Previous DayGoogle to Yahoo: We're in your corner!
Blog For years Yahoo and Google have competed fearsly in every corner; search engine wars, email, social networks, advertisers etc.. You'd think that Yahoo's demise would be welcomed with open arms at...
Intel shows off Silverthorne and Tukwila
News A broadside of technical papers from the chipmaker gives details on its portable and enterprise processors, new memory tech and wireless development
RE:Teaser for new Motorola phone
Blog Comment "Carrying around all those old-fashioned huge profits? Burdened by excess market share? Troubled by having to lug that tiresome credibility with you? Motorola can shrink all of those to...
Antivirus vendors tackle testing standards
News Companies including Microsoft and Symantec have formed an organisation to investigate testing standards for anti-malware products
PGP: Encryption alone no cure for data breaches
Comment In the fight against security breaches, PGP chief executive Phil Dunkelberger cautions that encryption by itself is not the answer
Cracking open the Iomega Zip drive
Photo These once-popular drives gave many users their first taste of easy-to-use backup and storage media. But have you ever wondered what's inside?
Microsoft releases Vista SP1 to manufacturing
News The company is preparing to release the first service pack for the latest incarnation of Windows, as well as Windows Server 2008
Teaser for new Motorola phone
Blog I just received an email from some Motorola PR guy with a link to the clip below. It's admirable of the struggling manufacturer to have cottoned onto this "viral marketing" business at last, but......
LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia and mobile Linux
Q&A Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation, discusses its first mobile Linux platform release and the implications of Nokia's acquisition of Trolltech
Mobile development: global, competitive & useful… but how?
Blog With the Mobile World Congress just around the corner, it’s no surprise to see a whole heap of mobile marketing malarkey bubbling up this week. A new name to me was the LiMo Foundation, who, I...
BT buys retail e-commerce outfit
News The purchase of Fresca will give BT greater expertise in the fashion and general merchandise e-commerce sectors
BT Resilience?
Talkback I seem to remember a fire in a cable duct in Machester taking out large numbers of connections in March 2004, affecting people far outside the immediate vicinity of Manchester, and throughout the...
Microsoft-Yahoo bid attracts regulatory 'interest'
News The proposed acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft will be scrutinised by US antitrust authorities
The Microsoft-Yahoo deal in digits
Feature Combining Microsoft and Yahoo statistics reveals the areas in which the merged giant could gain an advantage over Google
Deciphering Microsoft's Yahoo bid
Video ZDNet.com's Dan Farber talks to CNET News.com's Ina Fried about Microsoft's announcement of a $44.6bn cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo
Cutting the cable count with PoE
Feature Not content with supporting only low-power devices, networking vendors are making plans to push more power across the LAN
Key mobile Linux platform out in March
News The LiMo Foundation's mobile Linux platform will be released in March, but the API set is available to developers now
Privacy experts warn of 'ambient intelligence' risks
News Public confidence could be lost if the data gained from increasingly ubiquitous information-gathering tech is not properly safeguarded
Where next for Microsoft's Yahoo bid?
FAQ Microsoft faces financial and legal hurdles in its unsolicited bid for Yahoo. Here's what could happen next
What's the point?
Talkback What is the point in ramping up the speeds and lowering the costs when so many of the services are ridiculously unreliable? And when they do work, the majority seem to be "capped" or "shaped",...
Vodafone cuts mobile-broadband rates
News The company aims to boost uptake of mobile broadband with a £15-per-month 3GB price offer, which will run for a limited promotional period
Treasury to scrutinise gov't IT spending
News The chief secretary to the Treasury will look at how the state delivers about a dozen major projects, such as NHS purchasing programmes and road building
Broadband Britain sees costs fall as speeds rise
News Fat pipes are cheaper and faster than ever, with average broadband costs falling 36 percent in the past four years
