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Archive - 30 Aug 2001

EC to push e-government agendas

News The European Commission will hold a major conference this autumn to promote e-government, but the UK government may not send a representative

Singaporean denies smuggling US military technology

News One of the men accused by US Customs of smuggling military encryption technology denies knowing it was illegal

US army aims to take P2P into battle

News In the future soldiers could share data during combat by using peer-to-peer networking

EC expands Microsoft probe

News The link between Windows and Media Player is to be investigated by the European Commission

Spirent sees worse troubles ahead

News Industry insiders believe the telecommunications sector is heading for at least six months of serious gloom

Allchin explains Microsoft's $1bn gamble

News The man in charge of XP talks to ZDNet about Windows, add-ons, marketing and more

Microsoft learns from Linux

News Competing technology is 'good for the industry', says Microsoft

Bluetooth to be capped by 802.11, says Intel

News One of the founders - and the biggest backer - of Bluetooth finally admits the technology is doomed to niche markets

IDF: Notebooks to get Pentium 4 next year

News Mobile Pentium 4 will debut at 1.5GHz and hit 2GHz by the end of 2002, according to an Intel executive speaking at the company's developer forum

Making Linux usable tops Torvalds' list

News Linux creator Linus Torvalds says the kernel is not so important anymore, and ease of use should take priority - but not everyone agrees

Handheld makers get FCC wrist-slapping

News The Federal Communications Commission withdraws its earlier approval of two upcoming wireless PDAs from Palm and Handspring

Open-source advocate attacks patent laws

News Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig urges open-source folks to take the battle to copyright and patent law at LinuxWorld

Nations uniting for open source

News Governments around the world have found a new rallying cry - 'Software libre!' - and Microsoft is working overtime to quell it

Five years ago: Corel sees Java, Web in the palm

News Illustration graphics giant Corelplans to branch out from its core software business by releasing a handheld Web browser that runs Java.

Handspring VisorPhone

Review You must really want an all-in-one package for your Handspring device to justify spending nearly £300 (ex. VAT) on this add-on module.

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