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Archive - 22 Nov 2005

Foreign powers are 'main cyberthreat' to UK

News Overseas governments probing electronic networks for information are the main threats to the UK critical national infrastructure, claims the organisation defending it

Gartner: 3G phones will flop this Christmas

News Analyst firm sees little demand for third-generation handsets, but 3 has hit back by claiming Gartner hasn't got to grips with the sales figures

Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts

News Some observers are unhappy that Microsoft is trying to get its Office 12 file formats passed by a European standards group, but others see merits in the plan

Samsung ready to roll with organic LEDs

News The Korean manufacturer says it will be producing 50 million OLED screens by 2008

Firefox plans mass marketing drive

News 'Are we going to get hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of videos?' asks Mozilla, ahead of a video marketing campaign to push Firefox 1.5

Consumer demand calls for more flash memory

News Analysis: With iPod sales soaring there is a shortage of NAND flash memory, Intel and Micron have come to the rescue

Hackers focus attacks against applications

News Update: The SANS Institute has accused software vendors of putting users at risk by neglecting security

CBI calls for cybercrime laws to be updated

News What will it take for the Home Office to stop sitting on its hands and revise the Computer Misuse Act?

ECMA move is standard fare from Microsoft

Leader In taking the Office 12 file format to ECMA so it can be called a standard, Microsoft will be hoping to derail the OpenDocument bandwagon; it's just standard manoeuvring that we have seen before

X-rated: Getting a tech job in the adult industry

FAQ Tech in the adult industry: Everything you wanted to know about XXX companies, but were afraid to ask

The $100 laptop: A well intentioned waste of time?

Feature Some claim the only piece of educational technology known for sure to work is the school bus and have little faith that cheap gadgets alone can bridge the digital divide

Novell Linux Desktop 9

Review If you manage a lot of corporate desktops, then Novell's Linux Desktop is well worth a look -- particularly if you're happy with ZENworks. Linux pricing and Novell's corporate-style support could...

Microsoft adds messaging to Live.com

News Upcoming online services platform has been given email and Instant Messaging support

Ex-Microsoft man jailed for software sales

News Former employee sentenced to four years imprisonment for his part in illictly obtaining and selling $32.4m of software

Ofcom gets tough on rogue diallers

News Communications regulator plans a new crackdown on Internet diallers, over a year after consumers started being defrauded in droves

Apple sews up flash market

News Prepayments totalling $1.25bn and a joint venture with Intel see Apple guaranteeing its NAND flash supplies until 2010

Dangerous exploit released for old IE hole

News All you need to do is visit a specifically written site and an attacker can run any code they want on your Windows system, even if you're fully patched, according to Secunia

Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone

News Not everyone's convinced by the efforts, as Office Open XML is 'still a format controlled by a single commercial entity'

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