24th November 2001 Archive

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World's biggest luddite retains IT ministership

Senator Alston clings to post

The World's Biggest Luddite™ Senator Alston has retained his position as Communications and IT minister for the Australian goverment following a cabinet reshuffle today - despite opposition from within his party and widespread rumours that he wanted to step down. Senator Alston who has famously attempted to outlaw email, …

Music and Media 24 Nov 2001, 08:16
Microsoft dispatches phone OEMs to knife Bluetooth

Barmy Army circles waggons against Nokia

If you live outside the UK you probably haven't heard of Sendo, the upstart British cellphone manfacturer which, after the fashion of Atari, has adopted an Oriental name, even though its roots are firmly Arthur-Whitebread Occidental. It's based in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and there's nothing wrong with that. But the 260-strong …

Data Networking 24 Nov 2001, 08:29
Next Linux kernel, v2.5, is born

Last chance to get a stable* '2.5' kernel before development spanners it? * Er, no...

Two days ago the next version of the Linux kernel, v2.5, was quietly born over at kernel.org. At the moment (or possibly, given the way Linux develops, at that moment) the move is/was a purely administrative one, but it means that the 2.5 kernel will now be developed as a separate entity from 2.4. Kernel 2.4, which forms the …

Software 24 Nov 2001, 10:16
UK Gov agency threatens to dump 500,000 Windows desktops

Licence fee hikes a stick-up, apparently...

The UK government's confusing relationship with Microsoft seems to be taking a turn of the worse. In recent weeks we've seen the Ministry of Defence and the National Health Service strike deals which will allegedly save them tens of millions of pounds. Now, however, according to a story in today's Times, the Office of Government …

Software 24 Nov 2001, 13:58