Previous DaySand In The Vaseline
Blog Attached as we all are to our silicon life-forms, it's worth remembering that at heart, they're really just boxes of sand. Silicon and its various compounds are capable of fighting back, though,...
Nortel to restate profits yet again
News Telecommunications giant has to restate profits again following 'third-party re-measurements'
Intel 'hacker' sentence expunged
News Randall Schwartz, a former Intel contractor, has been cleared of a conviction for hacking into Intel systems
SCO suffers another loss
News Unix vendor records another loss-making quarter, as interest in its Linux indemnification programme wanes
Words of wisdom to manage IT
Leader How clearly can we see the important matters in IT? It's just a matter of definition
Only IT can save the world
Comment Among all the hype and noise of green IT, one fact deserves our faith. There are no limits to how good we can be
Oracle cuts fees in multicore shift
News Licensing change follows price pressure from Microsoft on licensing for multicore hardware
Google and SEC in tax dispute
News The SEC doesn't like the way Google accounts for income tax, but the search giant is standing firm
Ofcom dismisses 3G auction speculation
News Regulator denies press speculation that it will allow mobile operators' 3G licences to continue beyond their allotted terms
Bring your mobile security up to scratch
Feature Losing a laptop doesn't have to be a disaster, with the right precautions
UK trumps Europe on Linux streaming
News Local council's multi-platform streaming service wins funding and an award from the European Commission, which itself only supports Microsoft
Citrix vulnerability found
News Vulnerability in Citrix's Presentation Server Client could allow users' machines to be compromised
Home fibre broadband hits landmark
News Fibre to the home is making slow but steady progress in western Europe, with nearly one million users connected
HP calls spying scandal a 'wake-up call'
News Scandal over boardroom leaks and pretexting has led to a shakeup in company's ethics operations, execs say
Colt's mobile plans still unclear
News Telco is apparently developing a mobile service but can't say what it is, after spending £1.5m on radio spectrum
Software bug dictionary aims to cut confusion
News US Department of Homeland Security-backed effort aims to create a formal list of software weaknesses
PC business drags down Dell's earnings
News The company ends its troubled fiscal year with revenues sharply below Wall Street's already reduced estimates
Berners-Lee: Keep the internet free
News World wide web father tells US politicians his invention must be shielded from control by a single company or country
New attack technique puts Oracle in crosshairs
News Hacker trick increases the risk of commonly found bugs in Oracle's database software, security researcher warns
Is the move worthwhile for Dell?
Talkback If at all Dell start making phones, it is more likely to be defensive strategy on its part to extend the life to its standalone PDA products. Considering, Dell's Axim series runs on windows mobile...
A Futurology Timeline Translator
Blog If you're up early tomorrow and watching BBC Breakfast, there's a good chance you'll catch Diary pal Adrian on there, dissecting a report from South Korea on what technology does next. ...
