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Archive - 22 Aug 2001

Matrox Millennium G550

Review Even if HeadCasting doesn't appeal, the Millennium G550 is still an excellent card for business users.

Games industry guns down brain damage claims

News The row over the effects that computer games can have on children's development intensifies as the games industry rejects brain damage claims

Compaq, Intel team up on wireless

News After signing up with Symbian, Intel teams up with Compaq to make a move on the wireless handheld market

Microsoft accuses UK companies of software piracy

News Two UK companies are facing legal action for allegedly selling counterfeit copies of Microsoft software

Excite@Home snoops on user downloads

News The company is scanning its customers' Internet activity and says it will terminate the accounts of those users who are downloading pirated material

Ken Clarke takes campaign onto the Web

News Electioneering gets interactive as online users ask questions at the first ever Webcast held in a Conservative leadership contest

Penguin to launch shareable e-books

News The publishing company is to start selling digital books in Adobe Acrobat format, allowing readers to share e-books

Intel, Symbian team up on wireless devices

News Symbian squeezes out Microsoft as it signs a pact with Intel to develop technology for mobile phones and handheld computers

Apple resolves QuickTime, Explorer conflict

News A compatibility problem that stopped Internet Explorer users viewing movies on an Apple Mac has been fixed

AOL to cut 1,200 from Net unit

News Second round of layoffs hits online unit as part of streamlining operation to help AOL reach financial goals in a slowing economy

Struggling Baltimore cuts jobs as losses grow

News Internet security firm admits that its recent performance has been unacceptable, and announces plans to more than halve its workforce by the middle of 2002

HP to sell secure version of Linux

News HP Secure OS for Linux will add open source Hewlett-Packard enhancements and utilities that that detect attacks

Intel puts down Rex

News The credit-card-sized handheld has been in the doghouse since last year's launch. Now Intel has decided to put Rex out of its misery

IBM pitches reliability for Regatta

News Big Blue plans to bring back some old tricks to create its forthcoming Regatta server, the first of a new line of Unix servers due this autumn. IBM says the new servers will provide mainframe-like...

Windows XP to drop in on Friday

News Microsoft is planning an elaborate publicity stunt, delivering the new operating system to PC makers from a helicopter at its Redmond headquarters

Hack insurer adds Microsoft surcharge

News Susceptibility to attacks like Code Red leads insurer to raise the premiums of clients using IIS software

Microsoft sews up Hotmail hole

News Slow to acknowledge a flaw in its free email service, Microsoft has now responded with a fix. But it downplays the danger to Hotmail users

Five years ago: Hare virus catches sex-site visitors

News The Hare virus triggered today, catching out several companies that had failed to scan for the widely publicised infection.

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