December 2001
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December 14, 2001
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Dec'01
Online user confidence growing
A significant minority of UK citizens would be happy to do away with their wallets in favour of biometric technologies such as... Continue Reading
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December 14, 2001
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Dec'01
Security flaw found in Sun and IBM Unix login
Attackers could get full access to servers running Unix versions supplied by Sun Microsystems and IBM because of a security hole... Continue Reading
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December 14, 2001
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Dec'01
ICL customers ponder impact of redundancies
A string of blue chip organisations, government departments and big retailers are waiting anxiously to discover how they will be... Continue Reading
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December 14, 2001
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Dec'01
Users snap up new top-level domains
Web site operators are jumping at the chance to register easy-to-remember Web addresses, thanks to the newly introduced .biz and... Continue Reading
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December 14, 2001
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Dec'01
Intel settles with Via over AMD chipset
Intel has dropped a patent infringement suit against Via Technologies related to a Via chipset that worked with AMD processors. Continue Reading
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December 14, 2001
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Dec'01
Microsoft still mulling over Liberty Alliance
Microsoft is still debating whether or not to join the Liberty Alliance Project. Continue Reading
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December 14, 2001
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Dec'01
Gokar worm spreads by e-mail and the Web
A new worm called "Gokar" is spreading through e-mail, the chat program mIRC and the Web, according to a trio of antivirus firms. Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Sun enlists Web sites to bolster Java
Sun Microsystems hopes to enlist some of the Internet's most popular Web sites to help promote the use of Java on PCs,... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Army sees online training as quick march to savings
The army is turning to online training in an attempt to encourage its staff to use its Land Command communications network more... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Pathway branded 'sorry tale of waste'
Parliamentary reporter Bill Jacobs describes the roasting handed down to government IT managers by the Public Accounts Committee... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Pocket PCs to help flour maker track deliveries
Flour manufacturer and distributor Rank Hovis has implemented a handheld in-vehicle job management system to improve the... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
IT chiefs do not plan integration
Most UK IT directors do not consider integration tasks at the planning stages of IT projects, according to a survey published... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Time for computing to take a seasonal helping of humble pie
The effort to prevent Y2K catastrophes in 2000 was a noted IT success. So why is it not typical of everyday IT achievements? And... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Oracle unveils service packages to help with upgrade
Oracle has announced new migration-related service packages which will help users upgrading to the latest flavour of its business... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Lloyd's to save £4m with VoIP network
Lloyd's of London has brought telephony provision back in-house using Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and expects a £4m saving... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Intel hopes to gain on Sun's lead in telco market
Intel has said it is shipping the "building blocks" necessary to construct carrier-grade servers for the telecoms market. Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Disaster planning boosts Dell's storage sales
Dell said sales of small storage devices are up as a result of new disaster recovery planning efforts by small and medium-sized... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Microsoft to use P2P in .net
Last week Microsoft outlined how it would use peer-to-peer (P2P) computing technology popularised by rogue music-swapping Web... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Expert slams IT investment without reform
Investing in NHS IT systems is a waste of money unless the way the health service works is also reformed, according to a leading... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2001
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Dec'01
Microsoft deal ties NHS in, warns doctors' body
Microsoft has the NHS over a barrel when it comes to re-negotiating the subscription licence agreement it signed in October,... Continue Reading