Lineo, the embedded Linux developer, has delivered a scathing attack on Microsoft’s recently released white paper comparing Windows XP Embedded and embedded Linux. Lineo points out what it says are numerous inaccuracies and distortions designed to improve the image of Windows. At worst, the paper includes lies
The NSW Department of Fair Trading has refused to reveal the results of its investigations into claims that Nokia Australia has been knowingly selling mobile phones with inherent design faults
Kay Hammond had hoped to pull a rich businessman husband, but instead she’s been pulled off eBay’s auction service
A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist network claimed that Islamic militants infiltrated Microsoft and sabotaged the company’s Windows XP operating system
Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, held in the United States since July on charges of violating the terms of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, has reached a deal with prosecutors under which he will be free to leave the country in exchange for testimony against his employer
Linux applications seem to be proliferating on the rebel operating system but are they ready for prime-time business? With more than 6 million free downloads so far, Sun’s StarOffice is the closest rival on Linux to Microsoft’s Office on Windows. But server application vendors are rushing to the platform with database packages, e-mail and accounting systems, plus a host of others
An obscure metal discovered 90 years ago has been used to demonstrate a feasible solution to a core problem facing computer chip makers. Their problem centres on chip insulation, as chip makers cram in more transistors to make chips more powerful
Sony is cracking down on PlayStation mod-chip makers, forcing them to halt the distribution of their products or face the wrath of its corporate legal might
Increased reportage of denial of service attacks on Telstra’s network recently has raised questions about the telco’s security protection, which has been criticised as a ‘reactive’ approach by one industry specialist
Melbourne IT has lost its monopoly position as the registry of main Australian Internet domain names
Telstra yesterday launched a new .name domain space to its one million Telstra BigPond Home customers, saying they can now keep the same Web and e-mail address for life
Workers will be able to act as Big Brother by monitoring the corporate activities of their bosses on a new Internet site, Bosswatch — which will probably never be as scary as They Rule!
At BBC children’s TV Newsround Bill Gates got some hard-hitting questions that left him inarticulate, the reporter was Sarah, 15, from Lincolnshire
Two separate denial of service attacks hit Telstra’s data network at the weekend
European telecommunication ministers have agreed that unsolicited e-mail and wireless text messages should be prohibited under a new data protection law
The German Federal Government and the State governments have agreed to new measures for protecting youth from pornography on the Internet: all such content is banned from 11.00pm until 6.00am
Advanced Micro Devices has developed a transistor with a gate length of 15 manometres that can switch more than 3 trillion times per second
KPMG are sending out please explain
or cease and desist
requests to people found linking to their sites
Internet backbone provider MCI WorldCom has acknowledged that network-intrusion specialist Adrian Lamo used a security hole in a company Web server to grant himself access to its administrative network. The quizzical hacker poked around WorldCom’s system four times over the past two months, ending last Friday when he told the company of the hole and helped it secure a misconfigured server
A flexible computer screen or TV that you can watch on the train or bus then roll up and put in your pocket is a step closer to reality
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