ISP throws in free router to 8Mbps broadband signups

ISP UK Online is offering new signups to its Broadband 8000 service a free Wireless Ethernet router. The offer is open to everyone who signs up before 21 February. The wireless router, said to be worth around ?70 in retail, allows customers to link up to 10 PCs, laptops and consoles to the broadband link from anywhere in the home. ...more

Analysis: Patent expert scoffs at fears that Open Source community under threat

A patent expert has scoffed at fears from the open source community that a recently exhumed memo from a high ranking HP exec foretells an imminent legal campaign against the software community based on patent claims. In a two-year-old memo sent by Gary Campbell, then vice president of strategic architecture, to a number of other HP execs, he said he feared 'Microsoft could attack Open Source Software for patent infringements against OEMs, Linux distributors, and least likely open source developers.' However Greg Aharonian, a patent expert who run the patnews service said: 'The memo was written two years ago, and not much has happened, not surprisingly. ...more

And also today (21-September-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. A Tiny enterprise Tiny Computers has launched a new division to specifically address the corporate market. The move comes on the back of signing a corporate agreement with Avon Cosmetics. ...more

Thin's back in, says NEC

NEC is attempting to breathe new life into the thin client market with the launch of its Virtual PC Center. The company claims the Virtual PC Center offers all the functionality of a desktop PC environment, but with the security, cost and manageability benefits of thin clients. Its desktop thin client - the US100 - is the size of a hardback book (155 x 104 x 34mm) and can be attached to the back of an LCD screen, so that it has no desktop footprint whatsoever. ...more

CeBIT 2007: AMD unveils Live! Ready programme

AMD has chosen the CeBIT show in Hanover to breathe life into its Live! initiative, involving multimedia-oriented consumer PCs. A new AMD Live! Ready programme - with a new logo - is intended to easily identify the various devices and software that are part of its Live! ecosystem. 'As more and more consumers embrace the AMD LIVE! solution, we continue to reduce complexity and move technology out of the way,' said the corporate VP of AMD's Consumer Business, Joe Menard. ...more