05-05-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. Microsoft guns for Open Source BT tries to speed up ADSL, industry unconvinced 60GB hard drive with free video editing Apple to stop selling CRT displays BT moves out of Japan, sells to Vodafone XML solidifying as a standard Microsoft patches IIS buffer overflow flaw New faster, lighter, sleeker iBooks Ensure you're paying the cheapest phone bills Reptiles will always survive, why not IBM systems? Don't forget, we welcome your comments. Just click on a story and go for the 'Comments' link on the right-hand side of the screen. ...more

EFF gives up fight for Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemptions

A leading US digital rights body has given up on the US Copyright Office, saying that every proposed exception to the DMCA has been rebuffed, rendering the 'three-year exemption' period meaningless. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act includes provision for a tri-ennial rulemaking period, whereby interested parties can propose exemptions to the legislation: i.e. ...more

IBM shores up multi-user network security

IBM has introduced security technologies to ensure the network knows who you are. New features to IBM's Embedded Security Subsystem on select ThinkPad notebooks and desktops will allow a user to log onto a network from any access point and be authenticated along with the provision of security credentials such as cryptographic keys and certificates. This is particularly appropriate to work environments where multiple users will log on to a single system or where a user roams from system to system. ...more

JotSpot puts the wiki into group collaboration

JotSpot wants to be the breakout application for Wikis, and with the release of version 2.0 it's hoping its friendly look and feel will make it just that. The point of a Wiki is that it allows remote group collaboration, where each participant can log on to the site and edit its contents. ...more

UK games chart: X-Men fail to dent World Cup dominance

FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 is once again sitting pretty at the top of this week's ELSPA games chart. Published by EA Sports (for the PC, PS2, Xbox and Xb360), it holds off Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (PC, PS2, PSP, Xb, Xb360) at number two. Making steady progress is Nintendo's Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) - up to number three, from six - which uses the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service to let you make friends with your animal neighbours. ...more