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10th December 2001 Archive

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  • Windows hack for Web-surfing privacy

    Leave no traces on your PC

    Those who read our article "Internet anonymity for Windows power users" know that I've been in quest of a way to assign the IE browser cache, cookies, typed URLs and history to RAM so they're never written to disk. Of course you can set your browser to delete the cache on exit, but there will be traces on the HDD; and you can …

    Software 10 Dec 2001, 01:37

  • Open source IE, license MSOffice, says rebel States' pitch

    Large fly appears in MS settlement ointment...

    When it comes down to it the nine US States still dissenting from the Microsoft settlement probably are just flinging themselves in front of a speeding train, but their stab at alternative remedies proposals, which was published on Friday, is both intriguing and a welcome contrast to the document cobbled-up in the smoke-filled …

    Software 10 Dec 2001, 08:01

  • Microsoft ships 1m Xbox consoles

    And Nintendo ups worldwide target 12.5% to 4.5m

    Responding at last to Nintendo's almost weekly press releases detailing GameCube's shipments into the US, Microsoft yesterday said it had shipped more than one million Xbox consoles in North America. Microsoft expects to ship 1-1.5 million units by the end of the year, so it's clearly on course to achieve that goal. Nintendo …

    Personal 10 Dec 2001, 11:11

  • TSMC, UMC start to push Q2 2002 capacity bookings

    Q1 capacity likely to be limited

    Semiconductor companies are being asked by Taiwanese foundries TSMC and UMC to book early to avoid disappointment - very early. Chip design sources claim they are already been asked to book Q2 2002 capacity. The foundries' request centres on their 0.15 and 0.13 micron production lines. Indeed, TSMC is already believed to be …

    Channel 10 Dec 2001, 11:33

  • NTL axes 2000 jobs

    'Prudent in the current climate'

    Debt-laden NTL is to axe a further 2000 jobs in the UK as part of major cost-cutting drive at the cableco. The redundancies are expected to be finalised by the Spring and form part of a series of measures announced today that are designed to rein in costs. As well as an extensive redundancy programme - some of which will be …

    Business 10 Dec 2001, 11:45

  • Last day for EU Register stocking fillers

    Get 'em while they're hot

    Midnight GMT tonight is the deadline for pre-Xmas European orders from ourCash'n'Carrion Reg shop. The UK deadline is 19 December.

    Bootnotes 10 Dec 2001, 11:46

  • Trium Mystral

    Review GPRS mobile data phone

    The Trium Mystral is an odd fish: a mass-market phone with GPRS high-speed data capability. It's not alone: Motorola has the 192, Ericsson the T65 and Sagem the 989. All vie for small bucks, big byte Internet access. These phones exist because the networks asked for them. A year ago the networks told the handset manufacturers …

    Personal 10 Dec 2001, 11:51

  • AOL pumps $200m into Gateway

    Buys a lot of Netscape, AIM promotion

    Gateway is getting a $200 million investment from AOL. The deal, an update on a two year-old marketing and investment agreement, see Gateway get the final $200 million of $400 million AOL planned to invest in the business. It should go through later this month. The ISP is buying $200 million of Gateway Series A convertible …

    Business 10 Dec 2001, 11:55

  • Micron, Hynix to spill beans on alliance by year's end

    The real discussions are about to begin...

    Talks held by Micron and Hynix officials are progressing nicely and the two companies expect to announce the results of their negotiations by the end of the year, the two said today. The two chip makers' initial talks have centred on developing a framework for future discussions, which will be headed by Hynix president Park …

    Channel 10 Dec 2001, 12:03

  • Hutchison signs 3G leasing deal with mmO2

    3G Leapfrog

    Hutchison 3G, the UK's newest and smallest mobile operator, has signed a network leasing deal with BT Cellnet (the UK side of mmO2) to enable a roll-out its 3G network three months earlier than rivals. The deal, worth a few million in the first year and then tens of millions the year after, according to a BT spokesman, will see …

    Data Networking 10 Dec 2001, 12:39

  • How Goner suspects were tracked down

    Digital fingerprints left on IRC channel

    Messages coded into the Goner worm and monitoring of the IRC channel used to control its activities led to the arrest of four suspected Israeli virus writers over the weekend. One of the actions of Goner, which normally spreads as an infected attached-to-email message, is to install denial of service scripts for the mIRC …

    Malware 10 Dec 2001, 13:31

  • UK Govt chucks £50m at e-learning

    No substitute for teachers

    The Government is splashing out £50 million to put the national curriculum online. The move is designed to provide teachers and pupils with a wide range of stimulating media-rich classroom material to aid their studies. The Government claims that it will help teachers spend more time motivating and teaching pupils by providing …

    Music and Media 10 Dec 2001, 13:35

  • Weather Forecasting Toaster pips Ginger

    Updated As important as assassinations - NYT

    More accolades for Robin Southgate's weather-forecasting Java Toaster, which we first told you about back in March. The "Toasty" as it's now called has been voted one of the 80 most important ideas of the year by the New York Times Magazine. Other technology ideas du jour that merit inclusion are steganography, the Wikipedia, …

    Bootnotes 10 Dec 2001, 13:38

  • Napster to ask court to reaffirm Appeal Court ruling

    Music biz must help us fight unauthorised sharing, service demands

    Napster is back in court today, even though the music sharing network has been down since July and won't be going live again until next year. At issue is how Napster should block copyright material from its network - and how much help the music industry should give it. Napster has already said it can block almost all of the …

    Music and Media 10 Dec 2001, 14:55

  • Cahoot launches disposable credit card

    Seeking safer online shopping

    Abbey National's online banking arm, Cahoot, is launching an Internet-based 'disposable' credit card, dubbed webcard, to reduce online fraud for online. The idea is simple: people with Cahoot debit or credit cards enter their details into the bank's website and it generates a unique 16-digit ID number each time they wish to …

    e-Business 10 Dec 2001, 16:23

  • NTL job cuts ‘regrettable but absolutely necessary’

    Tough times ahead for the cableco

    Employee morale at NTL has been described as very "glum" following today's shock announcement that an extra 2,000 people are set to lose their jobs at the debt-saddled company. According to insiders, many are upset that they heard about the redundancies via the media first, instead of directly from the company. In an email …

    Business 10 Dec 2001, 16:46

  • Email empowers women – Govt.

    Bridge the gap

    The government has discovered email and says it will empower women like never before. That is what the minister for women, Barbara Roche, claims. She has put out a Cabinet Office press release this morning saying that teachers and nurses ought to make better use of email because many mothers these days are too busy to visit …

    Music and Media 10 Dec 2001, 16:47

  • E-hippies stage online Home Office sit-in

    Updated Anyone notice?

    An online protest group - the electro hippies - has embarked on a "sit-in" on the Home Office's Web site in response to new terrorism laws currently going through the House of Lords. The e-hippies have set up a site where concerned members of the public can register their dislike of the legislation by running a small-scale …

    Music and Media 10 Dec 2001, 22:38

  • Optimise XP, personal sky-cars, geek fashion

    HWRoundup GameCube and more

    Geek fashion: Geek.com decides to find out what fashion is doing to make geeks cool. From Dockers' cargo pants that hide your gizmos to raincoats from Sanyo built to handle PDAs (and some stuff from Technology Enabled Clothing), you can check if your threads are new trends or just retreads. The site also reviews Nokia's 9210 …

    Personal 10 Dec 2001, 22:43

  • Tide turns against Sircam merger

    Packard Foundation votes No

    The Packard Foundation, which holds around ten per cent of HP stock, has decided to vote against the proposed merger with Compaq. Friday's vote was largely a formality - David W Packard had already indicated his intention to persuade the Foundation to oppose the deal. So with the momentum ebbing away from the merger, Fiorina is …

    Business 10 Dec 2001, 23:06