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  • TTPCom pitches 'sub-$200' platform for mobile gaming

    And jolly yummy it looks too...

    Cambridge-based wireless design company TTPCom is kicking off this week's 3GSM World Congress with the unveiling of a mobile games player reference design. TTPCom doesn't actually build phones (more's the pity - we loved the one they showed us last year), but licences designs and IP to manufacturers. The new design will …

    Mobile 17 Feb 2003, 09:04

  • Samsung takes 5% stake in Symbian

    First blood to Symbian in this year's 3GSM tussle...

    First blood to Symbian at this year's Spy v Spy at 3GSM in Cannes. Microsoft and Samsung revealed the Samsung SGH-i700, a GPRS-capable Pocket PC device, but experienced immediate and massive retaliation from Symbian, which today announces that Samsung has become a Symbian shareholder. Samsung is possibly the biggest tug of of …

    Mobile 17 Feb 2003, 11:31

  • UK.gov aims to demystify security for SMEs

    Jargon-free advice from UK online

    UK online for business has launched a security section on its Web site, designed to help small business keep abreast of the latest Internet threats and how to combat them. Security advice is often too technical, particularly for smaller companies with limited resources. UK online, a DTI-led partnership between Government and …

    Security 17 Feb 2003, 11:33

  • London road charging scheme goes live

    Still fears about technology

    London's new congestion charging experiment - designed to ease traffic gridlock in the capital - went live this morning. For Mayor Ken Livingstone and the others behind the scheme, it's a nail-biting time. Will it ease traffic in central London or merely lead to snarl-ups elsewhere? Will the technology linking the 800 cameras …

    Music and Media 17 Feb 2003, 11:36

  • Opera unleashes Linux preview of version 7 browser

    Register moratorium on Opera stories looms...

    On Friday Opera announced the first Linux preview edition of Opera 7, the company's next-generation browser, which recently shipped for Windows. The company stresses that the Linux version's a preview, so there are rough edges, but it means that we're moving, and Linux users can more or less keep pace with what Opera's up to on …

    Software 17 Feb 2003, 12:30

  • Vodafone licks lips over Nectar deal

    Brace yourselves

    Vodafone customers will soon be able to earn Nectar loyalty points following the mobile phone company's decision to sign up to the reward scheme. From late spring, Vodafone punters in the UK will earn two Nectar points for every £1 they spend on using their phone. What an incentive! Just think, spend £250 on texting and …

    Mobile 17 Feb 2003, 12:31

  • London charge zone is security cordon too, says mayor

    Happily foresees time when all roads are watched like this. Or preferably, better...

    And with one bound, the Ken formerly known as Red repositions himself as a Big Brother privacy nightmare. London Mayor Ken Livingstone has previously, as we noted yesterday, claimed that data from the cameras in London's congestion charge zone would not be recorded and used for other purposes. But that was then and this is now …

    Music and Media 17 Feb 2003, 14:18

  • BTo gets tough with Sat bandwidth hogs – again

    Be 'ave

    BT Openworld has threatened around 40 of its broadband satellite customers that it might have to cap their service if they continue to hog bandwidth. In a letter to customers BT's ISP has warned them that they have been "using an excessive amount of bandwidth on a regular basis". And unless they curtail their usage, then BT …

    Telecoms 17 Feb 2003, 14:19

  • HP promises ProLiant performance boost

    F8 chipset and hot-plug RAID memory for new 8-way boxes

    HP today introduced two eight-way ProLiant servers that mark the debut of HP/Intel's F8 chipset in the manufacturer's hardware. The servers, the new HP ProLiant DL740 and the second-generation HP ProLiant DL760, also feature hot-plug RAID memory capabilities and improvements to HP ProLiant Essentials management software. …

    Servers 17 Feb 2003, 14:20

  • VoIP builds momentum in developing world

    Calls no longer sound like Norman Collier, thankfully

    Internet telephony is gaining ground, particularly in the developing world, against traditional switched circuit telephony. According to a recent report by telecoms consultancy TeleGeography, voice over IP (VoIP) traffic accounted for 10 per cent of all call transfers last year (six per cent in 2001). In 1999, by the same …

    Hardware 17 Feb 2003, 16:56

  • Sun's Jalapeno almost cooked

    Low-cost Dell-knocker an option

    We've almost exhausted the taqueria/stale food metaphors for Jalapeno, Sun's UltraSPARC IIIi processor, but surely one more won't do any harm (you mean more harm - Ed). The processor was again missing in action when Sun did its top-to-bottom product refresh last week. Since it had only just been found, it needed some reheating …

    Hardware 17 Feb 2003, 16:59

  • .uk.co domain wiped off face of Internet

    Colombian university does the dirty on 8,000 businesses

    The .uk.co domain was wiped off the face of the Internet this morning with no notice, leaving more than 8,000 livid individuals and businesses - including Amazon and Priceline - with no Web presence or email. The only proof of its existence is a posting on www.uk.co from the top-level domain .co owner - the University of the …

    Music and Media 17 Feb 2003, 17:08

  • Net awards targeted as NTL cap row enters another week

    'Right to protest'

    Angry NTL users are looking to hijack this week's Internet industry awards in London to protest about the cableco's decision to cap its broadband service. E-minister Stephen Timms will be among 360 industry bigwigs attending the lavish event - dubbed the UK's "Internet Oscars" - at a swish London hotel on Thursday. …

    Music and Media 17 Feb 2003, 17:09

  • Oracle 9i Database, Ap Server bust six ways to Sunday

    Tough break

    Oracle admins are in for a busy time with the publication of no less than six vulnerabilities over the last week. Four of the vulnerabilities are buffer overflow flaws affecting various components of Oracle9i Database Server. Then there's two flaws affecting Oracle9i Application Server, which pose denial of service risks... or …

    Hardware 17 Feb 2003, 19:37