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Blog Thursday 29/08/02Naughty Moby Monkey! But what a scam -- bulk send a load of SMSs saying that you've won a valuable prize, channel the replies through a £1.50 a minute premium number, and bingo....
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Rupert comes back from Edinburgh the hard way to find high radio weirdness in a holiday home.
Game developers ponder their next move
News Game developers gathered in London this week to discuss the future of gaming: computing power, artificial intelligence, and 3D games on mobiles all came under the spotlight. A ZDNet UK news focus
The future of artificial intelligence: The Borg?
News The creator of Black & White is experimenting with new work on group minds - but unlike the Borg, the characters in the new game are already descending into bar brawls
Writing a database application for PDAs
Feature Database support is improving in Windows CE, but there are limitations, so developers should approach with caution
.Net Server's rename hints at delay
News The addition of '2003' to Windows .Net Server is a clue that the official release is likely to be put back until next year
Charity caught in anti-spam crossfire
News A British religious charity found that a legitimate email sent to one correspondent caused its Web site to be taken offline for a week
Amazon appoints new finance executive
News A former financial officer from General Electric is to take over from Warren Jensen in the top accounting position at the e-tailer
Electronic evidence raises questions in porn case
News A former Xerox engineer has been jailed in the US for possessing child pornography, despite evidence that files were added to and deleted from his computer while it was in police custody
Intel toolkit brings 3D to PDAs
News Fancy playing a 3D space shoot 'em-up on your PDA? Or a flight simulator on your phone? It's not as far off as you might imagine
AMD on the attack in processor performance row
News The chipmaker says a key benchmark was altered to favour rival Intel. But some say the complaints should be taken with a pinch of salt
There's still time to review and renew your certification efforts
News As autumn approaches, the time is right for rejuvenating your IT certification goals. This collection of tips and resources will help you meet your cert objectives before the end of the year
Game developers look east for inspiration
News Game development in the West is stagnating as publishers only look at derivative games. For true innovation there's only one place to go: Central Europe
So, what is .Net anyway?
Feature For those of you still wondering, here is a rundown of the different things Microsoft may be talking about in .Net -- what is good and bad about them
Google searches for Euro success
News The battle of the search engines between Google and Overture has reached Europe, with both companies escalating their paid-search programmes in the region
3G industry hits back against death notice
News Rather than being a millstone, 3G can keep mobile operators afloat if they use it to offer innovative new applications, claims a 3G wireless technology firm
Customers let down by email service
News A new survey reveals that people who contact companies with customer service questions are often having to wait up to three days for a reply
Fast-track visas: UK contractors hail 'victory'
News A cheap labour loophole is closed as the government removes IT jobs from the list of sectors affected by the 'skills crisis'
HP OpenView - why users daren't speak the truth
Comment Peter Judge: Users are dumping HP's OpenView management system, so why are they scared to talk about it?
Itanium seen continuing to trail rivals
News By 2007, Intel's ambitious server chip will still be behind established rivals in sales, an analyst predicts
Netscape 7.0
Review We had high hopes for Netscape 7, but we're sorely disappointed -- especially by the missing pop-up advert suppressor. There's no practical reason to switch from either IE or Mozilla.
Apple invites open source to Rendezvous
News The Mac maker says it will work with developers to spread its network-connection technology far and wide. It could take the pain out of making networked devices find each other
BT accused of dirty tricks
News A competing telco claims BT sabotaged a scheme aimed at helping customers change their telco
