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  • How we can save PGP – Zimmermann

    Sharpen your pencils...

    PGP inventor Phil Zimmermann says PGP can be saved, and has outlined how in an interview with The Register yesterday. "PGP is an institution that's bigger than any single company, or codebase, or product," says Zimmermann. "It's in limbo right now, and limbo is a bad place to be." Network Associates Inc wrote to customers last …

    Personal 8 Mar 2002, 07:45

  • HP, Sun square off over server share

    Men in suits argue vigorously about numbers

    The phrase "rapid rebuttal" has a new meaning these days. IDC releases its latest server market share figures this morning, showing a healthy boost for IBM's kit, riding on pent-up demand for its POWER4 range. But late yesterday afternoon, Sun and HP had got advanced news of the figures and wanted to add their spin before the …

    Hardware 8 Mar 2002, 09:13

  • Bridge seeks broadband resellers

    Sees demand for service

    Bridge Broadband - a subsidiary of Flexia plc - is on the hunt for a dozen partners to resell its two-way satellite broadband service. It's already signed up Sussex-based Isonetric and is currently in negotiation with a handful of other companies. Bridge Broadband - which uses the satellite service of Hughes Network Systems …

    Telecoms 8 Mar 2002, 09:47

  • Sircam Merger: Ziff Davis caught in crossfire

    The suppression that never was?

    The mud is really flinging in the Sircam Merger, with leading dissident Walter Hewlett Jr. leaking an unpublished Ziff Davis Media survey which found that IT buyers are likely to reduce their spend with HPaQ pos-merger on his web site votenohpcompaq.com. And the cat is well and truly among the pigeons, with this startling …

    Business 8 Mar 2002, 10:30

  • FTC puts the kibosh on Palm Net ads

    Bad Palm, naughty Palm

    Palm Inc has admitted that it misled US customers over the internet and enterprise capabilities of some of its handheld computers. The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Palm to change future marketing materials to make clear that several of its models require add-on hardware to access internet and email services, and …

    Mobile 8 Mar 2002, 12:25

  • HP recalls 2.5m printer power cables

    Shocking news

    Hewlett-Packard is replacing power cords for sundry inkjet printers because the connectors can break, exposing users to risk from electric shocks. Longwell Electronics, the makers of the cords, is recalling 2.5 million power cord sets, sold with the following HP printers: HP Deskjet 800 series and 900 series, HP Photosmart 1000 …

    Personal 8 Mar 2002, 12:35

  • Intel happy with seasonal pattern

    But lower base level

    Intel Corp said the return to seasonal patterns in the chip market was holding in the current quarter when it released its mid quarter financial update yesterday. The Santa Clara, California-based vendor said it expected revenues for the first quarter to come in between $6.6bn and $6.9bn. It had earlier forecast a revenue …

    Channel 8 Mar 2002, 12:35

  • BTopenworld in multi-million broadband push

    Loadsamoney

    BTopenworld is to launch a major marketing push to promote its broadband service. In a move designed to capitalise on its dominant position in the market the ISP is to launch its first consumer TV ad and lead a major promotional drive in high street stores. It's understood that the three month campaign could cost BTopenworld …

    Telecoms 8 Mar 2002, 12:38

  • BT.com is well again

    Fingers crossed

    BT's Web site appears to be up and running again a week after it started getting hot flushes and becoming prone to fainting. The site is still a bit weak and wobbly after a week under the doctor. However the cold compress on the forehead and the homemade chicken broth appears to have done the trick - for now at least. ® …

    Music and Media 8 Mar 2002, 12:39

  • Amazon settles 1-Click patent dispute

    Line drawing

    Amazon.com Inc yesterday confirmed it has settled a two-year-old patent infringement lawsuit with Barnesandnoble.com LLC, though it declined to disclose the terms. The deal draws a line under what is probably the second-most controversial patent dispute after BT Group Plc's still unresolved claim on hyperlinking. "Other …

    e-Business 8 Mar 2002, 12:42

  • Sputnik: Open Source wireless public network

    Linuxcare founders launch

    The three co-founders of the Linux services company Linuxcare are on another Open Source adventure, this one an attempt to spread the use of public wireless networks, while at the same time providing a more secure wireless product for large companies. David L. Sifry, Arthur Tyde and David LaDuke launched wireless networking …

    Mobile 8 Mar 2002, 15:14

  • Twinkle, twinkle little LED (now I know what's in your head)

    Pass the duct tape, Alice

    Security researchers have published a paper warning that LED status indicators on datacomms kit can leak information to eavesdroppers. A paper, Information Leakage from Optical Emanations, by Joe Loughry of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and David A.Umphress of Auburn University in Alabama explains how it's possible to correlate …

    Security 8 Mar 2002, 16:05

  • BTopenworld SurfTimers face the boot

    Same old story

    Several hundred subscribers of BTopenworld SurfTime face eviction at the end of the month unless they curb their usage of the unmetered Internet access service. Punters were contacted a month ago and told that SurfTime is not intended as a "always on" service and that they were in breach of T&Cs. And they were warned that …

    Music and Media 8 Mar 2002, 16:08

  • 2001: vintage year for virus infections

    2002 could be even better

    Firms were hit last year by an average of 113 virus infections per month for every 1,000 computers they own, according to a survey of end users by ICSA Labs. The ICSA Labs' seventh annual computer virus prevalence survey show the threat viruses to businesses increased throughout 2001. ICSA Labs, a division of TruSecure, polled …

    Malware 8 Mar 2002, 21:29

  • Sun sues MS for poisoning Java

    Barrier Block

    Sun Microsystems has filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft alleging that its anticompetitive behaviour has harmed the development of Java. In the suit, Sun is seeking damages of more than $1 billion and a "permanent injunction requiring Microsoft to disclose and license proprietary interfaces, protocols, and …

    Software 8 Mar 2002, 21:30

  • It's bloody hard to run a forum (in Sweden)

    Update Court report, readers comments

    Aftonbladet, a leading Swedish evening newspaper, pulled down its online comment forums, following a court ruling this week that it was responsible for death threats against Jews posted on its site. The forum is now operating again, but only during business hours (including the weekend), readers tell us. The posts expressing …

    Music and Media 8 Mar 2002, 23:53