Previous DayAIDS research grid project gathers support
News Thousands sign up for AIDS/HIV grid research effort, helping to build an ad-hoc supercomputer that could save lives
Wikipedia under fire
Feature Can you trust the collaborative encyclopaedia?
NTL and Virgin Mobile confirm £800m proposition
News Telecoms convergence continues unabated; If the deal goes ahead, NTL will be able to sell quadruple-play services under the Virgin brand
New bundles mark Adobe's Macromedia merger
News Brief: Having completed the takeover of Macromedia, Adobe has now started the job of mixing its product portfolio
NHS takes the open source pill
News Just over a year after signing a £500m deal with Microsoft, the NHS is aiming to save £75m with Novell and SuSE Linux
Trojans target unpatched IE flaw
News Two exploits have been seen in the wild that target an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer. But are users really at risk?
Global chip sales hit new high
News Buoyant demand for PCs, mobiles and other devices pushed the semiconductor market past the $20bn mark in October
Reforming the IP laws is your job
Leader Intellectual-property reform is needed, and the government agrees. Get ready to get stuck in
ThinkFree Office 3
Review ThinkFree Office 3 is a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office that lacks advanced tools but offers a free online component that's a handy work-in-progress for frequent travellers. Still, we'll...
Google Mail gets security upgrade
News It's been a long time coming, but Google Mail users now have built-in protection from email nasties
Cross-application attack exploits IE flaw
News Google desktop has been used to demonstrate that an unpatched flaw in IE could put data in all your applications at risk
Microsoft tweaks IE to duck Eolas liability
News While the software giant is still convinced it will triumph in the ongoing patent-violation suit over Internet Explorer, it has announced plans to alter future versions
Workplace gets OpenDocument support
News IBM's hosted productivity software will support the open standard, and will be aggressively marketed to governments in developing markets
1,500 government staff hit by ID theft scam
News A tax credits e-portal has been shut down after evidence of a massive fraud involving over a thousand stolen identities
Sober worm clogs Hotmail connections
News Emails aren't getting through to users of Microsoft's Web-mail services, and the Sober worm is apparently to blame
Olympics told to go open source
News HP and IBM are trying to ensure open source software is used to run the Beijing games, but a lack of local expertise could leave the move stuck in the starting blocks
