January 2005

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  E-commerce: Boom or bust?

  Dotcom trading is enjoying a boom, but its future depends on maintaining consumer trust. Lindsay Nicolle reports on the threats...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Red Hat and Novell update to support Linux kernel

  Red Hat and Novell are updating their enterprise Linux distributions to support the latest revision of the Linux kernel.  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  BT to massively expand SDSL

  BT has said that 1,300 of its telephone exchanges around the UK will support symmetric digital subscriber line within 12 months.  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Back patent proposals, urges BCS

  IT staff supporting proposed European legislation on software patents are being urged by the BCS to campaign via IT trade...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Understanding software is vital to stop maintenance costs soaring

  Software maintenance gobbles up 90% of the cost of software over its lifetime - and the reason typically goes back to its...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  ICT Charity Ball is one of the best parties of year

  IT professionals certainly know how to party. Last year's Intellect ICT Industry Charity Ball, supported by Computer Weekly,...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Revenue tax filing system struggles to cope with demand

  The Inland Revenue’s website for filing tax returns struggled to cope with demand yesterday as thousands of tax payers raced to...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  RFID held back by high cost and lack of standards

  Brakes stay on as logistics giants voice concern over expense and accuracy  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Red Hat and Novell update for Linux 2.6

  Red Hat and Novell are updating their enterprise Linux distributions to support the latest revision of the Linux kernel.  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  SCO code handover could mean OS rewrite

  The Linux community could be forced to rewrite parts of its open source operating system after IBM was ordered to hand over...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Windows users will have to prove licence is genuine for downloads

  Users will have to validate their copy of Windows as genuine before downloading any software or drivers from the Microsoft...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Sun Solaris patents go open source

  Sun Microsystems is handing over more than 1,600 patents to software developers as part of its decision to make its Solaris...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Hidden data puts business secrets at risk

  Up to 75% of Microsoft Word documents contain hidden, sensitive information that organisations should delete before allowing the...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  FSA issues guidance on Basel 2 work

  The Financial Services Authority has published guidance for banks on one of the biggest compliance projects for IT departments,...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  £30bn Gillette takeover to bring major IT savings

  Procter & Gamble is poised to takeover Gillette in a £30.3bn deal that could yield huge IT cost savings for the combined firm.  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  New flaw in Windows XP service pack 2 reported

  A Russian security company claims it has discovered a flaw in Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2, which allows a hacker to...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  First suppliers get government interoperability certification

  The first group of companies that meet required technical policies and standards for interoperability with government systems to...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Kaspersky Lab warns against new version of the Bagle worm -- and other news briefs

  Short takes from this week's news  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  EMC recovery suites aid data compliance

  EMC has released two software recovery management suites designed to help organisations comply with data retention and access...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  Virtualisation spec for multiple OS launched

  Intel has introduced its preliminary Vanderpool virtualisation specifications to help users run multiple operating systems on the...  Continue Reading