Previous DayRupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 23/08/2003We're supposed to be objective, us journalists, at least some of the time. It's hard to be that with Microsoft, especially when you've just spent five hours fixing various Windows...
Head-mounted displays still a headache
News The latest wearable computer display to reach ZDNet UK's reviews labs didn't quite hit the spot
Forecasting the supercomputer future
Comment Japan's Earth Simulator speeds up global warming and has the US federal government worried
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Microsoft slapped down, email worms sorted out and global airways protected. All in a week's work for Rupert Goodwins, but what's all this about a Zip Goat?
Motorola unveils first Linux smartphone
News The mobile-phone maker has put its first Linux-powered handset on the market, launching an ambitious strategy of competition with Symbian and Microsoft
Flash-memory devices cause security concerns
News Portable storage devices like Sony's Memory Stick are a greater hazard than the notoriously insecure floppy disk, say security experts
Gateway unveils new sub-$1000 notebook
News Gateway has launched another addition to its low-cost notebook range, as it edges towards territory occupied by HP and Dell
Virus Round-up: Treble trouble
Feature All the latest news, analysis, features and help articles required to protect your systems from attack
Life after Microsoft - One firm's complete conversion to open source
Q&A After a run-in with Microsoft and the BSA, Sterling Ball converted all his company's operations to open-source software. He explains why he'll never go back to Redmond's products
Intel raises outlook for third quarter
News The chipmaker says PC chip sales will remain strong for the rest of the quarter
Organised crime behind Sobig - virus expert
News An antivirus expert claims Sobig is the work not of 'script kiddies', but of sophisticated criminals who want to take control of PCs
How I survived MSBlast
Comment The Blaster worm is affecting hundreds of thousands of Windows computers whose owners couldn't be bothered to patch them. But there's a very good reason why so many PCs are left insecure, as I...
Thailand's cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's hand'
News A Gartner analyst is predicting Microsoft's prices in developing countries will be cut in half within a year
Boeing anti-spam subsidiary takes off
News A Boeing spin-off will sell internally developed spam-blocking technology
Anti-virus and security software
Buyer's Guide Are your PC's defences up to date and up to scratch? If not, here's a roundup of the latest anti-virus and security utilities.
Web services spec made public
News Test copies of the latest UDDI Web services specification will be distributed to developers
US telecoms regulators reveal contentious vision
News Federal regulators have detailed controversial new rules to manage high-speed Internet and telecommunications
Novell lays off tenth of staff
News Novell has reported a $12m loss for its third quarter, compared to a profit of $10m for the same period last year
D-Link DVC-1000 i2eye
Review The DVC-1000 is an easy-to-use videoconferencing option for broadband users who don't want to be tethered to their PCs.
Music pirate faces prison term
News The former leader of song-swapping group Apocalypse Crew has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright charges
Linux robots on patrol
Video CNET's Brian Cooley looks at a fleet of Linux-based robots that operate on a self-generated wireless network. The robots are designed to search, map and patrol buildings
Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry
News An anonymous Californian is challenging the recording industry's right to obtain her personal details
Face recognition 'fails to catch criminals'
News Tampa's police department has unplugged a controversial face-recognition system that compared faces in crowds to a database of criminals
File-swappers put off by lawsuits
News The threat of legal action is deterring people from swapping files over the Internet, a new report implies
SCO's legal gun takes aim at Linux
Q&A SCO's lawyer explains why the company is right to incur the open-source community's wrath
Spam blocking traps legitimate email
News AOL's cable-modem service has implementing a new spam-blocking system that is catching innocent email in the crossfire
EBay goes down for three hours
News The auction site went offline on Wednesday night because of a power cut
Networks crippled by worms' onslaught
News The Sobig and Nachi worms continue wreaking havoc on systems worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of PCs affected
