Archive - 08 Nov 2005
NB: Open source business models
What are the pros and cons of an open source business model? Martin LaMonica explores issues around ...
Leader: Chip and PIN won't solve the fraud problem
And two years is too long to wait for a solution
NB: Vintage PCs
Feeling nostalgic for some classic vintage machinery? Check out
OFT to probe cheque clearing
Do we need faster transactions?
NB: nano lawsuit
The iPod nano lawsuit is looking less and less nano by the day – UK and Mexican consumers have joine...
Analysis: Open source unwrapped
What are the pros and cons of collaborative development?
nb email
Staff are busy using email for pretty much everything but work according to a survey by email archiv...
Microsoft anti-spyware tool gets a makeover
Meet Windows Defender...
First biometric passports issued to diplomats
'Ambassador, with these trial passports you are really spoiling us... '
O2 signs Qualcomm for user interface harmony
It's all about the X factor...
NB: On-demand listening
DJ Gilles Peterson has been talking about the future of radio. Speaking to Metro, he enthuses...
Public ready to shun TV over mobile
'But telly on a PC - now you're talking... '
Nokia's Linux Tablet hits some shops
Get one if you can...
NB: The Woz speaks
Apple co-founder, Steve 'facial hair' Wozniak - otherwise known as The Woz - has been expounding the...
nb chip and pn
Chip and PIN has helped cut credit card fraud on the High Street - but now fraudsters are searching ...
Plate scanning cameras help cops spot dodgy drivers
Cameras linked to database identify cars without insurance
Grokster signs out
Has illegal file-swapping croaked its last?
Chip and PIN shifts fraud to online shops and banks
Fraudsters are forced to find new targets...
Yahoo! spends $500m to buy back its sites
Softbank steps out of Europe and Korea
NB: China and tech
The tech industry hasn't exactly covered itself in glory in China of late. Good to know then that Re...
nb old
Will banks face a skills crisis as older IT workers with all the knowledge of how their systems work...
Banks face legacy IT skills gap crisis
Who will keep banks' ageing systems running as the experts retire?
Leader: Old dogs should teach new pups old tricks
New kids should listen to the old boys...
NB: Grokster
It's a sad day for Grokster. The P2P company has shut down operations, following a settlement with H...
Legacy systems - as good as new?
Are the systems being built today any better than those of three decades ago?
NB: Newsdesk blog story
What is the Newsdesk Blog? Learn all about silicon.com's new concept in blogging
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