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Blog Thursday 20/5/2004 The invite said "Drinks with IBM Personal Computing Division" -- and that's good enough for me and Charles McLellan, reviews supremo. We hare off to a rather nice little bar...
Why the Eurocrats are patently mad
News The vote on Tuesday in Brussels to remove all the limits that had been placed on software patents is a sad day for Europe, but it's not too late to change
Spammers get fussy as zombie army grows
News Is your Internet connection actually worth infecting? The Bobax worm tests PCs first to see if they'll be good spam zombies
AOL ponders wireless service in the UK
News AOL is considering a partnership with the newest entry to the market for wireless data services, UK Broadband
Intel faces patent suit over Pentiums
News A Canadian company has started legal action against Intel relating to alleged patent infringement by Pentium processors
Longhorn: The inside story
Q&A Bob Muglia is in charge of Longhorn development for Microsoft - he explains how the software giant sees Linux, and how the work on the latest Windows is progressing
Linux vendors hope to ride PC upgrade wave
News Gartner is predicting that 220 million desktop PCs will be replaced over the next two years, a prospect that has Linux vendors licking their lips
Government starts 'rationalisation' of IT systems
News Staff cuts will follow as the UK government embarks on changes to its back-office IT systems based on the Gershon efficiency review
Software patent fight moves to Parliament
News Opponents of new European legislation on software patents say the next stage of their fight is to win over government ministers such as Lord Sainsbury
Survey: Give us Wi-Fi trains
News UK travellers are in favour of Wi-Fi networks on trains, so that they can continue to work during their journeys
Athens prepares Olympic cybersecurity
News As Greece gears up for the summer Olympics 2004, a massive IT operation is underway to protect the Games online
Salesforce.com Spring '04
Review Salesforce.com's service is a good solution for co-ordinating any business's sales efforts. The hosted model also keeps the cost low.
Survey: LAN take-up slows Down Under
News The percentage of Australian SMEs planning to implement a LAN hasn't risen significantly over the past year, leading to speculation that a lack of understanding is putting firms off
Gates: We're spending $10bn on R&D
News Research work continues on making email manageable and ending the 'information disability', Bill Gates told CEOs at a recent summit
Wireless to play a 'major role' in US broadband growth
News The head of the FCC has said wireless has a big role to play in achieving the target of full broadband coverage by 2007
IBM asks court to say no to SCO claims
News A failure to present evidence means SCO has no case, argues IBM in a court filing
Oracle signs up to Microsoft developer scheme
News In another move towards the product integration customers are demanding, Oracle is to join the Visual Studio developer programme
