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4th July 2003 Archive

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  • Starbucks: more wireless coffee

    Marketing lead

    Starbucks is continuing to expand its in-store Wi-Fi net connection services. Following the US trend of wireless connectivity, Starbucks (SBUX) is offering Wi-Fi Internet access for a fee at more than 2,300 stores nationwide. With competitors willing to offer the service for free, Starbucks is relying on its ubiquitous presence …

    Software 4 Jul 2003, 08:21

  • Study: Wi-Fi users still don't encrypt

    Silly Billies

    Think you've heard more than enough about war driving and Wi-Fi insecurity? Two days of electronic eavesdropping at the 802.11 Planet Expo in Boston last week sniffed out more evidence that most Wi-Fi users still aren't getting the message -- or are comfortable broadcasting their e-mail into the ether. Security vendor …

    Wireless 4 Jul 2003, 08:34

  • AMD to launch Opteron 246 on 4 August

    Announced by mis-sent email

    Let no one doubt the power of email... to cock up the best laid launch plans. AMD yesterday inadvertently emailed a host of reporters to tell them that it will launch the Opteron 246 on 4 August. AMD will also reveal the Athlon 64 logo on 28 July, according to the email, which contained a press release schedule. As for the …

    Channel 4 Jul 2003, 10:42

  • Printer ink seven times more expensive than Dom Perignon

    Ripoff

    Printer manufacturers are ripping off consumers by overcharging for printer cartridges, according to a study by the Consumer Association's Which? magazine. Which? slams the cost of printer ink. A Colour HP cartridge, for example costs £29 or (put another way) 1.70 per millilitre. That's seven times more expensive than the cost …

    Personal 4 Jul 2003, 12:30

  • Court worried over Microsoft compliance

    'Numerous concerns'

    A court-ordered status report on the Microsoft antitrust settlement has expressed concern over the way Microsoft is complying with the terms of the deal. As part of the settlement agreed with the US government and more than a dozen US states, the court vowed to monitor Microsoft's compliance, and it also ordered the plaintiffs …

    Software 4 Jul 2003, 12:36

  • Hacker group releases software-only Xbox mod details

    Spectre of Dreamcast-style 'boot loader' piracy

    Free-X, the Xbox hackers who were at the heart of the controversial attempt to extort a signed Linux boot loader for the console from Microsoft, claim that they have now released details of their software-only Xbox security exploits. Earlier this week, gamesindustry.biz reported on the group's claim to have discovered a way to …

    Personal 4 Jul 2003, 12:42

  • Earth to Andreessen: browser innovation is at hand

    Think different

    Netscape founder Marc Andreessen doesn't think there's going to be any innovation in web browsers in the next five years. Someone should buy him a flight to Glasgow. That's the home of Picsel, whose handheld browser we first wrote about last Spring. I had a chance to look at it in February and it's comfortably the most …

    Music and Media 4 Jul 2003, 15:18

  • Dell abandons hi-tech chain gangs

    Recycling labor

    Deciding that robots are cheaper than felons, Dell Computer is to sever its contract with the US prison labor program. Dell was one of several IT companies to employ Federal Prison Industries, Inc., or UNICOR in a widely-criticized recycling scheme. The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition had criticized Dell's use of prison labor …

    Mobile 4 Jul 2003, 15:20