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23rd August 2002 Archive

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  • Funk secure WLAN access software goes on sale in UK

    Network Utilities rolls out Odyssey client

    Network Utilities (Systems) Ltd has launched universal access software for secure wireless LAN access in the UK. The Surbiton, UK-based company said its Odyssey Client software can be used standalone or integrated into the connection manager software provided by WLAN hotspot providers and wireless ISPs. Odyssey Client …

    Data Networking 23 Aug 2002, 06:25

  • Contempt Filing Likely After C&W Patent Injunction

    Akamai, C&W dispute meaning of order

    Despite a court injunction against Cable & Wireless Plc's content delivery network yesterday, the carrier's patent infringement battle with archrival Akamai Technologies Inc looks set to continue, with a contempt filing possible as early as next week, writes Kevin Murphy. Massachusetts District Court Judge Rya Zobel …

    Music and Media 23 Aug 2002, 06:28

  • Intel spins off high speed content processing unit

    Tarari then, pet...

    Intel Corp has spun out its interests in high-speed content processing with a new privately funded company. The company, called Tarari Inc, has raised $13m in a Series A round of funding. San Diego, California-based Tarari has been spun out of Intel's Network Processing Group and will focus on the development of hardware …

    Business 23 Aug 2002, 06:31

  • MS aims to boost .NET with Visual Studio.NET ‘Everett’

    Locking step for Q1 2003

    The next release of Visual Studio .NET is designed to drive .NET uptake, as it coincides with a major operating system launch from Microsoft Corp, writes Gavin Clarke. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft' yesterday released details of the much-talked-about Visual Studio .NET Everett. This next release of its integrated …

    Software 23 Aug 2002, 06:35

  • Minnow ISP aims counterstrike at RIAA ‘legal hackers’

    Says protecting customer data, not pirates

    A small US internet service provider has become the first to introduce a policy of deliberately hampering the music recording industry's efforts to hack users of peer-to-peer file-trading networks, writes Kevin Murphy. Although the Recording Industry Association of America is currently believed to be involved in no such …

    Music and Media 23 Aug 2002, 06:39

  • BT loses hypertext claim

    No infringement, says judge

    BT has lost its legal challenge to charge US ISPs a fee for using hyperlinks. US judge Colleen McMahon ruled late yesterday that ISPs did not infringe a patent filed by BT more than 25 years ago. The ruling was welcomed yesterday by those in the industry, although it was not unexpected. In March Judge Colleen McMahon ruled …

    Music and Media 23 Aug 2002, 10:16

  • Those MS API disclosures – errors, incomplete, useless?

    Situation normal, then...

    Earlier this week Microsoft posted details of a large number of APIs (272, we are told - we have not counted) in the MSDN library. This publication is intended to to comply with the terms of the MS-DoJ proposed settlement to the antitrust suit, and is part of a process whereby Microsoft 'levels the playing filed' for rival …

    Software 23 Aug 2002, 11:15

  • Third of spam is porn

    Growing problem

    Spam - the scourge of email - is in the news at the mo. Earlier this week MP Derek Wyatt called on ISPs to be more responsible for XXX spam appearing in people's inboxes. This came on top of a report from messaging firm, Nexor, that the amount of porn spam is growing by 20 per cent a year. Now anti-spam outfit, Brightmail, …

    Music and Media 23 Aug 2002, 11:44

  • Bulk fax outfit sued for $2.2 trillion in junk fax claim

    Silly money fine sought for stupid, unwanted messages

    A California businessman has launched a class action lawsuit against fax outfit Fax.com claiming truly gobs smacking damages of $2.2 trillion. In suits filed yesterday, Steve Kirsch is seeking $500 damages for each unsolicited fax Fax.com has sent out over the last four years. He's relying on US federal laws passed in 1991, …

    Business 23 Aug 2002, 11:49

  • An open letter to the CIO

    You're a dork

    Dear esteemed corporate leader: By the time you read this, our summer vacations will be winding down, the long days of summer will rapidly recede into memory, and, for those of us slaving away in the corporate trenches, work will begin to pick up again. Given that summer may be a time for forgetting the drudgery of work ( …

    Security 23 Aug 2002, 12:32

  • Nominet UK in climb-down over WHOIS data

    Opt-out strings attached

    Nominet UK - the national registry for .uk domain names - has been forced into a U-turn over plans to publish personal details of UK domain name holders on its WHOIS database. The move is a victory for those who claimed the sweeping measures breached their personal privacy. However, the climb-down is not universal and only …

    Music and Media 23 Aug 2002, 15:10

  • Microsoft in summer patch frenzy

    IE can be rooted six ways to Sunday - official

    Microsoft yesterday issued a cumulative patch for Internet Explorer - the fixes to no less than six newly discovered vulnerabilities. The software giant assigns the patch (for IE 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0) as 'critical' and lists a series of flaws the most serious of which could enable an attacker to execute commands on a user's system …

    Security 23 Aug 2002, 15:15

  • Vote against a paid-for Pigopolist pol!

    Insurgent candidates surface

    Bought and paid-for representatives of the entertainment oligopolies in Washington could find themselves facing challenges back home. A 26-year old will oppose Howard Coble (R) as a single-issue candidate. Well, not strictly as a single issue: Tara Grubb is the Libertarian Party candidate who says she'll campaign on a single …

    Music and Media 23 Aug 2002, 17:19

  • Israeli firm unveils the ‘copy-proof’ CD

    Embedded smart card the secret

    An Israeli security firm has developed a smart-card based copy protection technology that it claims can prevent software piracy. The technology, called OpSecure from start-up firm Doc-Witness, features a smart card embedded within an optical disc, which can run on conventional PC CD or DVD drives. However the embedded smart …

    Personal 23 Aug 2002, 17:28

  • SEC to nose round AOL TW – report

    No suggestion of wrongdoing

    AOL Time Warner could face further investigation by the Securities Exchange Commission, according to a report today in the FT. The newspaper claims that share sales by 15 senior execs, including chairman Steve Case and chief exec Dick Parsons, between February and June last year, has attracted the interests of the SEC. Even …

    Business 23 Aug 2002, 17:30