Big hitters bang the drum for innovation
News Businesses and the government have been urged to give their full support to companies offering new and innovative ideas, as high-tech optimism begins to return
SCO names Linux licensee
News A company that runs around 20,000 servers has become the first to be named by SCO as a paid-up licensee
RFID: Overcoming the challenges
Comment RFID promises a sea change - but what are the challenges facing this new technology?
Intel gets optical with fibre
News Optical connections could link chips and motherboards in a faster way than copper wiring
US software 'blew up Russian gas pipeline'
News Software supplied to run a Russian pipeline was deliberately planned to go haywire, causing the biggest non-nuclear explosion the world had ever seen, says a book published today
Netsky.D worm spreading at 'record speed'
News The latest variant of the Netsky worm is clogging up email gateways in a flood compared to SoBig, experts say
Open source is key, says Lastminute.com CTO
Q&A Chip Steinmetz, Part 1: In an exclusive interview, the CTO of the UK travel portal says the open-source community provides better support than IBM or BEA
Bagle worm spawns five siblings
News Five variations of the Bagle worm were released over the weekend, and two of them use tricks to bypass mail filters and antivirus scanners
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Review For small companies that need a business in a box and want to stick with Microsoft technology, SBS 2003 is the only game in town.
US court: Reverse engineering is 'presumptively legal'
News Using reverse-engineering methods to find out about proprietary software is not illegal, rules a Californian court
T-Flash memory aims at mobile phones
News Motorola and SanDisk have teamed up to create miniature memory cards for use in mobile phones
Lastminute.com outsources to Argentina
News Lastminute.com has moved its core Unix and database admin to Buenos Aires and is looking to launch location-based mobile services this spring
BT breaks £20 threshold for ADSL - with limits
News BT Broadband Basic offers the same speeds as more expensive services, but brings in other limitations
ICANN expresses 'disappointment' in VeriSign
News The battle over VeriSign's Site Finder services continues, as the domain name regulator files for an injunction against ICANN
Developer tools to launch with XP Service Pack 2
News For the first time, Microsoft is set to offer developers training in how to make the use of a service pack's security features
Microsoft mulls 'Big Mac' pricing index
News Microsoft's one-rate licensing system may be coming to an end, as an executive indicates that other options are being considered
Dell Inspiron 9100: a first look
Preview Dell's latest desktop replacement notebook is a hefty 4.1kg system with an attractively priced base specification and plenty of options.
Australian open-sourcers set up national association
News Open Source Industry Australia aims become a 'cheer squad' for open-source software Down Under



