Email filter chokes on 'erection'
News Email filtering is a tricky balancing act, especially when dealing with subjects such as 'erections', as Rochdale Council's planning department found out
IT workers lured into contracting
News Rising pay is one of the factors that has lured workers into the contractor lifestyle
Oracle to acquire Demantra
News The acquisition could help Oracle to expand its supply chain applications business, and to focus more intently on particular industries
Amnesty condemns tech firms over human rights
News The human rights group has slammed major technology companies such as Cisco for providing the infrastructure to support repressive governments
Mainsoft brings .NET to WebSphere Portal
News Builder: Visual MainWin for J2EE, Portal Edition allows developers to take existing ASP.NET Web applications and recompile them to run on IBM's WebSphere Portal
Apple expands recycling programme
News Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has been criticised at recent shareholder meetings for the company's environmental record
Symantec challenge to OneCare faces delay
News Norton 360 will integrate components of Symantec's current security, PC optimisation and backup products
Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice
News The virus is capable of infecting OpenOffice as well as Sun's StarOffice
Microsoft's Visual Studio courts database pros
News Builder: Visual Studio Team System makes it easier for database administrators and programmers to make and test changes to database schemas, according to Microsoft
Analysts question the Orange way
News Orange's barrage of new services is impressive, but could the sheer variety backfire?
Microsoft's plan for 'new JPEG' leaves users cold
News Readers said they're ready for a new format, but voiced concern about it being a Microsoft product
How Sony failed to Connect, again
Analysis The failure of Sony's latest attempt at a PC-based music player is a story of corporate mismanagement, miscommunication and 'unmitigated disaster'
Symantec to keep watch over Web transactions
News Norton Confidential will offer a shield against phishing Web sites and malicious software that try to steal sensitive data
IBM puts price tag on virtualised servers
News IBM says its new usage-tracking software, called Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager, will be a boost for virtualisation
Red Hat: Microsoft still 'aggressive as hell'
Q&A In an IT landscape focused increasingly on the Web, can Red Hat boss Matthew Szulik maintain the disruptive energy the leading Linux provider once enjoyed, while keeping old enemies at bay?
Photos: Red Hat boss seeks The Truth
Photo The open source specialist's user summit opened with a call for greater transparency in the technology industry, and in society as a whole
Skype software to ship on Dell laptops
News The communications package also includes an integrated Webcam and microphone, noise isolation earbuds, and a mobile broadband antenna
Sun to slash thousands of jobs
News New chief Jonathan Schwartz has wasted no time in paring down the company's headcount, as Sun's revenue continues to fall
Google answers analyst questions
News Google executives held a live question-and-answer Webcast with analysts to give more insight into the company's business and strategy
MindManager X5 Pro
Review MindManager X5 Pro combines brainstorming, project management and presentation functionality into an extremely useful business tool that's especially well suited to the Tablet PC platform.



