Alternatives to Microsoft Office
Buyer's Guide Corel's WordPerfect 12 and Sun's StarOffice 8 aren't the dominant productivity suite players, but they each bring strong qualities to the field, such as affordability and ease of use. But do they...
How will NTL-Telewest affect your business?
Analysis Now that the UK's two cable companies are finally merging, customers can hope for cheaper services. Staff, though, may be worried
eBay fraudster jailed
News A man who sold fake football merchandise on eBay faces nine month's imprisonment and must pay his victims £70,000
Spread Firefox hacked again
News The community marketing site for Firefox has temporarily shut its doors after another security breach
Business Objects acquires visualisation company
News The business intelligence firm is continuing its tactics of growth through acquisition
IT bosses upbeat on tech spending
News American chief information officers say IT spending is up, and they're bullish about business prospects too
HP buys blade pioneer
News Acquisition of RLX should give HP more weight in the Linux blade server arena
Don't leave risk management to chance
Feature Risk management is an ongoing process, not something that can be addressed once and then forgotten.
Help Microsoft stay true to its word
Leader Microsoft has demonstrated its support for open standards by adopting PDF. It's just a short step now for it to do the same for OpenDocument - a step we can help it take
Online UK advertising to top £1bn
News Internet advertising will exceed £1bn in the UK for the first time this year, and has already outstripped outdoor advertising
Kaspersky flaw 'opens back door'
News Rather than making your system more secure, flaws in Kaspersky's antivirus libraries could be opening a new door for attackers
Google and Sun plan partnership
News Sun has StarOffice and Java; Google has the reach, plus a growing collection of software that is dependent on a network rather than on being tied to an operating system. What happens when you put...
Salesforce.com expands poaching plan
News The on-demand CRM provider has a new set of financial incentives to try and lure staff from Siebel
IBM goes after Sun with new low-end systems
News New processors, systems and virtualisation software are aimed squarely at Sun's low-end customer base
Xcelsius|XL
Review Xcelsius|XL offers an impressive array of features that can turn your Excel charts and tables into flashy, interactive PowerPoint slides.



