64-bit Windows: 'A long time coming'
Video IDF: 'It's time for the transition,' according to a senior Microsoft executive, commiting the company to an April release of a 64-bit Windows OS
Intel steps up a gear
Analysis IDF: The latest news, analysis, and comment from the Intel Developer Forum
Hitchhiker's Guide wins interactivity gong
News The legacy of Douglas Adams lives on as the online version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text-based game picks up an interactive BAFTA
£50m failure of UK e-university probed
News A parliamentary committee says that the UKeU, set up to offer university courses online, failed because it allowed technology to drive its strategy
Ultrawideband partners merge
News IDF: The alliance of WiMedia and MBOA will help UWB to conquer offices and homes where, Intel says, "the general consumer doesn't have a clue"
Intel hangs mesh hopes on 802.11s
News IDF: A new networking standard promises easy configuration, higher bandwidth and more flexibility for home and office wireless networks
Antivirus patent granted
News Symantec has been granted a US patent for methods used in its antivirus software
JBoss hints at financial success
News JBoss World: The open source model of billing for services rather than charging licence fees seems to be working for JBoss
Data centres - it's time to cut the power
Leader It's not the lack of space we need to worry about in datacentres...
Security firm in email deletion fiasco
News It's a case of 'you had mail' for companies who use GFI's email security service, after a BitDefender bug scuppered a service update. Was the update tested properly?
Intel: Linux can save you money
Video The chipmaker's CEO sits shares his thoughts on the wireless space and how running Linux on Intel architecture can save millions of dollars
SurfControl buys anti-spyware tools
News Brief: Application security company Apreo has sold its anti-spyware technology and ideas for $6.8m
JBoss adds server cluster management
News JBoss World: Analysts believe JBoss Network goes some way to closing the gap with IBM WebSphere, Oracle Application Server and BEA WebLogic
Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660
Tech Guide The Pentium 4 6xx-series sees Intel finally entering 64-bit desktop CPU market. The new chips also offer improved power management (EIST) and memory overflow protection (XD bit).
Intel's concept PC apes Apple
News IDF: A concept PC being shown off by the chipmaker in San Francisco bears a striking resemblance to the Mac mini
Another connection revolution proposed
News IDF: Intel is to reveal details of a new stacking technology that could speed up inter-chip communications
SHA-1: Your questions answered
Q&A We talk to one of the researchers behind the 'cracking' of SHA-1 to find out what his research means for both businesses and cryptanalysts
Adobe open sources interface software
News Builder: The graphics software firm has released the source code of two packages that should aid software interface design
OSI mulls changes to definition of open source
News Builder: The new president of the open source initiative has suggested changing the definition of open source in an effort to stop the problem of licence proliferation
Intel reveals flash card plan
News IDF: The chipmaker is to start manufacturing NAND flash memory in an effort to gain a share of the market for data storage in consumer devices
IBM promotes open source innovation
News Builder: The hardware and services firm is trying to make it easier for students with open source expertise get jobs with its partners, and has proposed a new e-learning programme that encourages...
W3C applauds Microsoft 'reprieve'
News The decision to send the Eolas case back for a retrial has been hailed as 'one more step toward certainty that this patent is not going to threaten interoperability on the Web'



