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Archive - 29 Jul 2004

BT results see revenues falter

News 'New wave' services have boosted BT Group's revenue, but the telco's turnover is down slightly

Skype launch flawed by reset bug

News Skype's first full release of its VoIP software connects Internet calls with the phone system, although some users may find that it shuts down their PCs with no warning

Yahoo matches Gmail gigabyte - but only in China

News The Internet firm has boosted its free email storage limit for Chinese users

Apple accuses RealNetworks of hacking

News Software that lets iPod owners listen to songs in RealNetworks' music format will not work with future iPods, Apple has said, in a stinging attack on the media firm

IBM buys apps management firm

News Its seventeenth acquisition since 2001 sees IBM buying application management software firm Cyanea

Motorola claims wireless spread-spectrum breakthrough

News Researchers in Motorola Labs announced on Tuesday that their Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology can transmit data at speeds of up to 300Mbps

Online shopping increase provides bait for phishers

News More and more people are shopping online, leading to an increasing number of incidences of phishing

US government IT spending jumps 50 per cent

News Contracts worth more that $23bn were awarded during the second quarter of 2004, according to a report

Data-matching could catch VAT-dodgers

News Working together to match data could provide valuable information for those fighting against VAT fraud

Cardiff 'partners' with LogicaCMG on IT

News More partnership than outsourcing is how Cardiff sees its deal to roll out a modernisation programme

Check Point plugs VPN security hole

News Check Point has had to issue a patch to plug a serious security hole in some of its VPN and firewall products

Microsoft 'offshoring some Longhorn development'

News A labour organisation claims to have documents which prove Microsoft is outsourcing some development work on its latest OS to India, despite the company's claim to keep 'core' work within the US

All aboard! The enterprise service bus pulls in

Comment There's no fixed way to create an ESB, but getting interoperability right is key to any system

Tech support costing companies

News Survey: The majority of US workers spend at least 30 minutes talking to tech support every week

E-blackmail elbows physical crime aside

Comment Criminals are finding that electronic attacks offer the richest pickings

PeopleSoft upsets merged customers

Feature Companies that chose J.D Edwards for its dedication to smaller firms are far from pleased with its new owner's approach

Researchers revise mobile projections

News More cellphones will be sold this year than first thought, market analysts say

Seti's Boinc project hit by DDoS attack

News Brief: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence was disrupted temporarily last week, but normal service has now been resumed

Of Google, sewers and English ale

Comment The modern world's latest woe, Internet-borne viruses, may find a cure in Victorian science

Enthusiasts gaze into iMac crystal ball

News Apple's announcement that it will redesign the iMac has sent users' imaginations into overdrive

Hackers striking more suddenly

News Attackers are writing malicious code more quickly than ever, the founder of the Black Hat Security Briefings has warned

Bangalore closing gap on Silicon Valley

News The Indian high-tech centre may become the biggest IT employment area in the world

Microsoft outlines standalone antivirus plans

News The software will detect destructive files in two ways, a Microsoft executive has revealed

Tech-savvy shoplifters 'could alter RFID tags'

News Hackers could cheat stores by changing the identity of goods, warns a technology consultant