Previous DayAre the $100 laptop's good intentions good enough?
Comment India may have rejected the One Laptop per Child project, but that may not matter if it's picked up by the Americans
Proof-of-concept malware targets Windows PowerShell
News Virus writers have taken another swing at Microsoft's command line shell, but the technique used isn't new
One Laptop Per Child order reports 'incorrect'
News OLPC has said it is telling countries not to place orders just yet, contradicting earlier reports that orders had already hit the 4 million mark
UK's 'biggest' muni Wi-Fi network goes live
News Norfolk and its capital are the lucky recipients of the UK's largest free municipal wireless network, though not everyone is allowed a full-speed connection
Why the Lords is investigating security
Q&A Q&A: Lord Broers tells us how a Lords inquiry will try to encourage the government to do more to protect the UK's Internet users
Black Hat to dissect Windows Vista
News This year an entire track at the hacker conference will be devoted to the security — rather than insecurity — of Vista and Internet Explorer 7
Suse Linux gives proprietary modules the boot
News Novell is aligning itself with the Free Software Foundation, which particularly loathes proprietary modules that run as a component of the Linux kernel
Open source needs sex education
Leader If open source is open to all, why does half the world not want to know?
AOL UK sale 'not threatened' by portal ambitions
News Sources close to AOL insist that its desire to stay in the content business won't threaten the impending sale of its UK assets
From $100 laptops to Ballmer's lapdance
Comment Best of Talkback: A look back at the stories that got you all talking over the last week
Industry connects to data centre standard
News Intel, Microsoft and Sun are among the computing giants backing a new specification designed to make data centres easier to manage
Oracle to distribute Red Hat?
News Larry Ellison has stirred up the Linux market again, sparking speculation Oracle may start shipping a cut-price version of Red Hat
NHS computer systems take a sickie
News A data centre glitch has interrupted service for dozens of trusts around England
IBM is top dog for SMEs
News Analyst research shows that IBM is leading the race to sell hardware to small UK firms
Palm hit by PalmSource delays
News Cracks have appeared in the relationship between Palm and its operating system supplier. Are they heading for a split?
AMD tucks into server market
News Intel is losing more x86 server sales to AMD, but its Core architecture may help turn things around
No free broadband for businesses
Analysis Analysis: Consumers can now choose from a number of 'free' broadband services, but businesses won't be offered similar schemes any time soon, or even see a significant price drop
