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  • EasyNet to axe 90 jobs

    Unbundles 160 lines - whoooooooeeeeee

    EasyNet has blamed the "cautious operating environment in wholesale capacity" for its decision to shed 90 jobs – around ten per cent of its total workforce - from its wholesale division. The cuts are part of a wider cost-cutting initiative at the broadband operator which it says will save it around £10 million a year. Despite …

    Telecoms 28 Feb 2002, 11:28

  • Multihoming mobility treat won't wait for Redmond

    IDF Skamania

    We've seen many neat innovations in Intel's labs over the years, and many which didn't survive the journey up to Redmond. But Intel vows that its latest mobile initiatives - to bring the PC up to, and beyond the multihoming capabilities of new Macs - won't meet the same fate. Hacks were treated to an impressive multi-homing …

    Channel 28 Feb 2002, 11:38

  • Staying on top of Oracle's holes

    News you can use

    In light of the fortnight-old SNMP pandemic, it's tempting to forget that the world's most popular database kit remains vulnerable to a host of potential exploits which were published about three weeks ago by NGSSoftware Insight researcher David Litchfield. Because SNMP holes can affect virtually any networked device, admins …

    Hardware 28 Feb 2002, 12:29

  • LLU hits 200 milestone

    Can't take the excitement

    Crack open a warm can of lager and pop open a packet of cheese and onion crisps - local loop unbundling is alive and kicking and taking off in the UK. BT has just confirmed there are now "about 200" unbundled phone lines in the UK – a staggering leap from the "150 or so" quoted until recently. This latest milestone is a …

    Telecoms 28 Feb 2002, 14:25

  • Linux kernel patching in crisis – Raymond

    Calls for penguin patch lieutenant

    Open source guru Eric Raymond says Linux kernel patching is in crisis, and he has renewed calls for someone to assist Linus Torvalds as a 'penguin patch lieutenant'. Speaking at a lecture organised by the UK Unix Users Group in London last night, Raymond said that kernel patching was the one remaining part of centralisation in …

    Software 28 Feb 2002, 14:35

  • Wintel – the next generation's horoscope

    IDF You'll meet a tall, dark phone manufacturer

    There's never been a better time to re-examine the old pals act between Intel and Microsoft in light of news from the Intel Developer Forum this week. The relationship has never been smooth, but between them, the pair have for the last ten years, driven the PC industry. One perspective that's often overlooked when weighing up …

    Channel 28 Feb 2002, 14:53

  • Living with the Amstrad e-m@iler plus

    Or not - pricing strategy revision called for

    I'll come straight to the point. I've tried very hard to change my view of the Amstrad e-m@ailer plus - the phone with a small screen bolted on and a funny little keypad. I've tried to suspend my concerns about this phone-cum-emailer-cum-Web browser. Snag is, whichever way I look at it I come round to the same viewpoint. The …

    Music and Media 28 Feb 2002, 14:59

  • PHP flaws pose hacker risk

    Updated Scripting language could be a tool for script kiddies

    Flaws in the popular open source scripting language PHP could allow crackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system or crash a Web server, security clearing house CERT has warned. The vulnerabilities arise from the way PHP handles multipart/form-data POST requests (aka POST fileuploads) which give rise to a variety of …

    Security 28 Feb 2002, 16:01

  • The MS plan for smartphones: Get Nokia!

    Waldman deliberately plants screamer on Reg shock...

    The real weather was cold in Cannes last week, but Microsoft couldn't have asked for a better climate in which to roll out its smartphone/PDA roadmap to the assembled scribes of GSM World Congress 2002. Arch-rival Symbian CEO Colly Myers had fallen on his sword/hung it up amicably after a valiant and successful battle* on the …

    Software 28 Feb 2002, 16:51

  • DoCoMo 3G to hit 60% coverage in April

    DoCoMoGoGo

    Roughly six months after the delayed launch of the world's first commercial 3G service in the Tokyo metropolitan area, NTT DoCoMo Inc said it plans to stretch 3G coverage to 60% of Japan's population by the end of April. The sudden acceleration of DoCoMo's roll-out of its FOMA 3G service is something of a surprise, given …

    Data Networking 28 Feb 2002, 16:51

  • Delphi Forums wants your cash

    Advertising fails

    Delphi Forums is urging its users to start paying for its service following the squeeze on online advertising. One of the oldest online communities, Delphi says it can no longer provide the service funded by advertising alone. In an email to members it said: "Advertising on the Internet has not been a windfall for anyone. You …

    Music and Media 28 Feb 2002, 17:20

  • Anti-Virus's control fetish

    NAI lawsuit exposes industry foibles

    "Network Associates would never sponsor nor condone attempts to censor anyone anywhere." Uttered for Forbes by NAI el Jefe Gene Hodges and published 4 February in an article in which he denied the company had tried to churlishly prevent Vmyths founder Rob Rosenberger from going forward with a commentary embarrassing to the …

    Security 28 Feb 2002, 22:55