Xerox's patent claim on Graffiti system to be thrown out of court

Handheld builder palmOne has had Xerox's claim that the Graffiti text entry system infringed one of its patents thrown out of court. District Court Judge Michael A. Telesca issued a summary judgement in favour of palmOne after deciding that the patent was invalid. ...more

BT cuts broadband upgrades price

BT Wholesale has made a huge cut in the cost of changing the speed of an IPStream-based ADSL broadband connection. Upgrading your line, whether from 500Kbps to 1 or 2Mbps or from 1 to 2Mbps will now cost your ISP ?11 plus VAT. Previously the charge was ?35. ...more

Microsoft warns of Hallowe'en security issues

Microsoft has highlighted new security flaws in the latest Windows platforms - from NT 4.0 to Windows XP. The most severe, rated critical, poses the possibility of denial of service attacks via an unchecked buffer to 2000 and XP networks set up with PTPP (Point to Point Tunelling Protocol). ...more

Handspring goes cordless

There's been much written about the Handspring Visorphone, but did you know that a module was available for the PDA that turned it into a DECT cordless phone? The ParaFone from Arkon is aimed at all those Handspring users who have a contact list the size of the Chinese telephone directory and allows the user to dial direct from their PDA. The kit comes in two pieces: a module for the Handspring and an accompanying base station that plugs into your telephone socket. The unit was recently shown off at the CES in Las Vegas and features caller ID, conference calling and call tracking. ...more

IBM ships new Z9 mainframes

IBM has started shipments of its latest line of mainframe computers on schedule. The new z9 range of machines can process up to one billion transactions per day, which gives it twice the performance of the previous generation of big iron claims IBM. The new machine has a host of security features intended to appeal to government and large corporate customers. ...more