Apple forces Linux music player name change
News Xtunes was too close to iTunes for Apple's comfort. The software's user interface will also have to go
Easynet sees fruits of unbundling labours
News The telco is claiming to be the only effective participant in the UK's local-loop unbundling process
Text-messaging services face capacity crunch
News Mobile network operators, facing the worst market in a decade, are not upgrading SMS services fast enough, warns Logica. Picture-messaging services are also being delayed
CIOs: Integration is in, CRM is out
News A survey of chief information officers has found that while IT departments are investing in new software, they are wary of CRM packages
SAP takes aim at small businesses
News The business software company is to work with Hewlett-Packard to distribute SAP's products to small and medium-sized firms
Government moves goalposts in broadband licence debacle
News 'Use it or lose it' becomes 'Don't use it, and get away with it' as 28GHz licence-holders get another 18 months to make wireless broadband available to just 10 percent of potential users
Intel to unveil nanotech plans
News The chipmaker is set to give an idea of what will power its chips in the future as it discusses nanotechnology at its developer conference
Ogg Vorbis plays with hardware support
News An open-source, royalty-free audio format may finally appear in audio players alongside MP3 and Windows Media Audio
More PS2 and Xbox price cuts predicted
News Analysts forecast that a pre-Christmas console price war could be on the cards, involving Sony, Microsoft and even Nintendo
Caldera, stay off the mushrooms
Comment Matt Loney: Caldera's decision to change its name to The SCO Group indicates that it might be suffering from one vision too many.
Sun customers angry at Solaris roadblock
News Sun is taking the heat for its decision to delay the release of the Solaris 9 operating system for its x86 architecture
Mobile phones key to e-commerce security
News RSA plans to bring two-factor authentication to the masses by sending keys by SMS to mobile phones
Intel teams up with Philips on design
News The companies are to work together to provide design and manufacturing services to consumer-electronics companies
New PCs restrict copying
News Microsoft and HP are about to release the first 'Media Center' PCs, with built-in television and video recording. But their restrictive digital rights management could kill sales
Exchange 2000 SP3: Packed with essential fixes
Feature Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Policy states that customers should be able to rely on the availability and security of its products. In keeping with this policy, the company has released SP3 for...
VeriSign may lose dibs on domain sales
News The .com registrar is accused of allowing inaccurate and absurd contact information to linger in the Whois database
South Korea: World's most advanced mobile technology?
News Analysts say South Korea has managed to pull off what European mobile network operators can only dream about
RIAA site defaced again
News Irate attackers post a false apology to the music-traders of the world
Wi-Fi to climb aboard broadband modems
News Upcoming chips will make it easier for broadband users to create wireless home networks
Napster buyout blocked
News A judge stops Bertelsmann's buyout of the shuttered file-trading service, as the Napster drama appears to finally draw to a close
Intel slices and dices chip prices
News The desktop Pentium 4 chip has got cheaper in a round of price cuts by Intel



