TruSecure sees security in screensavers
News To increase internal security, you might be better off with a screensaver instead of a strong login password, says TruSecure
'Smart' bank card scheme goes nationwide
News After a successful trial in Nottingham, smart-card banking is spreading to the rest of the UK
IBM cuts 700 services jobs
News After laying off 380 software staff last week, IBM has announced it will eliminate 700 jobs from its services group
Palm's new Tungstens mean business
Video ZDNet's Patrick Houston checks out the Palm Tungsten T3 and E models, which tout more power, new display features and upgraded personal information management software for the business user
Civil liberties group denounces 'trusted' PCs
News 'Trusted computing', as promoted by Microsoft, IBM and others, represents a threat to users' privacy, says a prominent digital civil liberties group
Free spectrum boosts Irish broadband
News A high-speed wireless network running at 2.4GHz in Dublin is embracing 5.7GHz after seeing plenty of demand for its service
New Trojan appears to attack VeriSign
News A Trojan program has emerged in Australia that may be triggering a concerted assault on VeriSign's domain name
Apple may jump on hot spot bandwagon
News Apple was a pioneer of mainstream wireless LAN use, and now it appears to be looking to return to the Wi-Fi limelight
Start-up touts musical communities
News A digital music service set up by the founder of McAfee hopes to create networks of people recommending and buying songs online
Australians auction phone numbers online
News Valuable commercial phone numbers will be sold online, in an auction designed to avoid previous problems with domain-name sales
Downloadable games poised to rocket
News The online PC gaming market is about to take off, according to statistics from IDC
Flaws quickly turn into attacks
News Companies have little time to patch their systems before security holes in software are exploited by worms or viruses, according to research from Symantec
IBM cements outsourcing dominance
News IBM continues to lead the outsourcing market, despite efforts by other players to catch up, according to IDC
Transport of not much delight
Comment A new smart ticketing scheme may have the tech bells and whistles, but is new technology always an improvement?
Cisco and Huawei mend fences
News The two firms have agreed to halt their fight over router and switch source code, with Huawei to make changes to several products
Palm Tungsten T3
Review The Tungsten T3 combines powerful business and multimedia features with a Schwarzenegger-size screen.
Radar grid homes in on weather warnings
News Researchers are investigating whether a network of lightweight radars will prove better weather forecasters than costly supercomputers
It doesn't matter whether IT matters
Comment Arguing over semantics misses the point that the people implementing a system matter far more than the technology
SGI draws SCO's wrath
News SCO has singled out the high-end computer maker as the next target of its Unix copyright crusade
IBM bags billion pound utility deal
News Big Blue will provide utility computing service to financial services firm Nordea
Microsoft shifts security strategy
News Microsoft is looking for new ways to 'secure the perimeter' after conceding its focus on patches does not work
Siebel and IBM want small firms' IT cash
News The two companies have teamed up to target smaller companies with a customer relationship management system delivered via the Internet
Govt finds open-source flaws
News The OpenSSL Project has released a patch for security holes found during a test by the UK government



