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Archive - 22 Nov 2004

The great 3G data card road test

Special Report ZDNet UK took 3G data cards from four service providers on a day trip to Microsoft's Reading Campus and back in the world's first real-life 3G group test

Skulls may not mean skullduggery, says Symbian

News Skulls, a suspected Trojan which disables some phones running the Symbian OS, might not be malware at all, according to the software vendor

Linux sees a Window in enterprise apps market

News A report has predicted that more than one in seven ERP servers will be running the open-source operating system by 2007

Mobile security: A business issue, not a technology one

News More user education is needed to solve the problem, with half of companies saying staff have a 'poor attitude' to mobile security

VMware Workstation 4.5.2

Review VMware Workstation is a powerful virtual machine application that enables you to develop and test even the most complex networked server-class applications running on Windows, Linux or NetWare --...

E-tailers looking at a bumper Christmas

News Online spending doubled over the course of 2003, and e-tailers are likely to see their income increase another 44 percent year-on-year this Christmas

Open source picks some new fights

Analysis After gaining ground in several areas, open-source companies are looking to move into the lucrative infrastructure software market

Hackers launch Bofra banner ad attacks

News The Bofra exploit is being used on banner ads by hackers to take control of potentially thousands of computers

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Review New technology is great, but why does it have to be so user-hostile? In this book, Alan Cooper examines the business and technical cultures that create such impenetrable products, and offers a remedy.

DeepNet 1.3 browser to contain anti-phishing features

News The next version of the free browser will warn users if a Web site appears to be a phishing scam - DeepNet claims it will be 'the most secure browser'

Linux/UNIX threats: SANS top 10

Feature The FBI and SANS have released an updated list of the most exploited threats in Linux/UNIX systems

Rollout of new Hotmail domains stopped - for now

News Those keen to acquire international domain Hotmail addresses for countries other than those announced last week look to be in for a bit of a wait

New Windows XP SP2 vulnerability exposed

News A vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows XP SP2 can allow an executable file to be run by hackers on target machines, according to security researchers

Tape heads off

Leader The video recorder has chewed its last tape. Its demise proves that no technology is immune from economic forces

VCRs erased from the high street

News UK retailer Dixons has announced that it will no longer stock VCRs in its high street stores, marking the beginning of the end for a hugely successful technology story

So, what's this Firefox thing then?

Analysis In case the fuss about Firefox has passed you by over the past weeks, we've collected the best articles on the topic in one place so you can catch up

HP LaserJet 1320

Review A great little monochrome laser printer, the LaserJet 1320 offers fine output, duplexing and a tight footprint that lets it fit right into any business, school or home office.

Execs outline the importance of CFOs

News Legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley has led to a renewed focus on the role of the CFO - it's more than just 'keeping the chief executive out of jail', say executives from Google and SAS

Nanotechnology takes up golfing challenge

News A golf ball that putts more cleanly and corrects its own flight path is under development by nanotechnologists

Symbian phones targeted by 'Skulls' Trojan

News The malicious program can kill off system applications - although it is not spreading, experts warn it may be a sign of where malware is headed

Microsoft leads developers to Avalon

News Builder: A 'community technology preview' of Microsoft's next graphics engine has been released to developers

Oracle wins over PeopleSoft shareholders

News Sixty percent of PeopleSoft's outstanding shares will be sold to Oracle by investors, keeping Larry Ellison's hopes of a takeover alive