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Archive - 24 May 2006

Symantec: Beware the Microsoft 'monoculture'

Q&A Symantec CEO John Thompson discusses Microsoft, the Veritas integration and Symantec's move to being a more enterprise-focused vendor

Qualcomm sues Nokia in UK

News Qualcomm claims Nokia resisted coming to an agreement and 'talked trash' about the company

Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill

News A Vodafone customer believes he shouldn't be liable for an £850 bill run up after his SIM card was stolen, but the mobile operator disagrees

EC: Software is not patentable

News The European Patent Office will be bound by proposed legislation that will exclude software from patentability, according to the EC, in a move that has startled opponents of software patents

Semantic Web is ready for mainstream use

News Builder@WWW2006: All the technologies are now in place to make the data-driven Web a reality, according to Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Inside Windows Vista beta 2

Photo Microsoft has released the first public beta of its new Windows Vista operating system. Here's a screenshot gallery showing some of the key features.

Microsoft brings Virtual Earth to the UK

News Microsoft is bullish about taking on Google Earth in the UK, claiming its integration with other applications will appeal to businesses

Keep your data options open, warns Gartner

News In the wake of privacy allegations against US service providers, companies should consider whether the US is really the best place to host sensitive information

AMD: Vista does little for convergence

News Windows Vista includes features aimed at the living room, but AMD argues the industry is being held back by more than software

Vonage shares dip after IPO

News Vonage faces stiff competition from a slew of other telephony services, including mobile phones, cable telephony and free Internet calling services

Microsoft unveils new betas for Office, Vista

News The release of the test versions is a sign that Microsoft is on track with the latest version of its timetable

IBM gains share as server market picks up

News IBM's unit shipments grew faster than the overall pace of the market, while Dell and HP trailed behind

Why you should care about WiMax

FAQ The next-generation wireless technology could take us one step closer to the mobile nirvana of one bill for mobile, Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity

Never mind Dempsey, here are the Woodcrest numbers

News Intel is hyping promising server performance figures — but they are for Woodcrest, which won't arrive until later this year

Domain for mobile devices hits the Web

News The domain, .mobi, is designed to spur use of the Internet on mobile devices — but some fear it will have the opposite effect

AMD updates desktop chip designs

News The chipmaker is making modest advances as it gets ready for chips in 2007 based on a new architecture that will use four processing cores and faster HyperTransport interconnects

Study: Software licence cheating costs £18bn

News The proportion of software not correctly licensed has remained steady, but as the software market grows, the BSA has claimed ever-higher revenue losses

Microsoft advises 'safe mode' for Word

News Running Word in the restricted mode will not fix the vulnerability, but it will help block known modes of attack

Common code base for Vista, Longhorn Server

News Changes in Vista and Server will be kept in sync, finally giving Microsoft a common code base for its two main operating systems

Windows Vista beta 2: a first look

Preview Microsoft has released the first public beta of its new Windows Vista operating system.