Previous DayBT broadband price cut 'unlikely' to benefit consumers
News The telco is poised to cut its monthly wholesale ADSL prices on Thursday, but there is concern that the saving will effectively be wiped out by other costs
Cable & Wireless switches chiefs
News Wallace walks, with the fate of C&W's three UK datacentres in the hands of his successor
Camera PDA seen in Palm readings
News Images and specifications of a rumoured new model of the Zire handheld, featuring OS 5.2, a colour screen and an integrated camera have surfaced on Web sites
Java pioneer brings Web services to Europe
News Roman Stanek, the founder of Java developer NetBeans, is bringing his new Web services venture - Systinet - to Europe
RealPlayer and QuickTime flaws could let hackers in
News Two unrelated vulnerabilities have showed up in the popular digital media players, and experts are concerned about the potential for exploitation by hackers
Web speech effort gets new voice
News Microsoft is making demos of its Speech Software Development Kit available, as part of a move to drum up interest in the technology standard
IT managers need Tablet PCs too
Feature The tablet PC-enabled workforce will be slow in this economy, but it would be naive to think that your company's next big hardware upgrade will not include a few of these devices
Could application servers be overkill?
Comment David Berlind: Cape Clear Software's chairman will tell you that application servers aren't necessary - but the big Web services vendors disagree
Web services uptake is 'encouraging'
News A survey of early adopters has found that Web services is taking off, despite concerns about security and standards
ATI delays Radeon 9600
News The chipmaker is rolling its top graphics processor to retailers now, but the next revision of its technology - carrying a lower price tag for consumers - will have to wait
Toshiba Pocket PC e750
Review Building on the strengths of its predecessor, Toshiba's Wi-Fi-enabled e750 can claim a place at the top of Pocket PC heap.
HP aims new printers at small business
News The LaserJet 1300 and 2300 are designed for the small business sector, which is growing in importance to the printer maker
BT kicks off phone price war
News The telco is making significant changes to its pricing structure for voice calls, but rivals aren't impressed
Software piracy slows growth, says industry group
News An antipiracy organisation with members including Microsoft and Adobe is releasing a study that says increasing software protection is good for countries' economic health
PlayStation 3 may run on Linux
News Engineers from Sony and BMW are looking at embedded Linux for use in future products, according to the Linux Technology Group
Microsoft takes a SIP of office networking
News The convergence of IT and communications technology through the adoption of Session Initiation Protocol 'changes everything', says Microsoft
Who is telling the truth about CRM?
Feature CRM was saddled with hype that it would completely change the way organizations do business, but companies realized that its potential may have been oversold. Here are results of research that took...
HP does Mozilla deal
News Hewlett-Packard, in a vote of confidence for the open-source browser, is to bundle Mozilla with its Unix operating system - and HP will provide the support and patches
Get users diskless with Linux thin client
Feature The Linux Terminal Server Project may offer the cost-savings solution your organisation needs. Find out how to save your IT budget with Linux thin client systems
Netgear DG824M
Review If you're thinking of combining ADSL with wireless Ethernet, Netgear’s DG824M should most certainly be on your shopping list.
WS-I to clear path for Web services security
News The Web Services Interoperability Organization has set up a working group to clear a way through overlapping proposals about Web services security
Leave Windows 9x behind
Feature Check out the top five reasons for moving to Windows 2000 or XP, and find out what you need to do if you decide to make the change
The myths and reality of women in IT
News The 2003 silicon.com Skills Survey examines the role of women in the tech workplace and has some surprises
India unveils new supercomputer
News Although not as powerful as its US and Japanese counterparts, the PARAM Padma computer marks an important step towards high-performance computing in India
New Celerons begin Intel chip flood
News In the next few months Intel will release the Canterwood and Springdale chipsets and a 3.2GHz Pentium 4
Microsoft sets Office bundling terms
News The bundling programme for new Office components, including OneNote and InfoPath, appears to be extending an olive branch to companies offended by Licensing 6.0
Big Bang project sparks supercomputer plans
News IT companies such as Intel and HP are lining up to help out with CERN's Large Hadron Collider project, seeing it as the ideal testing ground for new technologies
