Previous DayNews Schmooze: Hacker attacks and Amazonion profits
News Hewlett-Packard reckons the future will be called CoolTown, and Amazon hope the colour of the future is black. Meanwhile, UK ISP Cloud Nine blamed hackers for the fact it ain't got no future at all
Sony mod-chip lawsuit leaves DVDs in the clear
News A precedent-setting ruling on mod-chips for PlayStation2s has big ramifications for chipping games consoles, but multi-region DVDs appear to be unaffected
Unpatched security hole detected in ICQ
News AOL has modified the ICQ server infrastructure to filter out code that exploits the vulnerability, but users are advised to upgrade to the latest client
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Thursday 24/01/2002 What's happening on Cloud Nine, man? The ISP vanishes, users are left with email and Web sites suspended in digital limbo, and not a word can be had as to why. Well, that's not...
Government to investigate mobile phone safety
News As the mobile mast debate reaches fever-pitch, volunteers will be used as guinea pigs to test whether mobile handsets can cause health problems
Siemens introduces talking therapy for sick machines
News That leaking boiler or second-hand car may soon be able to say exactly what's wrong with them, thanks to a new device built from off-the-shelf parts
Palm stays atop handheld market
News Palm continues to lead the handheld market, but its competitors are slowly catching up
Offline giants eat up Web ad space
News Offline companies like Doritos-maker Frito-Lay and Wendy's fast food restaurant are increasingly turning to the Internet as an advertising medium
Verizon to launch 3G in US
News Verizon is planning to launch commercial 3G services in selected areas of the US in late January, according to sources
More layoffs ahead at EMC
News Storage giant EMC will continue to cut jobs as losses widen
Why another lawsuit isn't the answer
Comment AOL's case against Microsoft could keep the giants in court for years - but will that lead to a fair settlement for Microsoft's earlier crimes? David Coursey doesn't think so
Lawsuit targets Microsoft and the DoJ
News The American Antitrust Institute files a lawsuit alleging the software maker and the Department of Justice did not disclose all information during settlement negotiations
AMD gains ground on Intel
News AMD continued to gain market share in the desktop processor market throughout 2001, ending the year with 21 percent
Linux goes solo on IBM mainframe
News IBM will announce a zSeries mainframe that runs only Linux, signalling a new era of commercial servers running the open source operating system
USB 2.0 to get Intel boost
News USB 2.0, the standard for connecting peripherals to PCs, is expected to get a significant plug once it is integrated into Intel chipsets by mid-year
More cuts at Gateway
News Gateway confirms that it will cut more than 15 percent of its work force and reports a plunge in fourth-quarter sales. Losses lie ahead, according to the PC maker
Quark revamp omits OS X
News A new version of QuarkXPress is hot off the presses, but there is no sign yet of a version tailored for Apple's OS X
Microsoft fires back at AOL
News Microsoft has returned fire in its legal battle with AOL, alleging that AOL Time Warner is holding back supoenaed information
Five years ago: Hitachi: DVD, CD will sell side by side till 2001
News CD-ROM drives will sell alongside DVD-ROM drives for another three years according to Hitachi, the first company to announce a DVD-ROM drive in the UK
IBM ThinkPad X22
Review If you must have the lightest possible system, and don't mind the lower performance, IBM's ThinkPad X22 may be the ultraportable for you. Otherwise, look elsewhere.
