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Review This feature-rich Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone device is the best example of its type that we’ve seen. However, battery life is disappointing.
2004: The year of desktop Linux?
Analysis The hype may have faded from the idea of desktop Linux, but that hasn't stopped governments and corporations from beginning to test the waters
Online cannabis shop goes up in smoke
News In the latest dot-com bust, three people have been arrested on suspicion of selling cannabis through a Web site
Chip gear orders perk up
News Gear makers are hopefully of an upturn next year, after promising data from November
Fix released for flawed open-source IE patch
News The open-source patch for Internet Explorer has been updated - because it contained a security flaw that was potentially more damaging than the one it aimed to fix
Freeserve won't let broadband complaint die
News The seemingly never-ending battle over Freeserve's claim that BT's broadband has been anti-competitively priced isn't quite over, despite Oftel twice rejecting the charge
EU site pushes open-source education
News A new Web site reaffirms the European Union's interest in promoting wider use of open-source software
Websites deliver Christmas woe
News Many of the UK's biggest online retailers are plagued with problems at peak times, according to research
Texan city runs 'nonemotional' Linux pilot
News Austin, Texas, is evaluating Linux and OpenOffice.org for its desktops
Red Hat trials update for IBM and AMD
News Red Hat has started public testing of an update designed to improve performance of its premium Linux product on IBM servers and computers running on AMD's Opteron
File-swappers win privacy reprieve
News A US court has ruled that copyright law does not allow the RIAA to force Internet providers to identify file-swappers without a judge's consent
Festive buying slays records
News US online spending this December has been much higher than in previous years
Call-centre staff cop abuse from abroad
News Indian workers are facing abuse from customers in other countries who resent the loss of local jobs
PeopleSoft ruling inches closer
News Oracle, which has already spent $33m on its attempt to acquire PeopleSoft, should soon receive a ruling on whether the deal is anticompetitive
Sun exec slams Microsoft upgrade decision
News Sun is offering the software giant's customers steep discounts on own its desktop software, while criticising Microsoft's decision to drop older Windows products
UK power plants turn to Linux
News A power company has started switching systems controlling its coal-fired power plants to Linux
Y2K deja vu set to cripple Unix program
News A date-based software glitch brings back memories of Y2K for customers of an American software firm
IBM snares big European outsourcing deals
News IBM has announced contracts with a European bank and Spanish telecommunications firm worth hundreds of millions of dollars
What do ZDNet UK's editors want for Christmas?
Buyer's Guide So here it is, the ZDNet UK editorial team's 2003 Christmas list: e-Santa, what are you waiting for?
