Previous DayNigerian scammers 'exploit tsunami tragedy'
News Brief: A fraudulent email claiming to come from an Asian charity helping Tsunami victims is circulating the Web
Mandrakesoft gives Linux the corporate treatment
News Brief: The latest Linux distributions from Mandrakesoft aim to get more businesses running Linux on both their servers and their desktops
What does *nix mean for Redmond?
Comment The advent of the $50 OS could spell trouble for Microsoft, but it's a storm that Redmond will weather
AMD targets portable video players
News Will the Alchemy processor allow AMD to make a pile of gold from a boom in portable media player sales?
Asian Linux distro is ahead of schedule
News A standard Asian Linux distribution being developed by an alliance of Chinese, Japanese and Korean software vendors is now due for release in July
BT engineers assist tsunami relief effort
News A team of BT engineers are on their way to restore communications links in Indonesia, as other tech giants pledge money and equipment
TomTom GO
Review This standalone satellite navigation device has a lot to recommend it, but we'd like to see a couple of key drawbacks ironed out.
HSBC customers hit by hardware failure
News A massive systems outage on Monday stopped HSBC customers using their credit and debit cards, as well as online systems
Mobile giants sign up to Super 3G
News The next generation of 3G could offer speeds of up to 10 times faster than the current standard, which may be good news for services such as TV-via-mobile
Passport failure shows the folly of Microsoft's ways
Leader eBay brought down the final nail in Passport's coffin last week, but the whole episode should be a cause for celebration, not mourning
VeriSign: Cybersecurity starts with schools
Q&A The chief executive of VeriSign is at the forefront of the battle to protect the Internet - and he believes everyone should be involved
Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever
News The online retailer's UK branch dispatched more than 400,000 items on its busiest shipment day ever
Yorkshire attempts to bridge its digital divide
News North Yorkshire County Council it to utilise its fleet of mobile libraries in an attempt to bring e-government services to those without Internet access
LaCie Porsche Mobile Hard Drive USB 2.0/FireWire
Review This compact external hard drive packs a lot of speed and storage space into a sleek, stylish package. It's a bit pricey, but well worth the money.
Blogs take off in 2004
News 27 million people read blogs last year, according to a recent survey - an increase of nearly 60 percent on the previous year
GuruNet launches search service
News Answers.com aims to provide a way to get direct, factual information - GuruNet says it will be a companion to Google rather than a rival
Online tills ring with Christmas cheer
News Shoppers went online in large numbers this Christmas, with US spending up by 25 percent
Google announces charitable move
News The search engine's Charitable Foundation, which is looking for a director, will have 1 percent of the company's equity and profits to distribute
IPOs see tech phoenixes rise from the ashes
News Companies such as Napster that survived the dot-com boom and bust are now starting to thrive on the markets, according to recent figures
