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WiMAX gets EU harmonisation at 2.6GHz

Intel buys up Swedish airwaves

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has started the approvals process for WiMAX to be officially recognised as a 2.6GHz technology, though Intel's bid for Swedish airwaves provides more substantial evidence of deployment plans.

DWP still sending out passwords and discs together

Government data not secure? Shurely some mistake?

The Department for Work and Pensions is still sending out discs containing confidential data together with passwords.

Retailers risk libel nightmare over 'no-work' database

A nation of suspicious shopkeepers

Shop staff who have been sacked or resigned while under suspicion of dodgy behaviour could soon struggle to find work, as some of the UK's top retailers are set to share information online about their employment history.

NGO attacks Apple's lack of action on climate change

Mac maker's green credentials rotting?

Apple?s MacBook Air may have received the thumbs-up from Greenpeace, but the iPhone maker should be avoided by the "climate-conscious consumer", a new eco survey claims.

Windows XP SP3 sends PCs into endless reboot

That Groundhog Day feeling, again

Microsoft's service pack three (SP3) for Windows XP has caused havoc on hundreds of PCs, just hours after it was released as an automatic update.

ZDNet IT News

Free software great and small

They envision a world with Linux running on the smallest embedded devices to the largest supercomputer clusters, and all possible devices in between. It's only a matter of time before even desktop Linux becomes the mass market. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those...

Common misconceptions about database security

There seems to be a serious disconnect and knowledge gap between IT security and DBAs who are entrusted with the task of safeguarding databases, says Sentrigo CTO Slavik Markovich. Commentary--You would think that enterprises realize by now that databases, which hold the “crown jewels” of sensitive information, need protecting....

SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'

Open-source fans have dismissed Darl McBride's court comments in the lawsuit brought against SCO by Novell Troubled software maker SCO's chief executive has claimed the Linux operating system includes Unix source code, during a court case in which Novell is suing SCO for royalties on Unix. ...

HP develops new type of memory circuit

It took about 40 years to find it, but HP scientists said they discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up. CHICAGO--It took about 40 years to find it, but scientists at Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday they...

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'

The founder of Mozilla Europe claims Adobe and Microsoft's rich-media tech threatens the open nature of the web but concedes they are currently necessary for multimedia content. Companies building websites should beware of proprietary rich-media technologies like Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight, the founder of...

Top Virus Threats - Grisoft

Microsoft Watch

Microsoft's Open Letter to Open Source

Microsoft's epic battle with free software didn't start yesterday, or in 2004, but more than 30 years past when young geek Bill Gates laid the foundation for the company's business philosophy. The approach is fundamentally incongruent with open source....