Previous DayPrices rise as eBay adds VAT
News Complying with the new EU e-commerce VAT directive will see a rise in the amount people pay to sell via eBay, but the online auctioneer is absorbing some of the new costs
Sendo lawsuit targets Orange SPV smartphone
News A lawsuit filed by the UK handset maker alleges that the SPV contains Sendo patents, and aims to halt SPV sales
Lack of email 'more traumatic than divorce'
News Nearly 40 percent of IT managers saw a week of email downtime as more traumatic than getting divorced or moving house
ID card row hits new low
News Evidence is growing that the government plans to ignore thousands of objections to the introduction of entitlement cards that were submitted online or by phone
Revised server numbers show HP 'decline'
News Gartner has revised its figures on server market share for 2001 and 2002, showing that HP's sales had declined more than was originally thought
Anti-piracy team checks P2P sites
News The BSA is using a Web crawler to check sites in the Asia-Pacific region in order to find those who trade in illegal software
New Bugbear worm races up virus charts
News Update: A variant on the fast-spreading Bugbear worm has emerged near the top of security firms' virus charts after appearing in the US and Australia overnight, with the UK particularly badly affected
Cable & Wireless cuts go deeper
News More staff are to go and the company will retreat from the US market as C&W attempts to rebuild its financial position
Office gets a Project update
News Project 2003 aims to make it easier for users to plan large-scale projects using the Office software package
ISP to hand over file-trader names
News US Internet service provider Verizon is to bow to recording industry pressure to reveal the identities of four alleged music pirates
Plantronics headsets last the distance
News New Bluetooth and DECT wireless headsets claim to offer significantly better battery life and longer range than was previously possible
Ballmer targets Linux as top threat
News A memo from the Microsoft chief executive has identified open-source software as one of the main challenges facing the company, saying the company will compete 'in a fair and responsible manner'
Samsung launches rotating camera phone
News The SGH-V200 camera phone features a lens that can rotate 180 degrees, which the firm claims is a world first
Companies look for truce in security flaw row
News Software companies and security firms have drafted guidelines on how and when information on new flaws should be released, a debate that has become increasingly heated
Sun chips hit a snag
News The server maker's revamped UltraSparc microprocessors are to debut later than expected, as Sun plays catch-up in the hardware race
Unix contract sheds light on Novell-SCO dispute
News A 1995 contract transfers Unix ownership from Novell to SCO, excluding copyrights and patents. But the contract contains ambiguities that may leave Linux users legally vulnerable
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook S-6120
Review The S-6120 is an attractively designed sub-2kg notebook with exemplary mainstream performance. However, demanding applications could be held back by its integrated graphics, battery life is...
