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  • Crackers gain sight of up to 5m credit cards

    Visa and Mastercard reassure punters they won't lose out

    Computer crackers have obtained details of up to five million US Visa and MasterCard accounts, the two firms admitted yesterday. CNN reports that attackers gained the details after compromising systems that process credit card transactions. Technical details of how the attack was carried out are so far thin on the ground amidst …

    Security 18 Feb 2003, 09:43

  • Bye, cyberczar Clarke – thanks for everything

    A blinkered and benighted career heads into the twilight

    Opinion The retirement of Richard Clarke is appropriate to the reality of the war on terror. Years ago, Clarke bet his national security career on the idea that electronic war was going to be real war. He lost, because as al Qaeda and Iraq have shown, real action is still of the blood and guts kind. In happier times prior to 9 …

    Music and Media 18 Feb 2003, 10:01

  • Do webcams break when Tony Blair walks by?

    Apparently...

    Readers may or may not be interested in a minor addition to the lore of webcams inoperative for operational reasons. While vast numbers of anti-war demonstrators weren't visible (not to you laddie, anyway) on London's webcam network, Mr Tony himself was up in Glasgow, delivering a speech including an eccentric arithmetical …

    Music and Media 18 Feb 2003, 10:32

  • Robogrunt: the US military's plans for robot armies

    And enhancing the performance of real grunts...

    The US military's current armoury of unmanned spyplanes and weapons is to be vastly expanded through the addition of armies of robot soldiers, replacing and/or supplementing the real grunts, reports Billings Gazette. Ultimately, the vision is that the grunts themselves become geeks, or perhaps more likely, are transformed into …

    Music and Media 18 Feb 2003, 12:00

  • ‘Touch and go’ whether BT will hit 1m BB target

    Report reckons it could miss

    BT may fall short of reaching its target of one million broadband customers by the end of June, according to a report just published. Enders Analysis reports that the wholesale take-up of BT's DSL service is currently growing at an "exceptional" pace and that this would have to be sustained until the summer for BT to meet its …

    Telecoms 18 Feb 2003, 12:33

  • Freeserve denies it's gone cold on BB

    Prefers 'clever' approach

    Freeserve has shelved plans to push broadband and is instead concentrating on making cash from its narrowband customers. So says a report into the UK's Internet sector by Enders Analysis, which claims that "Freeserve has dropped any emphasis on broadband in favour of narrowband unmetered in its plans for 2003". It notes that …

    Telecoms 18 Feb 2003, 15:12

  • Man charged after flight manual appears on eBay

    Throwing the book away from him...

    The auction of a purloined flight manual on eBay has prompted the arrest of an Air Canada baggage handler. Robert Gaglione, 47, of Brampton, Ontario has been charged with theft after allegedly offering a stolen 2002 edition of the airline's flight manual up for sale on the online auction site earlier this month. The manual, …

    Music and Media 18 Feb 2003, 15:15

  • IR35 case reaches High Court

    Crucial to future of IR35

    The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) is returning to the High Court, scene of a crushing defeat, to fight IR35. This time around it is supporting IT contractor Gordon Stutchbury in his case against the Inland Revenue. The case is scheduled for Feb 25-27. The PCG reckons that the Inland Ruling ruling over Stutchbury's tax …

    Business 18 Feb 2003, 16:52

  • Instant Internet access before you boot Windows

    BIOS king Phoenix's safety net offers instant boot up

    BIOS king Phoenix Technologies is developing its core software technologies to help users cope better with system failures. Phoenix Core Management Environment, or cME, promises a means for OEMs to include diagnostic and self help capabilities, Internet access and remote desktop builds, even after a major system malfunction. …

    Channel 18 Feb 2003, 17:31

  • Divine. Inc mulls bankruptcy

    Dotcom tithe firm teeters

    Divine Inc., is close to collapse. The dotcom tithe firm has hired investment bank Broadview Associates to help it explore "strategic options, which may include asset divestitures, comparable transactions, and/or the filing of a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. divine is currently …

    Hardware 18 Feb 2003, 18:18

  • HP talks scalable for Itanium 2 chipset, dualie module

    IDF Cheerleader

    HP is using opening day at the Intel Developer Forum to underscore its role as Itanium 2 cheerleader. The company is prepping two new products for the 64-bit CPU, the sx1000 chipset and the HP mx 2 dual processor module. The key word for both is "scalability" - more processors on the same number of HP servers and/or bigger …

    Servers 18 Feb 2003, 23:00

  • Intel wheels out two concept PCs

    IDF Newport and Marble Falls

    Intel wheeled out two new concept PC platforms - and two new codenames at the Intel Developer's Forum (IDF) today. Say hello to Newport, the next gen mobile PC for the knowledge worker, and to Marble Falls, the next gen etc, only this time for desktops. PCs incorporating their technology should start hitting the streets in 2004 …

    Personal 18 Feb 2003, 23:20

  • Barrett: Reasons to Be Cheerful

    IDF Glass Half Full

    Someone has got to be an optimist about a tech industry upturn, and that someone is usually Intel CEO Craig Barrett. Treading familiar territory at the Intel Developer Forum, Barrett makes the simple point: all recessions end. Will this one end in 2003? Maybe not: but IT investment has surely bottomed out. Pointing to analyst …

    Business 18 Feb 2003, 23:59