August 2003
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August 21, 2003
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Thought for the day: Shield your Windows from tresspassers
Most of us are rather lackadaisical when it comes to protecting our PCs and networks against viruses. Simon Moores hopes some... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
First automated alert network activated in US
After 16 months of development and testing, a public/private security partnership based in Oregon officially activated what is... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Anti-spam legislation not effective, FTC chief says
Internet users fed up with the seemingly endless flow of spam should pin their hopes on technological solutions rather than... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Philips licenses Memory Stick technology for TVs
Philips Electronics is licensing Sony's Memory Stick software for use in its Nexperia-branded family of multimedia chips for... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Data centre venture files for bankruptcy
Crosswave Communications, an internet data centre provider and data communications carrier established by Sony, Toyota and... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Boeing launches messaging security company
Boeing has spun off its internally developed messaging and compliance technology into a company called MessageGate. Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Gateway readies low-end storage products
Gateway next week is expected to announce its first low-end storage array as part of an overall strategy to sell everything from... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Terra Lycos offers Disney broadband in Spain
Spanish internet group Terra Lycos has begun offering the Disney Connection broadband service to consumers in Spain, with plans... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Oracle puts app server on the grid
Oracle is adding grid computing capabilities to the latest version of its application server software, part of a broader effort... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Banks complacent over IT security, report warns
Nine in 10 UK financial firms have basic IT security flaws, leaving them wide open to hackers, a new report claims. Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
IBM runs Power5 prototypes
IBM confirmed on Tuesday that the first silicon prototypes of its multi-threaded, multi-core Power5 microprocessor are now... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
IT security in energy sector to come under scrutiny
US Congress is to hold a series of hearings next month to find out what caused the recent electricity failure that struck the... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Linux man points to more flawed SCO evidence
The SCO Group has scored zero out of two in its efforts to prove that its Unix software was illegally copied into the Linux... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2003
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Aug'03
Pfizer speeds up IT development through project management system
Pharmaceuticals company Pfizer claims to have improved the efficiency of its IT development work after rolling out a home-grown... Continue Reading
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August 20, 2003
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Aug'03
Sobig virus infection rate rivals Lovebug virus
Infection rates by Sobig mass-mailing e-mail virus have matched the Lovebug, the most prolific computer virus to strike so far,... Continue Reading
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August 20, 2003
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Aug'03
Thought for the day: A card could save your life - and the NHS
If patients carried around their own health 'smartcards', to plug in at the GP's surgery, the hospital or the pharmacy, the NHS... Continue Reading
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August 20, 2003
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Aug'03
SCO users divided over GPL
SCO developers at the company's annual user conference this week expressed dissatisfaction with SCO's public disparagement of the... Continue Reading
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August 20, 2003
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Aug'03
Office 2003 pricing the same as Office XP
Microsoft has announced that pricing for its Office 2003 application suite will be the same as Office XP when the suite is... Continue Reading
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August 20, 2003
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Aug'03
Power worries cool off as heatwave wanes
Fears of overheated IT systems and power outages in France and across Europe are lessening this week as temperatures begin to... Continue Reading
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August 20, 2003
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Aug'03
SCO president denies executive insider trading allegations
SCO Group has denied allegations of insider transactions by its executives following claims that they have been cashing in on the... Continue Reading