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Archive - 30 Sep 2004

JPEG worm found on Instant Messenger

News Two reports of a worm that spread over AOL's Instant Messenger have been reported to US security body SANS

Zombie networks behind seasonal cybercrime

News Botnet-related crime is beginning to indicate to the experts what they might expect next

Microsoft may pull out of CeBIT

News Microsoft may not make an appearance at the world's biggest computer fair next spring

3G handsets get prototype fuel cell

News Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo have created a micro fuel cell that lets mobile users power their handset using methanol, rather than a traditional recharger

VoIP firms plead to keep phone tax exemption

News A consortium of companies in the US including AT&T, Intel and Microsoft, are trying to argue that VoIP calls are not subject to the same taxation rules as standard calls

Old guard can't stop new ideas

Comment When the speed of new ideas slows to a crawl, the good stuff's going on elsewhere

NHS IT initiative on track, according to director

News Director General of the NHS's National Programme for IT is pleased with the progress, despite difficulties in implementation

What would you want to see in Microsoft's IE?

Feature Even if Microsoft is trying to kill off standalone browsers, people are still trying to convince it to add features to IE

Why it can be hard to say goodbye to IE

Feature Moving to a different browser because you're worried about security issues with Internet Explorer sounds easy - but the reality is not quite that simple

Has Microsoft abandoned IE?

Feature It has been over three years since the last major update to IE... Microsoft claims that it's because it has something special planned, but do you believe it?

Will VoIP grow faster than Linux?

Comment CNET's editor-at-large talks about Voice-over-IP technologies, Lindows uptake and MP3.com

The future of security? Hardware

News The security market is to be flooded with hardware appliances, says IDC analyst

Industry tries to dampen RFID hype

News Industry stresses the need to address consumer's concerns and overcome technical obstacles before RFID can become as ubiquitous as many expect

New report should help police get to evidence hidden in handhelds

News The American National Institute of Standards and Technology have released a report detailing methods for extracting hidden and deleted data from handheld devices

Defrag Manager 3.0

Review Want to defragment every Windows NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003 computer on your network automatically from a single installation on your machine? Check out this cost-effective and scaleable solution.

Samsung developing 2cm hard drives

News Samsung have a 2cm drive 'in the R&D stage' according to a statement released yesterday

Spam servers in China named and shamed

News The Internet Society of China has fingered over one hundred Web servers that it claims are bombarding Web users with spam

Big Blue breaks 36 Teraflop barrier to take supercomputing speed lead

News IBM move to the top of the supercomputer speed rankings after Blue Gene/L is clocked at a sustained speed of 36.1 Teraflops

How to stop yourself being bitten by Bagle.az

Help/HowTo ...and how to deal with it if it has already got you

BT doubles business broadband speeds, for free

News With rivals upping the pressure, BT is looking to attract and retain enterprise customers by speeding up its broadband offering

HP announces bigger drives

News HP recently announced that it was starting to use 300GB Hitachi drives in its servers, increasing the maximum raw storage its Enterprise Virtual Array to 70 TB

Corporate search heats up as IBM enters market

News IBM has updated its database tools with an information integrator, code-named Masala, which it hopes can help it take on rivals such as Google

Salesforce.com support goes on-demand

News Supportforce.com will manage customer information on-demand, a 'major new push' for the company's CRM offering

Palm OS Cobalt 6.1: a first look

Preview PalmSource has announced a revision of its wireless-focussed Cobalt operating system at its European Developer Conference in Munich.

Linux PCs 'used to run pirated Windows'

News Gartner has warned that Linux PCs are being used to install counterfeit copies of Windows, especially in emerging markets such as Asia

Red Hat buys Netscape's server software

News The Netscape Enterprise Suite is to be released as open-source software, and incorporated into Red Hat's offering, strengthening it for its fight with Sun