Palm m505
Review It's not perfect, but it's the best Palm device yet.
South American bank switches to Linux
News Bank chooses the free operating system in 'landmark' deal for financial institutions
Dell recall affects 57,000 in Europe
News The fault in 284,000 Dell notebook batteries that could spark a fire affects 57,000 batteries in Europe
Four out of five Web sites fail cyberattack test
News A survey of three million Web sites has found that four out of five are vulnerable to attack -- Australian banks among them
Schools 'crucial' to broadband revolution
News ADSL's less well known cousins SDSL and leased lines will drive the market, and Telco Redstone plans to be at the forefront
UK moves closer to licensing security consultants
News A refusal to accept crucial amendments to the Private Security Industry Bill means that security consultants may need a government licence to work here
Via plans 1.2GHz chip as strong sales boost confidence
News Chipset maker Via bucks the trend with strong results, and plans a 1.2GHz x86 processor for launch later this year
Yahoo! cracks down on porn chatrooms
News Following intense pressure, the portal removes links to adult chatrooms from its general pages
Merger approval paves way for faster chips
News The US government has approved ASM Lithography's takeover of SVG, potentially speeding up the availability of 10GHz chips
Home networking needs a killer app
News There are bound to be a few techheads who network their homes just for the sake of it, but most people want to see some killer apps first
Free software advocates go to war with Microsoft
News In anticipation of an attack by Microsoft on open source and free software concepts, advocates of the source code sharing community are lining up to hit back at the software giant
European regulation fails to solve broadband problem
News Leased lines will power European business broadband, but are over-priced and of low quality
US clears way for semiconductor merger
News Advanced semiconductor equipment makers ASM Lithography and Silicon Valley Group ease fears over military secrets
WorldCom job losses hit the UK
News The loss of 800 jobs at WorldCom could mean up to 430 jobs go at subsidary UUNet's Cambridge site
Intel offers workers severance packages
News Workers will be given pay packages to leave the company
Cisco moves to compete in metro networks
News Network giant takes a metropolitan line in its market thinking
Palm's sales slump in April
News Handheld company oblivious to the joys of spring as sales fall
Rambus reveals royalty rates
News Rambus charges more than was expected for royalties on its memory technologies
Dell mounts global notebook recall
News Recall of almost 300,000 notebook batteries will be a global effort, says computer giant
Server startup banking on novel design
News Egenera takes on the likes of IBM and Compaq using Linux and Intel chips: First battle arena is financial services
Napster clone seeks court protection
News Aimster makes a pre-emptive legal strike against the music industry
AMD cuts prices - but keeps it quiet
News Although AMD has said it won't engage in a price war with Intel, the chipmaker is quietly discounting its processors to keep up with its rival
Firms shop around for Net law jurisdictions
News The global nature of the Internet makes it possible for companies to pick their country when it comes to online defamation cases
VirusScan Wireless
Review Buy a standard desktop anti-virus package instead.



