbished PCs enlisted to fight AIDS
News Re-used PCs and laptops are being given a second life in a disease education programme
IBM and Microsoft strike email archiving deal
News Tiered archive offering will be sold alongside Windows Server, following a co-marketing agreement announced this week
Full Metal Jacket
Blog Have received this disc with no way of playing it. I hoping the new 16:9 anamorphic transfer was worth waiting for. It was a bargain price from the US and the box is surprisingly small.
XP Service Pack 3 delayed
News Microsoft has pushed back the long-awaited update to XP yet again, as it gears up to launch Vista
Flash for Linux reaches beta
News Adobe is porting Flash Player 9 to Linux, although some features didn't make the cut
Microsoft claims IE7 launch success
News Latest browser proves popular, although some people are reporting minor problems
Google profits surge
News Search giant nearly doubled its profits last quarter, as its advertising revenue soars
