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News A survey of European chief information officers shows they are concerned about storage eating into more of their IT budgets over the coming year, plus fear more lay-offs ahead
Friday
Blog Friday 28/02/2003It would make a dull video game. Your hero struggles against enormous odds to establish himself in the jungle, overcoming setbacks and initial disaster to refine his tactics, hone...
The Week in Review: Getting unwired
News Intel, Marriott and the government all made wireless headlines, while Opera refused to perform for Windows and MPs woke up in the 21st century
Headset improves mobility of Parkinson's patients
News A portable headset has been successfully tested in Germany by people suffering from Parkinson's disease
Vignette opens CRM Dialog
News Vignette is about to enter the overcrowded CRM market with Vignette Dialog, a product derived from its acquisition of Revino
China inspects Windows code
News China has joined a select group of countries and organisations that have been allowed to inspect the source code of Microsoft's Windows operating system
IBM pumps PowerPC up to 2.5GHz
News At CeBIT next month, IBM will show off some of its latest technology - including its next-generation PowerPC 970 chip that eventually will reach 2.5GHz speeds and could soon appear in Apple computers
IT vacancies fall but demand for some skills remains
News SQL was the most sought-after skill while C++, which was top of the list for the previous two years, fell to second place
Master these network documentation fundamentals
News Creating network documentation and studying for the Microsoft exam 70-220, which covers documentation, should go hand in hand. Here's how to combine the tasks
Leave your wallet at home, pay by phone
News An alliance of mobile phone companies are pushing forward plans that will allow subscribers to pay for products with their mobile phone
Microsoft plays portal card
News Around five years after its competitors, Microsoft will launch into the portal software business
Pentagon database to spy on Americans
News The US government is spending millions of dollars on databases designed to weed out terrorist threats
Palm sheds 200 jobs
News In reaction to the prolonged economic slump, Palm has reduced its workforce by almost 20 percent
A tablet PC in every hand?
News Sales of tablet PCs are doing better than expected in the UK and US, according to manufacturers, and are expanding the appeal of laptop computers. Some are even having trouble keeping up with demand
Iceland turns to penguin-powered research
News The Icelandic Energy Authority will use a system from Linux Networx to find likely locations on which to build geothermal power plants
Linux entrepreneur reclaims software
News PowerCockpit was part of a plan at Turbolinux to diversify with more software products. Now it has been re-acquired by the company's co-founder, Cliff Miller
Is vigilante hacking legal?
News A legal expert is arguing that those under attack from 'zombie servers' and other Internet nuisances may be able to legally strike back - as long as they are careful
Hollywood, software firms aim at pirates
News The MPAA and the BSA are cracking down on the alleged selling of pirated materials over auction sites such as eBay
Lexmark wins injunction in DMCA case
News The controversial DMCA copyright law has helped Lexmark score an initial win against a toner cartridge recycler
Intel in a mobile marketing muddle?
News Intel's plans for promoting its new notebook chip and Wi-Fi chipset could give buyers a headache, according to analysts
