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Blog Friday 29/10/2004 This has been a good week for brains in vats - oh, and monkeys. First, researchers at the University of Minnesota managed to get a jar full of 25,000 rat brain cells to control a...
Massed bagles launch their attack
News Antivirus company F-Secure has dubbed today 'Bagle day', after finding three variants of the self-sending virus
Mandrakelinux 10.1 focuses on mobility
News The next version of Mandrakesoft's Linux distribution comes with Wi-Fi roaming capabilities, Bluetooth support and improved power management for laptop users
Windows XP SP2 nightmares
Tech Guide To exorcise Windows XP's security demons, Microsoft recently gave it a thorough overhaul in the shape of Service Pack 2. But -- surprise, surprise -- it's not perfect…
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment The secrets of tech news writing, Windows Media Center’s latest eccentricities, How Not To PR, and lots of brains in vats. Rupert raises a jar to the week
Barrett talks about politics, AMD and life after Intel
Q&A Craig Barrett may be leaving Intel in May next year, but he's still got a lot to say on the tech industry, not to mention American politics
Army gets high tech with new Battlelab
News The Army's Land Warfare Centre is getting a new laboratory, as part of the Joint Effects Tactical Targeting System
UK ID fraud survey underway
News A UK identity theft study backed by fourteen major UK companies is now underway
Police arrest UK suspect in anti-ID theft operation
News Update: Operation Firewall has resulted in the arrest of a man in Surrey on suspicion of belonging to a global network of identify thieves
Information Commissioner gets a new COO
News In anticipation of the coming implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, the Office of the Information Commissioner has a new chief operating officer
Apple shares rally amid flash-based iPod rumours
News Apple shares rise past $50 a piece for the first time in four years amid rising iPod sales, new products and rumours of things to come
Take back control of IE
Feature Sometimes it can seem impossible to wrest control of your browser from the grip of malware authors - but help is at hand
Bagle.AT virus is no joke
News F-Secure has issued a level-two alert for the latest version of the Bagle virus, which contains bogus attachments named 'joke.cpl', 'prices.exe' and 'runme.exe'
OpenBSD 3.6 tackles SMP
News The next version of the secure BSD-based operating system supports multiple processors for both AMD64 and i386-compatible hardware
Extinction beckons for the PDA
Leader Declining sales threaten the PDA - but there's one untapped market that might save this tiny species
Software patent battle set to flare up again
News Campaigners and industry body swap arguments and strong words as Europe gears up for another tussle over software patents
Gateway cuts its losses
News The PC company has narrowed its third-quarter loss, and is aiming to expand its PC sales in Europe
RIAA files 750 more lawsuits
News The number of suits filed by the music industry body has now reached over 6,000 as it continues its litigation-based strategy to fight file-swapping
PwC finds mixed reaction to outsourcing
News Survey: A lack of proper cost-benefit analysis means firms aren't getting as much value from outsourcing as they could, says PwC
GoToMeeting
Review Citrix's GoToMeeting is a first-rate basic Web conferencing program that's priced right for small to large businesses hoping to minimise travel costs.
IDC sees decline in handheld market
News The latest research from IDC, which did not factor in the BlackBerry, sees a downward trend in the PDA market
International crackdown nets ID theft ring
News The UK Hi-Tech Crime Unit has taken part in an operation with the US Secret Service aimed at putting an ID theft ring out of business
Apple, RealNetworks patch media player flaws
News Windows users running Quicktime or RealPlayer are being advised to download the latest security updates
