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Archive - 28 Jul 2004

US fingerprinting plan earns Big Brother's wrath

News Privacy International has named this year's winners of its Big Brother awards, and the US VISIT scheme has been labelled as a Lifetime Menace

Massive free Wi-Fi hot spot lands on Paris

News Mobile workers in the main business area of Paris will soon be able to get free high-speed Internet connectivity on the move

One virus writer 'responsible for 70 percent of infections'

News Netsky and Sasser author Sven Jaschan, who was arrested in Germany earlier this year, is responsible for 70 percent of all virus infections so far this year, according to Sophos

EC seeks views on future regulation of VoIP

Analysis The European Commission has set out proposals for the future regulation of voice calls over the Internet

Broadband: How South Korea leads the way

Feature The kind of connection speeds that Brits can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses - thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout

Zindos worm relies on its pal MyDoom

News The Zindos worm, which has launched a DDoS attack on Microsoft.com, seems to be written by the author of the MyDoom worm, as they share some intimate secrets

Nominet warns of .co.uk 'invoicing scam'

News If you have received what appears to be an invoice for a .co.uk domain name from an organisation called Domain Registry Services, watch out. It could be a scam, warns Nominet

Pay-as-you-go broadband service targets light users

News A high-speed product from Lixxus may not be right for everyone, but occasional users of the Internet could find it good value. A business product is also be on the way

Denial of service hobbles DoubleClick

News The online advertising firm is revealing little about the attack that briefly affected its ad-serving operation

RFID tags may be implanted in patients' arms

News Tags implanted in the fatty tissue of the upper arm could soon track US hospital patients, with the Federal Drug Administration moving closer to approving the technology

Can Gateway rise again?

Q&A Chief executive Wayne Inouye says the PC maker has the ability to become a global brand once more

SAP strengthens smaller business campaign

News The business software firm has introduced new tools targeting companies smaller than its usual corporate targets

Handhelds left out in cold

News The popularity of converged mobile devices is hurting sales of handheld organisers, according to an IDC report

PeopleSoft fails to meet revenue forecast

News The Oracle trial is 'the elephant in the room for our customers', says chief executive Craig Conway

AMD to attack low-price market

News Sempron-brand processors will target the bottom end of the PC market

Intel chief harangues staff

News Craig Barrett has sent a memo warning workers to improve their performance, after a series of delays to chips

Linux supercomputer to simulate space for NASA

News The US space agency has selected SGI and Intel to build a Linux-based supercomputer

File swappers' identities to be revealed

News Anonymous swappers of songs can be unmasked by the RIAA, a US judge has ruled

Microsoft puts back first 64-bit Windows

News As well as delaying an update to its Windows Server software, the first version of Windows to support 64-bit x86 chips has been postponed till next year

Microsoft next target of MyDoom

News After disrupting Google, the worm's latest version launches a denial-of-service attack on Microsoft

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