Previous DaySAP and Microsoft tune up for Duet
News SAP and Microsoft have chosen the name Duet for a joint project-- previously called Project Mendocino -- to bring their respective flagship products closer
Polycom targets Skype business users
News The Polycom Communicator aims to give business travellers a better Skype experience
The Cloud slashes Wi-Fi prices
News New weekly and monthly rates launched under the "UltraWiFi" banner will satisfy customers who are sick of exorbitant pay-as-you-go prices, the provider says
Schneier on security's 'people problems'
Q&A Q&A: Bruce Schneier, security expert and founder of Counterpane Internet Security, believes we need 'people solutions' to cybercrime rather than just relying on technology
Look up in anger
Leader The name look-up system at the heart of the Internet is vulnerable to attack. The really bad news is that nobody's queuing to fix it
Under Web 2.0, the user is the enterprise
Feature Enterprise software vendors are being forced to adapt as smaller rivals market their programs directly to users, and the users themselves write their own applications using wikis and "mash-ups"
NASA hacker ready for a long battle
News Gary McKinnon could face a long fight through the courts, possibly all the way to the European Court of Human Rights, if his appeal against extradition to the US on hacking charges is rejected
IBM warms to AMD Opteron servers
News Bill Zeitler, senior vice president of IBM's systems and technology group, says a move to Opteron would make sense - it simply has the potential to bring in more money
Visto wins patent suit, sues BlackBerry maker
News Awarded $3.6m in damages from Seven Networks, Visto says RIM's devices also infringe its intellectual property rights and should be taken off the market
AMD attempts to track down overheating Opterons
News Some AMD Opterons are overheating, but AMD says the problem is confined to a few that fell through a 'test escape', which means the problem lies in testing, not in manufacturing or design
Hackers gain credit card details through UK retailer
News More than 4,000 UK credit card holders may have been affected by a security breach that occurred after hackers gained access to credit card details through an online retailer
AOL IM bot hides behind encryption
News AOL is blocking a bot that uses encryption in a way that, says the company, could help it infect a large number of computers
Intel to invest $1bn in World Ahead programme
News Intel says it will provide equipment and teacher training in emerging markets as part of a $1bn investment programme announced on Monday
Ballmer defends investment plans
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the company's massive investment in R&D is essential. Analysts disagree, even those who see Microsoft 'getting Googled'
Google Scholar beta
Preview Google Scholar scours scholarly journals quickly and thoroughly, although Windows Live Academic Search beta better organises finds on its pages.
