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Archive - 27 Mar 2001

HP LaserJet 4100N

Review A very capable printer for workgroups with high throughput requirements.

Consumers face digital TV privacy threat

News Interactive TV is taking off - but the price may be more than some bargained for

Embed Linux, and put Microsoft on the desktop...

Comment Everybody seems to have come back from the German CeBIT exhibition of high-tech stuff, with amazement at Linux and at how upset Microsoft is about Linux -- and claiming that Linux is going to move...

Napster loses a quarter of its users

News Research shows that filtering out copyright-protected material has driven 25 percent of users away

Jobs cut as Emap halves Internet investment

News Twenty percent of Web staff at UK publisher face the chop as online activity is scaled back

Expert predicts 3G collapse

News It is looking less and less likely that wireless providers' expensive 3G gambit will pay off -- and there could be dire consequences

MPs slam government over digital divide plans

News MPs accuse the e-envoy of empire building and describe attempts to combat the digital divide as "woefully inadequate"

Caldera loads Linux apps on UnixWare

News Open Unix 8 will allow Linux applications to run on SCO's UnixWare operating system

News roundup: Apple OS X weathers criticism

News Key features are missing from Apple's new operating system, but first weekend sales of OS X have almost exhausted the supply

"LanShield" filter prevents MP3 file exchange

News A German company has developed a system that analyses background binary data potentially providing ISPs with a tool to block MP3 distribution lists

Common sense solution to chat room danger

Comment Would you let your child or a child in your care walk out into a busy street unsupervised? Would you expect them to make their own way to a party or a friends house without you knowing exactly...

Huge raid on alleged Net paedophiles

News Another British Net paedophile ring busted

Scour Exchange back in legal revival

News The reincarnation of Scour Exchange, the file-swapping program that once rivaled Napster in popularity before facing a lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement and going bankrupt, is back online

Novell's Schmidt joins Google at critical time

News Novell's outgoing chief Eric Schmidt said that he has invested an undisclosed sum in Web search engine Google and signed up as chairman of the up-and-coming company

Is TiVo watching you?

News The Privacy Foundation says the digital video recording service is misleading subscribers by gathering more information about viewing habits than meets the eye.

Fate of Breathe hangs in the balance

News Future of UK's sixth largest ISP remains unclear

IR35 decision due next Monday

News IT contractors will hear in a week whether they have won their fight to overturn the government's controversial tax law

Intel goes Banias over battery life

News Banias will be the first Intel processor designed from the ground up to power notebooks -- but it is still a year and a half a away

European telcos to escape US slowdown

News The tightening of belts by tech firms here could have a positive effect on telcos, says research firm IDC -- but broadband may suffer

Windows XP beta 2 ships with new look

News Beta 2 of Microsoft's next-generation operating system ships, giving the first widely-available taste of the new look interface

Apple says OS X sales strong in UK

News With hopes pinned on the Unix-based operating system to boost its financial health, Apple is looking rosy after a sell-out first weekend

Alarm raised over Doubleclick security holes

News Hackers may have had access to DoubleClick servers since 1999

Internet attaches £5.5bn price tag to English

News The Internet age makes the English language a valuable commodity, say leading academics

A Year Ago: No room for cybersquatters

News First published; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:13:20 GMT

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