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  • Women still victims of male stereotyping

    Yes, yes. Now stick the kettle on

    A new report shows that sexism is alive and well in the workplace and that men continue to stereotype women - despite admitting that having a women at the helm would make little difference to their business. The HR Gateway probe demonstrates that the "old boys' club" persists in many firms, leaving women pigeon-holed in roles …

    IT Director 13 Sep 2004, 08:24

  • OQO WinXP palmtop to launch 14 October

    Watch out, notebooks, PDAs?

    OQO's Model 01 Windows XP palmtop has for some time been due to ship this autumn, but the company has now narrowed that timeframe down to mid-October. According to an email sent out by OQO, the device will be formally launched on 14 October in San Francisco. The Model 01 is based on a 1GHz Transmeta processor backed by 256MB …

    Mobile 13 Sep 2004, 08:55

  • Microsoft settles Sendo 'tech theft' lawsuit

    Both sides 'happy'

    UK mobile phone maker and erstwhile Microsoft partner Sendo today said they had settled their long-running legal dispute. The terms and conditions of the out-of-court deal were not disclosed, but it is known that Microsoft will hand back its four per cent stake in the privately held Sendo. Sendo was Microsoft's original smart …

    Financial News 13 Sep 2004, 09:37

  • UK appoints tech strategy supremo

    Guides 10-year plan for science and innovation

    The government last week appointed IBM's Hursley Laboratory director Graham Spittle as the first chair of its Technology Strategy Board. The independent board will be in charge of developing the government's tech strategy and has £320m at its disposal with which to fund "key technology areas" between 2005 and 2008 - …

    Science 13 Sep 2004, 09:40

  • RM buys catalogue firm

    Extra curricular

    Schools specialist RM is splashing out £11m on Teaching Technology Systems Group. TTS Group sells teaching aids to nursery, primary and secondary schools. It carries twelve catalogues focused on different curriculums and sells more than 4,000 different items. Under the mostly cash deal, RM will take on £0.8m of TTS debt. Tim …

    Channel 13 Sep 2004, 09:43

  • Bulldog takes on BT with broadband - voice combo

    LLU, LLU, skip to my LLU

    Bulldog Communications has begun taking orders for a combined broadband and telephone service in central London. The service is run on Bulldog's own LLU (local loop unbundled) network, using its kit located in BT's own telephone exchanges. At the moment, the 4Mbps package is available in central London only, but is to be rolled …

    Telecoms 13 Sep 2004, 09:50

  • HTC 'begins Treo 650 volume shipments' to PalmOne

    Sources point to October launch

    PalmOne's eagerly anticipated Treo 650 smart phone, successor to the current Treo 600, is set to go on sale in October following the commencement of volume shipments from contract manufacturer HTC this month. So claim "market sources" cited by DigiTimes. Details of the Treo 650 - codenamed 'Ace' - first emerged last June as a …

    Mobile 13 Sep 2004, 09:57

  • Virus 'talks' to victims

    Turkish delight

    Virus writers have created a piece of malware that 'talks' to victims. The Amus email worm uses Windows Speech Engine (which is built-in to Windows XP) to deliver a curious message to infected users. The message reads: "How are you. I am back. My name is mister hamsi. I am seeing you. Haaaaaaaa. You must come to turkiye. I am …

    Malware 13 Sep 2004, 10:06

  • Mobile phone industry in radiation risk rap

    Facts not forthcoming, says health expert

    The head of the UK's Health Protection Agency last week claimed that mobile phone companies have been less than forthcoming in keeping consumers up to speed as to radiation levels generated by hi-tech mobes, London's Evening Standard reports. Sir William Stewart slammed the industry for "doing too little to inform worried …

    Mobile 13 Sep 2004, 10:09

  • MS, Apple pitch music at mobile phone makers

    Opinion Deals with network operators make more sense

    Microsoft has begun to try and win over the hearts, minds and hardware of mobile phone vendors in a bid to dominate the emerging market for music downloads on handsets. The move was signalled last week by one Erik Huggers, director of Microsoft's Windows Digital Media division, in an interview with Reuters. Surprise, surprise …

    Music and Media 13 Sep 2004, 11:05

  • Eclipse keeps schtum on sale rumour

    Demon linked to buy-out

    Exeter-based ISP, Eclipse, could be about to become the latest operator to be swallowed up by the big boys amid reports that it is looking for a buyer. The Daily Mail claims the ISP is up for sale in a deal could net £10m for its founder, Mark Lang. Although Eclipse is reportedly currently looking at its options, industry …

    Telecoms 13 Sep 2004, 11:13

  • Low-end Cisco routers to support Linux

    In brief Product refresh

    Cisco is to upgrade its line of low-end routers with improved security and networking features. The new 1800 series, 2800 series and 3800 series of integrated service routers will make it easier for firms to roll IP Telephony functions across intranets. The products will supplant Cisco's existing 1700, 2600, and 3600 product …

    Data Networking 13 Sep 2004, 11:14

  • Germans develop nasty case of IE jitters

    Switch to Mozilla, says Office for Information Security

    Michael Dickopf, spokesman for the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), has told the Berliner Zeitung that internet users should switch from Internet Explorer to Mozilla or Opera. Dickopf says Internet Explorer is hazard-prone, attracting too many viruses and worms. BSI already uses a combination of alternative …

    Applications 13 Sep 2004, 11:22

  • UK uni pulls plug on Oracle project

    And demands £2m refund

    The University of Northumbria is asking Oracle to give back £2m it paid for back office systems that were supposed to be up and running by 2003. The University agreed to pay £6.5m to Oracle for new human resources, student records and research support software. Work started in 2000 and the system, also called Oracle, was meant …

    Data Networking 13 Sep 2004, 11:25

  • V Two One ditches BT

    Broadband mass migration to Telefonica UK

    Surrey-based ISP - V Two One - is switching its broadband punters onto Telefonica UK's DSL platform in a bid to reduce costs and provide a better service for users. Financial details behind the deal were not disclosed. The migration of some 4,000 connections is scheduled to begin at the end of September and work is expected to …

    Telecoms 13 Sep 2004, 12:15

  • Pegasus Mobile NoteTaker

    Review Neat idea - shame about the price?

    For many people, my mum included, it's still easier to organise life with a pen and paper rather than a notebook, PDA or smart phone. There is still something more immediate about being able to grab a pen and a scrap of paper and to scribble. There's no boot up, no need to be able to touch type and for the great majority of us …

    Reviews 13 Sep 2004, 12:41

  • MP fingers O2 in overcharging rumpus

    Calls on users to check their bills

    Labour MP Brian Donohoe has written to the boss of O2 concerning allegations that the mobilephoneco has been overcharging its punters. According to the The Mail on Sunday, the MP for Cunninghame South has been contacted by a number of people who claim they've been ripped off by the mobile operator. In a letter to O2 boss Peter …

    Mobile 13 Sep 2004, 14:26

  • Why did Sendo bury the hatchet with MS?

    Analysis Too expensive to bury it in MS?

    Microsoft and Sendo have brought an end to a legal war that looked like it could bankrupt the Brummie start-up phone maker. Just shy of two years after the dispute began, the two parties have lit the peace pipe on terms which remain undisclosed. For the year to the end of September 2003, the case cost Sendo a hefty £6m. That …

    Financial News 13 Sep 2004, 15:01

  • Scientists ponder sluggish Pioneers

    Is gravity wrong, or is it a leaky tank?

    Astronomers tracking the paths of Pioneer 10 and 11 say that something seems to be slowing the progress of the two craft as they progress towards the outskirts of the solar system. The Pioneer probes were launched 30 years ago to investigate Jupiter and Saturn, and are the oldest spacecraft launched by the US. Since their …

    Science 13 Sep 2004, 17:10

  • Beware of malformed MIME artists

    Content checking bypass ploy

    The UK's top UK security co-ordination agency today warned of a series of vulnerabilities involving implementations of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) protocol within email and web security products. In a series of eight technical advisories the UK's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) …

    Malware 13 Sep 2004, 17:16

  • IBM does Linux-only dance on Power

    Think not of AIX

    IBM continues to refine its Linux server strategy, announcing today a new set of kit that runs the open source OS only on its Power5 processor. The first system in this new line will be the OpenPower 720, which arrives later this month. The four-processor box will run on either 1.5GHz or 1.65GHz Power5 chips and support up to …

    Servers 13 Sep 2004, 18:13

  • MS anti-spam proposal returned to sender

    IETF endorses patent fears

    The technical standards body for the internet, the IETF, has bounced back Microsoft's controversial proposal for stopping spam, Sender ID. The reason given is that proposal is encumbered by Redmond patents. Adopters aren't allowed to sublicense the technology - it's a "nontransferable, non-sublicenseable" specification, which …

    Spam 13 Sep 2004, 18:25

  • New P2P software could end illegal music squabbles

    Catch a Grouper

    Welcome to the world of legal online music ambiguity. Say hello to Grouper. Grouper - a temporarily stealth software project - has gone up for download and instantly created a confusing divide between the old world and the new. Unlike most P2P software that shares music and other files with world+dog, Grouper focuses on sharing …

    Music and Media 13 Sep 2004, 19:24