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Archive - 24 Sep 2001

Pirated XP on sale already in Malaysia

News Fake copies of Windows XP are selling like 'hot cakes' in the Malaysian capital

PC buyers face product deactivation

News Buyers of new PCs will have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation - the most controversial feature ever to appear in Windows

Online news visitors double in week of US attacks

News An average of 11.7 million users logged onto news sites in the four days following the terrorist attacks on America

Local loop bid set to resurface

News Earthlease could be poised to put a formal offer for BT's local network on the negotiating table once the O2 demerger is out the door

VeriSign to buy Illuminet for $1.2bn

News Domain registrar to buy telecoms company in order to court new customers

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Blog Thursday 20/09/01 XP fever strikes ZDNet! Actually, that's a little inaccurate. We got XP fever months ago, recovered, had a mild relapse when Beta 2 turned up and now seem relatively immune. But...

Windows XP: What's in it for you?

News PC manufacturers are now shipping Windows XP on new systems, but this is the most controversial update yet to Microsoft's operating system

'Watchdog' barks at BTopenworld tactics

News BT stands accused of shunting 34,000 heavy users of its unmetered package onto an unreliable alternative service

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Comment This week, Rupert takes a look at programmable robots, BT's latest battle and Microsoft's latest, Windows XP.

Will BT ever unbundle?

Comment ASDL is still not available to as many people as would like - and now the EC is involved, which Guy Kewney hopes will get BT moving.

New analyses reveal Nimda's tenacity

News The Nimda worm is so versatile that it may continue to cause disruption for some time, warn experts

Microsoft tries to ensure XP compatibility

News Consumers can find out if their computer will work with Windows XP - but the cost is a 35MB download

Microsoft tight-lipped about Xbox delay

News Postponement puts Xbox US launch head-to-head with Nintendo GameCube

Poking around under XP's bonnet

Comment Windows XP allows you to go back in time - and it might just be the feature that makes the system worthwhile.

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