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Archive - 27 Sep 2002

Get some laughs and VB.Net info with VBTV

Feature Visual Basic .Net has been out in the wild for some time now, but there are certainly still those of us out there who haven't seen it in action

Friday

Blog Friday 27/09/2002Feverish activity? Imagine a whole medieval town infected with St Vitus' Dance during the Festival of Competitive Hayforking just after a cartload of amphetamine-laced itching...

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Comment Murder, drugs, Microsoft and bits of paper enlivened Rupert's life this week - and autumn's only just begun

BT: It's not good to chalk

News Warchalking - the practice of marking the presence of Wi-Fi networks - can be a threat to businesses, says BTopenworld as it launches a guide for wireless security

News Schmooze: Microsoft reinvents pen and paper

Comment Microsoft revealed its high-tech writing pad, Stelios and Britney slugged it out, and the Greeks bore Game Boys.

Study: New mums apt to alter Web habits

News A new study has revealed that women change their Web habits more than men when they become parents. While Mums opt for child-related sites, dads prefer to surf sport and porn

Corel dips into Asia-Pacific inkwell

News Corel is reaching further afield to stimulate revenue growth, securing several enterprise partnerships in the Asia Pacific region

Email onslaught to feed anti-spam firms

News Spam may be a pest, but a new report looks on the positive side, saying it will keep anti-spam firms in business for many more years to come

Microsoft explores office of the future

News Microsoft has opened a laboratory where customers can test prototypes still in the making to improve ways in which they will interact with the office environment

Follow these strategies when training money is tight

News Even if budgets are tight, staff training is still a key element for a successful team. If you can't afford a formal training program, you may want to develop an in-house training strategy. Answer...

Liquid Audio awaits vote results

News Liquid Audio will broadcast next week whether its proposed buyout by Alliance Entertainment will go ahead despite shareholder resistance

Amazon bug charges customers for 'free' shipping

News Thousands of Amazon.com customers were charged a fee on its 'free' Super Saver Shipping service on Wednesday when a glitch occured on its systems

Microsoft gets hands-on with Tablet PC

News Microsoft has made much of its Tablet PC vision over the past two years. ZDNet UK brings you a hands-on preview of what the devices are really like

P2P foes defend hacking bill

News Supporters of a new bill set to thwart peer-to-peer piracy have hitback at criticis, accusing them of using 'scare tactics'

Netgear DG814 DSL Modem Internet Gateway

Review Home/small office networkers interested in a ‘wires-only’ ADSL connection should consider this well-featured and reasonably usable DSL modem/router/switch.

Group looks to rein in security experts

News A new organisation seeks to find common ground between software companies and hacking gurus over how and when security flaws should be publicised

BT's Web services - the clue is in the tedium

Comment Peter Judge: Finally, someone takes Web services seriously enough to give them a really, really dull pitch. This could be the start of something big.

IBM helps firms charge for Web services

News New e-business software competes with Microsoft, Sun, BEA Systems and others in the race to put business transactions online

Bioscience deal spurns HP for rivals

News Applera, one of the most important players in biotech, shifts away from HP as it renews its high-performance computers

Intel PRO/Wireless 5000 Access Point

Review This high-speed wireless networking system is more interesting for business users than consumers. Although you can get good throughput at close range with 802.11a kit, it falls off rapidly with...

VPN flaw puts internal networks at risk

News A suspected vulnerability in Microsoft's virtual private networking application may allow hackers to penetrate into companies' internal networks. Microsoft says the issue is 'top priority'

Windows XP to get Bluetooth support

News The wireless connectivity technology makes it into Windows, a big step toward mass market adoption