10th January 2004 Archive

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HP declares war on sharing culture

CES The open everything is dead

HP this week took the unusual move of using a consumer electronics conference as the venue for an unprecedented attack on consumers and their ability to enjoy American technology and culture. HP's CEO Carly Fiorina filled her keynote speech at CES with media piracy rhetoric, saying that consumers are undermining the economy and …

Personal 10 Jan 2004, 00:08
Consumer giants encircle the home PC

CES It's not going away, but it's not going anywhere either

If you're wondering why Microsoft has chosen to place its strategic bets on the set-top box, rather than the traditional PC-based Windows Media center, a trip around the CES show floor explains why. The Media Center isn't a bad idea, as we wrote here earlier this week, if you don't have a PC and live in one room. But Microsoft …

Personal 10 Jan 2004, 02:12
VeriSign dead cert causes net instability

NAV gets lost in translation

The expiration of one of VeriSign's master digital certificates on Wednesday created confusion for Net users and glitches to the operation of some applications, notably Norton Anti-Virus (NAV). After the cert VeriSign used to sign other certs expired, the chain of trust was broken, leaving some aps unable to set up a secure …

Security 10 Jan 2004, 02:13
UK net paedo faces US jail

Up to five years

A Merseyside man has been jailed for five year after he was caught having sex with a 14 year-old American schoolgirl he met on the Internet. Barry Beadle, 51, a former psychiatric nurse, was arrested last April after his plans to make away after an illicit liaison with the youngster unravelled when a hotel manager refused to …

Music and Media 10 Jan 2004, 09:13