17th July 2002 Archive

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• MS white paper says Palladium open, clean, not DRM

  Quite plausibly, too. They're really trying very hard here...

  A final draft of Microsoft's Palladium consultation white paper appears to have escaped, and is currently being hosted by Neowin.net. Microsoft intends to open Palladium up for discussion, but it's not as yet clear to us whether this means it will be distributing the white paper to all and sundry, or whether it envisages a more …

  Software 17 Jul 2002, 09:26

• Sun's Java-Liberty moves risk industry scuffles

  It's a trust thing

  A potential dispute is opening over proposed integration of Sun Microsystems Inc-backed web services security specifications with Java, writes Gavin Clarke. Sun is lending support to inclusion of Liberty Alliance Project specifications for federated single sign-in to web services in future versions of the Java platform. …

  Software 17 Jul 2002, 10:09

• NetIQ claims detects Hacktivismo tool

  Spoilsports?

  Systems management and web analytics firm NetIQ Corp has released two security updates designed to help IT managers detect the Camera/Shy steganography tool, released last week by hacker activist group, Hacktivismo. Camera/Shy is a Microsoft Internet Explorer-based stenographic encryption tool that enables users to publish …

  Security 17 Jul 2002, 10:12

• Motorola chalks up biggest ever loss, but returns to profit

  It's the way you tell them...

  Motorola Inc yesterday said its loss for the second quarter was $2.3bn, its largest ever, after recording a restructuring charge of $2.4bn. The company said that sales were down, but added that without the one-off charge, it actually returned to profitability. For the three months to June 30, the company saw a net loss of …

  Business 17 Jul 2002, 10:15

• Energis reborn as 'Chelys,' but still called Energis

  Bankers move in

  Debt-ridden London, UK-based carrier Energis Plc has been reborn as Chelys, and the new company has been given 150m pounds ($235.5m) of cash and long-term debt facilities. In effect, the company has been taken over by its bankers who have signalled that they are not always prepared to sell off ailing investments for a …

  Business 17 Jul 2002, 10:19

• Oftel rejects BT break-up call

  Reckons it can handle BT

  Oftel has rejected calls by MPs to break up BT insisting that it has sufficient powers to ensure that the former state monopoly does not abuse it market position. In May, the Culture Media and Sport Committee published a report on the UK's communication sector in which it raised serious concerns about the creation of a truly …

  Music and Media 17 Jul 2002, 10:21

• Vulture Central welcomes new hatchling

  Bouncing baby boy joins nest

  Congratulations are due this morning to Reg editor Drew and wife Sian who have just welcomed a new arrival to their not insubstantial brood. The infant boy in question finally put in an appearance at 6.35am this morning, weighing in at a healthy 71b 1oz. The mother is reported well. No name (shurely 'Reg'? - Ed, or even …

  Bootnotes 17 Jul 2002, 10:24

• MS to charge for MSN 8 browser – msn.co.uk for chop?

  Seems to be losing interest in the things MSN UK does

  Microsoft is to charge for MSN 8.0, one way or another, and that kind of completes the circle, doesn't it? Giving away the browser for free unleashed many demons, not least of them the Four Attorneys of the Apocalypse, but now you'll either get MSN 8.0 bundled with MSN Internet access or, if you don't have an MSN sub, you'll …

  Music and Media 17 Jul 2002, 11:23

• Domain Registry of Europe defends tactics, sues Tucows

  Says it says here, not a bill

  A Canada-based domain registration outfit currently targeting domain holders in the UK has moved to allay concerns about its service. A number of readers have contacted The Register after receiving letters from Domain Registry of Europe concerning the renewal of their domains. Readers complained that the letters "looked liked …

  Music and Media 17 Jul 2002, 12:58

• Europe extends employment rules to teleworkers

  Three year transition period

  An agreement signed recently by representatives of European employers and trade unions is to form the basis of European rules on teleworking, and will become law in May 2005. The agreement was made via a consultation process initially launched by the European Commission in 2000, as part of the process of "modernising and …

  Business 17 Jul 2002, 13:26

• Energis shareholders are revolting

  Create Web site to 'fight for small investor'

  Former shareholders in Energis have created a Web site to complain and muster support concerning the demise of the alternative telco. The site claims to enable people to "join together and fight for the rights of the small investor". Chelys.net - which takes its name from the bank-backed outfit that has taken over Energis - …

  Music and Media 17 Jul 2002, 13:28

• HP confirms 150 suspended in email porn probe

  Disciplinary process

  HP has officially confirmed that it has suspended 150 staff as part of its investigation into the misuse of corporate email system in distributing "inappropriate material". Around 60 permanent and 90 contractors are under investigation. Yesterday we reported that HP had suspended more than 100 people in the UK and Ireland and …

  Business 17 Jul 2002, 16:12

• Apple joins in ‘end of free Internet’ bandwagon

  Cough up or else

  Apple is to start charging $100 a year for Web services that until now used to be free. As of today, Apple said that its iTools service will be replaced by a new membership service called .Mac. The membership includes new features, such as Backup and Virex anti-virus software, plus email and iDisk storage. Apple has given …

  Music and Media 17 Jul 2002, 16:14

• Apple earnings fall but meet forecasts

  Whatever

  Computer maker Apple saw shares slide in after-hours trading after the firm reported a 48 percent fall in earnings and offered a cautious outlook. The California-based firm, which has a reputation for building stylish electronic devices and computers, said that profits for its third quarter came to USD32 million, or USD0.09 per …

  Business 17 Jul 2002, 16:15

• Team demos ‘first quantum crypto prototype machine’

  The secret comes out of the lab

  Boffins have moved one step closer to a practical implementation of the Holy Grail of encryption - quantum cryptography - by exchanging keys across a 67km fibre optic network. Until recently, the idea of quantum key distribution has been tested only in the physics laboratory. Now, a team from the University of Geneva and Swiss …

  Security 17 Jul 2002, 16:17

• BT suspends techie over Angus Deayton phone tap claim

  Man arrested

  A BT engineer has been arrested on suspicion of tapping the phone of TV celeb Angus Deayton. The Guardian reports that recording equipment was found in a junction box near to the TV presenter's home at a time when Deayton's private life was under scrutiny. A spokesman for BT said that it was assisting police with its enquiries …

  Music and Media 17 Jul 2002, 16:18

• ‘Hacker’ security biz built on FBI snitches

  Gweeds gets L0pht/@Stake's number

  I can prove it to ya, Watch the rotation; It all adds up to A fuckin situation    - - Public Enemy On Monday I reported a speech by Gweeds at H2K2, in which the grand hypocrisy of hackers weaseling their way from the scene to the mainstream by forming security outfits was denounced very nicely. A torrent of e-mail …

  Security 17 Jul 2002, 19:00

• Itanic OEM slams Itanic

  Never mind our servers, it's b*ll*cks

  NEC's chief architect Len Tsai launched an astonishing attack on Intel's Itanium processor at Bert McComas' Platforms Conference in San Jose today. Tsai stunned the room by describing Intel's approach as "brute force", and predicted that learning the new instruction set would take "half a generation". He said NEC - which …

  Channel 17 Jul 2002, 22:29

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