13th March 2004 Archive

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• UI Wars: Sony loves Symbian – grits teeth

  Consortium's future in the balance

  PalmSource's David Nagel raised some eyebrows when he suggested that Sony Ericsson would become a Palm OS convert recently. Sony Ericsson abruptly dismissed the suggestion. But Nagel could be advised to stick around, just in case. Smart phone licensees have a choice of two user interfaces if they choose Symbian for their phone …

  Mobile 13 Mar 2004, 08:06

• US hosting company reveals hacks, citing disclosure law

  'The right thing to do'

  Citing California's security breach disclosure law, Texas-based Allegiance Telecom notified 4,000 Web hosting customers this week of a recent computer intrusion that exposed their usernames and passwords, in a case that experts say illustrates the security sunshine law's national influence. The law, called SB 1386, took effect …

  Security 13 Mar 2004, 08:12

• DARPA's Grand Challenge proves to be too grand

  RoboFlop

  The $1 million Grand Challenge ended with a dull thud on Saturday as not one robot vehicle came close to completing the 142 mile course in the Mojave Desert. Seven miles was the best any team could muster with both the Red Team out of Carnegie Mellon University and SciAutonics II out of Thousand Oaks, California reaching that …

  Bootnotes 13 Mar 2004, 23:14