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Archive - 21 Feb 2005

UK 'leads G7' for broadband availability

News Government minister Mike O'Brien claims Britain leads the way in broadband rollout and e-commerce, but experts have doubts

Bloggers unite to help jailed Iranians

News Campaigners have called on the world's bloggers to help push for the release of two Iranians jailed after expressing opinions online

BT demands open standards in telecoms

News The UK's incumbent telco claims to be embracing open standards and getting access to vendor source code as part of its push to IP-enable its network

New worms turn up

News New variants of some old favourites have emerged today, but experts have played down the threat

First arrest for IM spam

News The first arrest for spimming - the sending of uncolicitied advertising messages over instant messaging services - has been made in the USA

Google must search its soul

Leader Google sees nothing wrong in adding links to sites without permission. It should try harder to grow a conscience.

Linux kernel to include IPv6 firewall

News Firewall features already available in IPv4 will be added to IPv6 protocol in Linux, but not until later in the year

Skype: Do you get what you pay for?

Feature The VoIP service seems to be becoming a victim of its own success, with complaints coming in from all quarters about the company's few paid-for services

Data destruction claims rubbished

News A charity that supplies refurbished PCs to the developing world has slammed reports suggesting the only reliable way to totally remove data from a hard drive involves a six-inch nail

Smartphones sales on the up

News Sales of mobile phones with increased non-voice functionality will have an annual growth rate of 29 percent until the end of the decade, according to analysts

Alarm over 'pharming' attacks

Tech Guide A new form of phishing makes it easier for the bad guys to get your personal information.

Google under fire over autolinking

News Comparisons with Microsoft's long-dead and much-maligned 'Smart Tags' technology have cast a shadow over Google's latest toolbar

CA leaps on patent bandwagon

News Computer Associates has become the latest firm to open up its patent portfolio to the open source community

Red Hat promises Fedora improvements

News The Linux seller has admitted neglecting Fedora users, but has now promised to make amends

Cabir spotted in the US

News The first wild sighting of the mobile worm has been found in America - in a Californian shop window

New Pentiums unveiled

News Intel introduced a new class of Pentium chip on Sunday - with twice as much secondary cache as current models and power-saving technology borrowed from its notebook line

Skype 1.1

Review Skype 1.1 is a free and easy way to make phone calls to any other PC user in the world, and now there's a way to make cheap calls to technophobe friends, too.