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Archive - 23 Jan 2004

IPod row: MPs rush to Apple's aid

News Apple has certainly got friends in high places -- rather than criticise its iPod battery policy we should apparently be hailing the 'revolutionary impact' it has made, MPs now say

Sun owes it all to Scott McNealy

Q&A Despite some analysts calling for the resignation of Sun's chief executive, the head of Sun in the UK is standing by his boss

The lights go out for UnitedLinux

News Once touted as a way to standardise the open-source operating system, UnitedLinux has now given way to the OSDL

Forget Bagle, the real threat is home users

News The recent Bagle worm was small fry compared to what some security experts are expecting, and home users will take much of the blame

Brent fever hits Microsoft UK

News The Office's David Brent has gone down a storm at Microsoft UK, where staff are said to be queueing up for management training just so they can get a glimpse of the videos. Just don't tell Bill

North-East England to get blanket broadband

News Tony Blair popped into a local exchange to see a DSLAM in action on the day that over 100 local communities got the promise of broadband within 12 months, thanks to a £10m project

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Blog Thursday 22/1/2004You may not have noticed it amid the crashing space probes, terrorism scares, global warming fears and other minor worldwide issues, but two of the things that really worries the...

Amazon details Linux usage

News The e-commerce giant is continuing to roll out Linux throughout its business, and has explained in some detail how it is being used

Sun plans 'computer free' HQ

News Sun has been suffering financially but the company claims it is continuing to innovate and recently won its largest ever UK contract.

Future of wireless broadband is in the air

Comment A battery of standards are vying for the wireless broadband - the wired providers are curiously silent

Network Associates releases anti-spyware tool

News McAfee AntiSpyware takes a 'proactive' approach to protecting users from unwanted software

Build your own PC: a buyer’s guide

Buyer's Guide Sometimes, the only way to get the exact PC you want is to build it yourself. It’s not that hard, or excessively costly either. Our guide has the details.

HP urges European debate over outsourcing

News Getting protectionist in an attempt to block the flood of IT jobs overseas might not be as bright an idea as discussing how to bolster Europe's position as a knowledge powerhouse

Rivals link up on Zip standards

News The problem of incompatible security standards for Zip files has been resolved with a licensing deal, ending interoperability issues that have plagued the technology

CERT casts doubt on security find

News Experts at CERT and Microsoft have questioned whether a security flaw found by researchers is actually a new problem

Microsoft faces the music at LinuxWorld

News A Microsoft presentation at LinuxWorld surprised some, but others felt it left many unanswered questions

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