Previous DayRemote access companies in legal battle
News Two remote access service companies, Citrix and WebEx, are embarking on a legal battle over a range of domain names
BT offers landmark changes to avoid break-up
News The threat of possible break-up has prompted BT into proposing some sweeping changes. But rivals are not celebrating yet
Sun's utility pricing clarity
Video Sun is billing the $1 per CPU hour pricing as the cornerstone of it's new Grid plans. Jonathan Schwartz explains why
Linux kernel maintainer joins patent celebrations
News Alan Cox has hailed the European Parliament for asking for a rethink of the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, but warns that "the battle isn't over"
Sun's latest chips near completion
News After the problems and cancellation of the UltraSparc V there is good news from Sun's processor department, with the designs for its next two chips shipping this year
VoIP enters the ascendancy
Analysis The sale of telecoms giant AT&T for a paltry $16bn demonstrates that VoIP is a market force to be reckoned with and that it has already had a major impact on business
Beware the worm that gurns
News An email containing a picture of an old man pulling faces also includes a dangerous Trojan
ID cards labelled as human rights threat
News The government's Joint Committee on Human Rights has criticised the current the national ID card plan, and the way that the issue has been handled up to now
Tech history under the hammer
News A selection of documents pertaining to the birth of computing and telecoms as we know it is to be sold off at Christie's in New York
Sun flicks the grid switch
Video Sun has unveiled its latest utility computing project, and its two top executives have a few things to say about the concept
EU software patents: the lesson of victory
Leader The battle against bad law has been won at the last minute. Celebrate, but the war isn't over yet
Java creator questions Sun/Microsoft pact
News James Gosling, fellow at Sun and father of Java, has called the relevance of the pact between Sun and Microsoft into doubt
Pensioners pioneer Internet security
News Survey: Retired people are leading the charge to repel hackers and viruses
Acronis True Image 8.0
Review True Image 8.0 is a first-class imaging program that makes it easy to copy the contents of a hard drive to removable media or to a separate disk or partition. We recommend it.
EU parliament demands patent restart
News Opponents of software patents are delighted that the EC will be asked to rewrite the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive
MSN Messenger hit by double-whammy worm
News A Bropia variant is using MSN Messenger to spread, and is packaged with a second more damaging worm
JVC Mini Note MP-XV841
Review It may be pricey, a bit slow and somewhat awkward to use, but the Mini Note MP-XV841 delivers good multimedia features and excellent battery life in a compact package.
Failing IT staff under pressure
News The majority of chief executives see their IT departments as underperforming, according to a recent survey
Europe's email to get VeriSign security
News VeriSign is now selling its email security services outside of the US
Linux developers prioritise security
News Builder : A mailing list has been set up for alerting those responsible for maintaining the Linux kernel to possible security issues
Sun's blades to get updated
News Sun's first generation of blade servers are going to be phased out next year, with taller faster machines planned to win back lost ground
