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Mitnick on Mitnick: Why I'm going legit
News We hope to get sponsors like Microsoft for the project, and we will offer pre-orders of the film on our website. There is always a certain level of risk. While still under court supervision for the next few months, Mitnick is publishing a book and... [08 Oct 2002]
Web services in Singapore - how one state is getting its act together
News A project on this front is the planned establishment of a Web Services Innovation Zone (WIZ) by IBM and tertiary institution Nanyang Polytechnic. Web services are a method of writing software that allows businesses to interact via the internet. [07 Oct 2002]
Devil's Advocate: The government source
Comment In the typical collaborative project, large meetings of delegates are held. If open source is to make commercial inroads it needs a few prominent standard bearers. He has been a frequent contributor to silicon.com's Behind the Headlines TV... [01 Oct 2002]
Big Blue tickled pink about web services
News The technology, currently codenamed Project Allegro, will let businesses track the use of web services so they can bill customers through a variety of subscription-based models, such as pay-per-use, said Bob Sutor, IBM's director of ebusiness... [27 Sep 2002]
Mozilla hits back at critics with Phoenix
News The Mozilla development project has introduced a new web browser, called Phoenix, to smooth over some of the speed bumps of its previous navigation tool. It's a lean and fast browser that doesn't skimp on features," according to the project page on... [25 Sep 2002]
Scots demand government cash for broadband rollout
News Given the glaciers, huge mountains, crevasses and severe weather conditions, such a project is rather more technically challenging than making broadband available to homes and businesses in outlying parts of Scotland. [24 Sep 2002]
Sun donates 'SSL-lite' to open source group
News The server seller donated the technology to the OpenSSL project, a programming group that makes an open source version of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption system. Sun has donated new cryptography technology to an open source project at the... [23 Sep 2002]
Sun touts savings via "N1" project
News Steve MacKay, Sun's vice president for the N1 project, explained during his keynote address at the SunNetwork 2002 conference in San Francisco the benefits of the new programme. With N1, network administrators will be able to increase computing... [20 Sep 2002]
Miracle chip restores sight to the blind
News Aimed at those suffering from macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, where the light-sensitive cells on the retina stop working but the nerves survive, the project is a $9m collaboration between US national research labs and universities. [18 Sep 2002]
More details this week on Sun's Big Idea - N1
News On Thursday, at its SunNetwork 2002 conference in San Francisco, Sun plans to describe N1 milestones running through 2005, a source familiar with the project said. Sun Microsystems plans to detail a timeline tomorrow for N1, a sweeping software... [18 Sep 2002]
IBM and Intel cut blade server deal
News IBM and Intel are joining forces in a multiyear project to design new super-slim "blade" servers, the companies plan to announce later today. Blade servers are thin models that squeeze side-by-side into a single enclosure like books in a bookshelf. [17 Sep 2002]
Mozilla spills the beans on surfer's browsing habits
News Netscape and other web browsers based on the Mozilla development project contain a bug that leaks users' web surfing data, according to a new report. Mozilla is an open-source project initiated by Netscape Communications, now part of AOL Time... [16 Sep 2002]
Yahoo! spam is taken off the menu
News Steve Linford, director of the Spamhaus Project, said: "Thousands of people were complaining. London-based Spamhaus, which runs a spam-blocking service, added Yahoo! s stores site to its list of suspected spammers on Wednesday, some two weeks after... [13 Sep 2002]
Dell becomes British Airways' preferred partner
News The first part of the relationship will see Dell providing Latitude notebook and OptiPlex desktop technology to BA for its desktop refreshment project. British Airways and Dell have announced a three-year strategic technology partnership. [11 Sep 2002]
Is roaming coming to Wi-Fi?
News This could then be used in such industry efforts as Project Rainbow, a joint endeavour by AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, IBM, Intel and Verizon Communications and to create a nationwide Wi-Fi network in the US. [11 Sep 2002]
