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Archive - 26 Feb 2003

Look after your heart with more chips

Comment Rupert Goodwins: An ageing population is a huge problem - but it might spur research into affordable IT for better health.

Dell introduces 'desknote'

News Dell's latest notebook uses a desktop-version of Intel's Pentium 4, which increases its size and power, but reduces the price

Flat-rate AOL survives in UK, despite German angst

News AOL continues its efforts to bring flat-rate Internet to Germany, while the UK basks in FRIACO-based bliss

Dell will fight for top PC spot

News In order to gain the top spot in worldwide PC sales, Dell is to undergo a further cost cutting exercise and use the savings to cut prices

AOL in subscription-music trial

News AOL has launched a subscription-based online music service in the US to compete with Kazaa

Ericsson tests interoperable IM

News Millions of IM users who subscribe to competing providers may be able to communicate with each other using the Ericsson IMPS software

Oracle collaborates to standardise suite

News In order to take on IBM's Lotus and Microsoft's Exchange server, Oracle has created partnerships with a number of key players in the email business

IP phone cradles PDAs

News Mitel's latest IP telephone has a built-in cradle that means once you've plugged in your PDA, there will be no escape from those phone calls

Oracle database event triggering

Feature Consultants with Oracle expertise will likely find themselves working with an ERP implementation. Here's a look at two common situations that you'll address: working with Oracle's database link and...

HP takes control to the edge

News Authenticate at every port, and the network is better controlled, says Hewlett-Packard

Mobile phone vulnerable to DoS attack

News A security vulnerability has been found on one of Nokias most popular mobile phones which could allow a denial-of-service attack

802.11g: Final testing begins

News The Wi-Fi alliance has said interoperability testing of the 54Mbps WLAN standard will be completed in July and products should be available in shops by August

Overture acquisitions target Google

News Following its recent acquisition of AltaVista, Overture has bought some real-time search and filter technology to continue its assault on Google

What to expect from Microsoft's Web Services Enhancements

Feature As a .Net architect, you should take the time to download, install, and test new technologies such as WSE to be able to design systems that take advantage of them

MPs register broadband concerns

News Nearly one in five MPs want more broadband action from both the government and the telecommunications industry

Samsung funds organic displays

News Samsung has invested in an organic light-emitting diode technology that will provide low-power, lightweight laptop displays that do not require a backlight

It's too early for switch blades, says HP

News Although Nortel is building switches for IBM's BladeCenter, HP's network division has declined to put its switches into the HP Intel blade chassis

Download this all-in-one Cisco certification guide

News Cisco certification remains among the most valued accreditations that an IT pro can earn. In recent years, Cisco has greatly expanded its offerings. This updated guide to Cisco certification can...

Sun lights chip roadmap

News At an analyst conference in San Francisco, Sun has unveiled its plans for the UltraSparc V, which will offer a five-fold increase in processor power by 2005

Boot out the BIOS

Feature A good BIOS replacement such as EFI is going to be necessary, and it should be capable of surviving the next twenty years just as the old technology has survived the last

Sun's 'Orion' hunts for simpler software

News Orion is Sun's attempt to make its software simpler to install, run and pay for. It will start wth Sun ONE and expand to swallow the company's entire software stack

Businesses wrestle for control over IM

News AOL, MSN and Yahoo will see their sway over instant messaging wane as corporate IT managers get their hands on the technology, says Microsoft

WinTasks Professional 4.0

Review WinTasks Professional helps you understand and control all of the tasks, both seen and hidden, that run within Windows.

IT budgets may get fatter

News An IDC survey says 85 percent of companies plan to increase or maintain their spending on IT spending this year, offering a glimmer of hope to the industry

IBM thinks big with new flat panel

News IBM has unveiled its first model in a new line of ThinkVision flat-panel displays, with a 20.1-inch screen and 1600-by-1200 pixel resolution

W3C members fail standards test

News Most home pages of World Wide Web Consortium members do not pass the standards body's own test for compliance with W3C recommendations, according to the latest survey

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