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Archive - 21 Aug 2002

Starbucks launches European Wi-Fi trials

News Two hot spots will be launched at Starbucks outlets in London as the UK's Wi-Fi market heats up

Lindows faces a reality check

News Reality has increasingly intruded on Lindows.com's plans for a Windows-compatible, consumer Linux desktop, causing it to change the way it approaches consumers

AMD unveils new chips, cuts prices

News As part of the ongoing battle with Intel, AMD is to cut the prices on some of its chips, and has announced new microprocessors for the desktop

Internet a 'moral-free zone', warns media chief

News The president of media conglomerate News Corp. has spoken out over what he sees as the worthless content throughout the Web

CacheFlow turns into Blue Coat

News Network vendor CacheFlow is a security vendor now, and Blue Coat was the best available name

Know when to strut your technical stuff

News As a developer-turned-manager, you need to know when to assert your technical skills and when not to. Follow this advice to know when to show off and when to hold back

'Stupid' linking policies come under fire

News Web sites with policies outlawing other sites from linking to pages other than the home page are the targets of the 'Don't Link to Us' campaign

Sun releases low-cost Unix workstation

News The Unix workstation market continues to be dominated by Sun's budget machines, but it can't compete with sales of Intel, Windows and Linux machines

E-tailers risk breaking new law

News As a new law comes into force regulating e-tailers in the UK, evidence suggests that many businesses may fall foul of it because they are unprepared

BT cuts start-up cost of no-frills broadband

News Customers who want a high-speed Internet connection without services such as Web space and email can save £30 by signing up in the next month

Xbox goes online... with Linux

News The Xbox Linux Project has released a basic version of its software, giving the gaming console network functions and a Web server

Poweroid 8001

Review If you’re a power user and you want a solidly-built and expandable PC, this very fast system should be on your shortlist.

Office XP service pack released

News The latest 'comprehensive' collection of bug fixes for Office XP has been released by Microsoft

Dell's garden shed secret

Comment Matt Loney: Dell is onto a winner with its new strategy of selling white-box PCs to small resellers - it will finally be able to get rid of that potting shed.

Free speech, free beer and free software

Comment Simon Phipps: Open source is not about free stuff; it's about enfranchising every user and development community member. Today's software innovations need this model more than ever before.

The truth about the DMCA

Comment Declan McCullagh: The DMCA is probably unconsitutional but it's not as scary as you may think.

Calling IT pros: The jobs are out there

News There are thousands of jobs out there just waiting for the right person, according to research conducted by IDC

.Org front runner named

News ICANN has made its recommendation about who should take over the .org domain, but some watchdogs fear that it is an 'insider deal'

HP, IBM do storage deal

News Software and hardware interoperability, now and in the long term, are key to the deal done between the two companies

Opera cuts legacy code for speed

News An upcoming beta of Opera 7 will offer better support for some industry standards - but some developers say the browser maker would do better to follow Internet Explorer's lead

Turbolinux drops the 'Linux'

News The company sells its popular Asian Linux distribution and plans to focus on selling its proprietary software

Apple scoops up another Emmy

News The Mac maker gets another award from the entertainment industry for its video-editing software. More media-oriented offerings are on the way, promises Steve Jobs

Modular Technology DAB digital radio

Review If you’re a serious radio listener, this affordable Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) product will be hard to resist.

Pentium prices drop prior to official cuts

News Intel plans to cut prices on its Pentium 4 chips soon, but many dealers are already lowering prices as a way to clear out inventory

A tardy Morpheus meets mixed reviews

News Expected months ago, StreamCast Networks' Morpheus 2.0 file-swapping program finally hits the Net. Users say an old version was easier to use

US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers

News American federal authorities are turning their attention from terrorists to users of peer-to-peer networks, who could be jailed for up to five years

Security flaw in key Microsoft services

News Microsoft urges customers to update File Transfer Manager, used for many of its subscription programmes

Can Microsoft take the lead in security?

News Microsoft has undertaken a code review to beef up the security in its products, but it may not be enough to convince everyone

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