And also today (12-Jan-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. IBM's AIX Toolkit for Linux Applications is available for download. It enables developers to build Linux apps on AIX, IBM's UNIX. ...more

T-Mobile maps out coverage

T-Mobile is offering a network coverage checking tool via its website, to better advise potential users of the services available in particular locations. Dubbed StreetCheck, it generates a visual guide to the strength of 2G and 3G coverage on the basis of a user-supplied post code. 'It's a big simple thing,' T-Mobile's Brand Experience Manager, Greg Watts told us. ...more

Larger companies take more than their fair share of virus damage

Half of UK businesses suffered from virus infections according to a new survey from the DTI. Preliminary results from the biennial Information Security Breaches Survey show that last August's Blaster worm was the biggest headache in 2003, particularly for large companies for which the worm was the culprit in more than half of infections. In fact big business suffered unduly - of all companies one would expect the big players to take security the most seriously with latest in antivirus software and system security. ...more

Broadband continues its UK ascent

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that always-on broadband connections now account for more than five per cent of Net-access in the UK. The 5.3 per cent figure for ADSL access in the UK shows a 15. ...more

Samsung powers up flash memory laptops

Samsung has unveiled the world's first laptops that store data on NAND flash memory rather than a hard disk drive. Available in Korea from June 2007, the Q30-SSD and Q1-SSD have 32GB of NAND storage providing three times the read speed and one and a half times the write speed compared to HDDs. Samsung says that the portables will boot Windows XP up to 20 to 25 per cent faster than a comparable HDD-based machine. ...more