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Tuesday 15 May 2001

The Segway Human Transporter

Or SHT for short...

The best of 'Reader Comments': Napster KO'ed, virus warnings and Ellison's vision

Each week silicon.com is inundated with comments from you, our readers. From the past seven days, here we bring you a sample of responses relating to three popular stories.

Microsoft brought into the safety of the harbour

Microsoft has agreed to sign the US-EU Safe Harbour data-protection agreement, which comes into effect on 1 July.

Energis and that poisoned chalice of a top job

"Losses lessen" used to be the best thing you could say about Energis come results time. This year commentators can't even turn to this backhanded compliment. Yet, bizarrely, the underlying trend for the alternative telecoms supplier is a good one.

Energis in the money, CEO out of the game

On the back of his company's end-of-year results, Energis CEO Mike Grabiner announced he is quitting the telecoms operator.

Blair promises Ministry of Skills

The Labour Party is mulling a reshuffle of Whitehall in a bid to tackle the skills gap.

Users say: Thanks for the memory, but we shun new hardware

The cost of memory is set to rise because the squeeze on corporate IT budgets is forcing companies to upgrade existing hardware rather than investing in new boxes.

BT warns: 3G billions may have been wasted

BT has pledged to spend a further £10bn on 3G over the next five years, but has said it doubts demand for next generation mobile services will justify the associated development costs.

Nokia plays with open source

Nokia has launched a website, ostdev.net, aimed at open source developers working on its Open Standards Terminal, a platform for home entertainment applications based on open source technologies such as Linux, Xfree86 and Mozilla.

Investors still carry torch for start-ups

Despite gloomy reports funding is still around for start-ups, according to the British Venture Capital Association.

2600 hackers hijacked

Hacker group 2600 has been subjected to a domain name hijacking. Due to a database error at domain registrar Network Solutions (NSI), a company called NB Productions was recently able to register 2600.com illegally.

Just for Fun: Extract 2 - From project to product

In this second extract from Just For Fun, the book about Linus Torvalds, Linux and the open source software movement released today, we find a different Linus. Getting used to his new-found fame, here he describes what it was like for Linux to get wider attention...

Bungling MPs breaking online campaign laws

Less than a week into the frenzied month-long run-up to the general election, and many MPs have already indulged in some slightly 'sleazy' online activity.

Cisco unleashes new internet protocol

Cisco has announced the first ever routers with built-in support for the new version of the internet protocol, IPv6.

Lucent 'spies' win temporary freedom

Bail has been set at close to $1m a piece for two former Lucent Technologies employees accused of corporate espionage.

Baltimore seeks subscribers to boost business

E-security provider Baltimore Technologies is to make its PKI technology available on a fully managed, subscription basis.

Politicos do battle in people's palms

Forget the economy, class sizes and waiting lists, the latest battle between Blair and Hague is being fought on the nation's mobiles and PDAs.

Dimension Data defies the downturn

Shares in South African systems integrator Dimension Data rose over eight per cent in early trading today after it released strong results showing a continued rise in profits.

Tim Berners-Lee finally a jolly good fellow

Timothy Berners-Lee has been awarded fellowship of the Royal Society, one of the country's highest honours, for his contribution to the invention of the internet.

By the book: Linus Torvalds in his own words

Linus Torvalds' autobiography, Just For Fun, is published today.

Fighting Fraud: The internet - a safe home for investment funds?

silicon.com's Fighting Fraud investigation has cast doubt over the potential for the internet - in its present form - to offer secure investment opportunities. The key, it would seem, is the development of effective regulatory bodies, and as Pete Warren explains, punters are still waiting...

The hottest email in town

Microsoft's free email service Hotmail has topped the 100 million user mark.

Being Linus Torvalds: silicon.com launches portal into the mind of open source guru

You may have heard that he's branded Mac OS X "crap", but why did he say it? And what does he think of Bill Gates, Silicon Valley software politicking, and the future of open source?

Misplaced confidence loses eCRM custom

Business customers are failing to use online CRM because they are fooling themselves about their ability to answer customers' queries.

London opens higher despite Nasdaq dip

Overnight the tech-laden Nasdaq closed 1.21 per cent down.

Model Management: Old timers have their day

Amid the general gloom of the high-tech sector in the first quarter US reporting season, two old timers provided a perhaps unexpectedly pleasant surprise - IBM and Apple.


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