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Blog Thursday 25/09/2003Ah, good old Amstrad. It's making money -- mostly from set-top boxes -- but the good old e-m@iler is still losing the stuff. This year, says the financial report, it should start...
Software patent limits 'go too far'
News The European Parliament added strict limits to its directive on software patents, but these could be damaging to the IT sector, according to a legal expert
Can enterprise software ever be sexy?
Comment 'Software as a service' might yet take off, but that depends on how lucky - or how brave - IT managers feel these days
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Jetlag might make a man's life difficult, but it's no excuse for subjecting the office to cheesy tech tunes...
Chance is most effective weapon against software piracy
News A PricewaterhouseCoopers study has found that software audits and security measures are not the most effective methods for detecting unauthorised software
HP LaserJet 1300
Review The LaserJet 1300 offers fast prints and a lot of expansion options for a home office or a small business. Unfortunately, its print quality fails to measure up to the rest of its attributes.
AMD's 64-bit vision becomes reality
Analysis All the news, reviews, comment and analysis around the launch of AMD's Athlon 64 desktop processor family
AMD comes to the 64-bit rescue
News AMD has refused - indeed some would say been unable - to dance to Intel's tune when it comes to 64-bit computing, and the result is something that a lot of people are absolutely going to need
Thai schools reject Microsoft
News Thailand's schools are switching to open-source software because of concerns about costs and intellectual property rights
Spin is the thing
Comment Fundamental changes in basic technology don't come along often, but spintronics may be the hottest thing since sliced silicon
Standards wrangle threatens Ultrawideband
News Analysts worry that continuing delays in UWB standard-making could slow adoption. Meanwhile, Intel says it might bypass the approval process altogether
Nokia touts digital-photo lockets
News Nokia will launch tiny digital lockets and bracelets, branded Medallion I and II, that display images from digital cameras or cellphones
IBM clocks up more layoffs
News IBM has made 380 employees in its US software group redundant
DoCoMo 3G deal makes Symbian big in Japan
News An agreement with the Japanese giant means the Symbian OS is likely to be one of the main operating systems driving DoCoMo's next wave of 3G handsets
IT shipments drop 10 percent
News Ten percent fewer computers and related products were shipped in August than in July, according to the US Department of Commerce
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
News Andrew Pinder fears a bleak future for more remote parts of the UK if they can't offer the IT facilities needed to attract new firms
The slow evolution of instant messaging
Q&A Reuters' head of collaboration services explains why instant messaging's future is more about cooperation than competition
Honeypot trap shows network misuse
News A recent project demonstrated that company networks are open to abuse by employees who find holes through which to store files such as MP3s or pornography
Librarians issue file-sharing support
News America's librarians are lining up against the entertainment industry's efforts to stamp out file-sharing
BSA offers immunity for copyright confessors
News The Business Software Alliance is making an offer it hopes companies can't refuse - confess your copyright crimes and we won't prosecute
Mini motherboards find niche
News Manufacturers are creating substantially smaller motherboards that end up in surprising locations, such as a finger-nail polishing machine
Microsoft wins dismissal of Smart Tags suit
News A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Microsoft by a small software maker that claimed the software giant's Smart Tags technology infringed its patents
Patent loss creates pro-Microsoft alliances
Analysis The legal battle over IE-related patents between Microsoft and Eolas has led to support for the oft-criticised software giant from some unlikely quarters
Accenture and SAP alliance targets banking
News The two firms will work together to develop and market IT products for the global banking and insurance sectors
Americans reject antiterrorism database
News A project tagged by privacy advocates 'the most intrusive surveillance programme in US history' has been dumped after a political backlash
Microsoft directs chatters to IM
News Microsoft wants to shift chatroom users across to instant messaging, but analysts say charges for IM use are only a matter of time
Researcher sacked over anti-Microsoft paper
News A security expert has lost his job after contributing to a paper that called Microsoft's dominance a threat to US security
