Some Bluetooth on your Palm

One for developers: Palm has released a beta version of its Bluetooth Software Development Kit for its Palm OS platform. Palm is still backing the wireless technology Bluetooth as a means to provide 'an unprecedented level of flexibility and mobility' for people on the go, and the new kit is a means to help developers build such systems. Compliant with the Bluetooth 1. ...more

UK company to trial nationwide lamp post Wi-Fi

A UK company has announced plans to begin trials to provide a nationwide WiFi network by turning lamp posts into wireless hotspots. The aptly named Last Mile Communications aims to install access points in more than 150,000 lamp posts, using the existing electrical cabling to carry signals to the Internet, and will begin testing later this year. The system was originally developed for traffic management and by using existing cables ensures no road digging is required. ...more

17-02-2001 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. Oftel decides on FRIACO part 2 Government backs down on ?1bn broadband investment Emoti-photy-cons Windows XP unveiled Orange shares slide as they sell Microsoft salutes the new President Rivals cheer over Napster ruling Handspring announces new modules Dreamcast set-top box unveiled IBM helped Hitler organise holocaust says book Lastminute makes more money, but still makes a loss 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

Headlines of "Bush Wins" stir auction sites

Has Bush won? Has Gore won? What's the result of the Florida vote? These are some of the questions that may are may not be clouding your political mind. But if you want to grab a piece of US political history, you can log onto the eBay or Yahoo auction sites and put a bid in for those embarrassing items that appeared in the early hours of November 9. What I'm talking about is the plethora of newspaper coverage prematurely announcing that George W. ...more

Wednesday's child is full of unpatched security exploits

The Internet Risk Impact Summary Report for the second quarter of 2003 reveals that most security attacks are launched on a Wednesday, with increasing variety of methods used to target the same vulnerabilities. The report, issued by Internet Security Systems, shows the numbers of serious incidents have risen 13.7 per cent over the previous quarter, with Wednesdays averaging 1,809,222. ...more