Previous DaySober worm now 4 percent of all email
News Antivirus company Sophos claims the Sober worm now accounts for one in every 22 emails
eBay sends out mixed messages on security
News The online auctioneer has ruled out introducing two-factor authentication for the time being, despite public calls for the widespread introduction of the technology by its own chief security officer
Macromedia upgrades Web conferencing software
News Breeze 5 has been unveiled. It now supports full-screen video, VoIP and features to assist in its use in corporate training
Security 'still IT managers' top priority'
News Cisco's chief executive has said that he thinks that keeping their networks secure is more of a concern to CIOs than hitting business targets
Security fears delaying IP networks
News All-IP networks will be commonplace eventually, but fears surrounding viruses are apparently holding up adoption in many firms
Sun pushes environmental benefits of thin clients
News Scott McNealy claims that thinner is better when it comes to limiting damage to the environment
Turbolinux signs massive banking deal
News The firm will roll out Linux across all of the Industrial Commercial Bank of China's 20,000 branches and 1,000 global subsidiaries
Zen and the art of broadband pricing
News Internet service providers across the UK are dropping their broadband prices, and analysts believe more speed and more choice is on the way
Teenager detained for eBay fraud
News An 18-year-old defrauded eBay users of £45,000 to fuel an extravagant lifestyle of high-tech kit and limousines
A vote for IT
Leader Without a ministerial voice, IT will continue to be mismanaged at the highest level
Uncommon Sense: Out of the Box Thinking for an In the Box World
Review Peter Cochrane's columns for Silicon.com, which form the basis for this book, examine the interface between technology and society in a stimulating yet easily digestible way.
Stamping out spam
Feature The tactical battle between Web users and spammers is stepping up a gear. We look at what is being done to bring an end the endless avalanche of junk email before we're all buried by it
Spyware industry 'raking in billions'
News A security vendor claims that the spyware market is generating £1bn a year in revenue, but at least one analyst isn't convinced
OASIS commits itself to service-oriented architectures
News Builder: The new committee is going to try to clear up some of the confusion surrounding SOAs by creating a reference model
IT consulting spend resurgent
News For the first time in three years, the amount of money being spent in Europe on IT consultants is rising significantly
eMacs and iMacs get more bite
News Apple has revamped its all-in-one desktops, which now ship with faster chips and optical drives, as well as the Mac maker's new OS, Tiger
Sony debuts dual-layer DVD burners
News Brief: Internal optical drives capable of writing 8.5GB to a single disc are being shipped by the electronics firm now, with external ones to follow in May
Networking firms lash out at Tiger
News Several firms have been left licking their wounds after they found that their software no longer worked properly with the latest version of Apple's OS, with some blaming bugs in the new kernel
Europe threatened by Sober 'epidemic'
News Antivirus firms have issued stark warnings after seeing the speed at which Sober.P is spreading. It now accounts for almost 80 percent of the Net's virus traffic
Ultrawideband rides to Bluetooth's rescue
News Rumours of the death of Bluetooth seem to have been exaggerated, as plans have just been announced to integrate the technology into plans for Ultrawideband
Mac OS X Tiger: what's inside Apple's new OS
Tech Guide How does Apple's latest version of Mac OS X, Tiger, look and feel on the desktop? Check out our screenshot gallery here.
Cisco unveils converged security solution
News The networking firm is looking to companies with cramped data centres with its latest offering: an single box that deals with up to 18 different security and networking issues
