Previous DayDTI launches consultation on new e-communications rules
Feature This update provides a summary of the key impacts upon affected businesses including any business using websites, email, fax, telesales or SMS/MMS to solicit customers, and businesses in the ISP,...
The Week in Review: Fooling the tech industry
News IT hoaxes proliferated, Microsoft eyed Google and BT shaved broadband pricing - for businesses at least
Windows: The users strike back
Comment Rupert Goodwins: I asked you for your pet Windows peeves. Sadly, everyone is entirely happy with the operating system and nobody replied... nah, only joking
Akamai pulls Al-Jazeera Web support
News Akamai has pulled out of providing support for Al-Jazeera's Web servers, in another blow for the news network
UK government signs Linux deal
News The public sector's online purchasing system is to be underpinned by Linux, in a move that may provide a boost for the open-source technology
IT spending outlook 'extremely volatile'
News Continuing economic uncertainty and the Iraq war have resulted in a lower IDC forecast for IT spending
Sony TV will stream video from the Net
News A project is underway at Sony to develop a plasma screen television that can take streaming content from the Internet or a home network
Vendor-neutral security certification update
News Prepare for CISSP and explore GIAC alternatives with suggestions from TechRepublic members
Oftel pushes for cheaper narrowband Internet
News BT could lose £15m per year if it implements Oftel's latest proposals, and it's not clear whether wholesale savings would be passed on to consumers
Sony adds broadband to digital video recorder
News It doesn't run Napster, but the upcoming NDR-XR1 does have an Internet-based programme guide, an 80GB hard disk and a DVD burner. And it can be programmed from a mobile phone
Friday
Blog Friday 4/04/2003Fancy a weekend project? In a rare moment of unforced sanity, the Radiocommunications Agency -- the bods who fearlessly guard the UK airwaves on behalf of us all -- have decided...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Mobile phones can break your heart, writing about storage can damage your health and making jokes can land you in hot water. Where? Rupert Goodwins' week, that's where
Lexmark tones up for printer fight
News Printer makers are gearing up to take on copier companies with new multifunctional machines - and hoping to put the purchasing decision into the hands of IT departments
IT Anthems: Honeywell
Feature A firm favourite from the history of IT Anthems. Sincere and stirring, Honeywell's quest is quality
Free music: Why not?
Comment Greg Blonder: One sure way to stop pirates is to make music free. Distributors could pick up the tab and get their investment back from marketers and advertisers
Apache issues anti-DoS patch
News The Apache Software Foundation is urging users to download a new patch to protect their systems from a denial-of-service vulnerability
Security attacks jump 80 percent
News Security 'events' - ranging from minor network probing to major hack attacks - were dramatically up in the first quarter of 2003, boosted by the Slammer worm
Tech salaries defy slump
News An international survey reports that having tech skills pays off, with pay rises continuing despite the decline in departmental budgets
Ads-for-content payment system goes live
News An Australian system that allows customers to 'pay' for Web content by viewing selected ads has signed up some European publishers
IBM reveals automation blueprint
News IBM is trying to encourage the IT industry to adopt common standards around autonomic computing
Music industry sues students over piracy
News The recording industry is going after students who run search services on their campus networks
