Previous DayCarphone Warehouse freebie broadband stumbles
News Carphone Warehouse's "free broadband" launch has suffered a bout of premature-success hiccups
MPs demand DRM safeguards
News An independent parliamentary group wants companies to receive legal guidance over the implementation of DRM, after Sony's 'rootkit' debacle last year
Navman iCN 720
Review The iCN 720 is a high-quality navigation device, with excellent usability and on-screen information display. Although it's intriguing, we're not convinced that NavPix will have the revolutionary...
Lenovo denies ditching Linux
News Update: The PC maker, which recently signed a $1.2bn Microsoft deal, says it has no plans to stop supporting the open-source OS
Putting the 'motor' in Motorola
Q&A Motorola's Ed Zander recently sat down with editors to discuss the Q, tell tales of dealing with Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and show off the movies he watches on his phone
Microsoft, Adobe squabble over PDF
Analysis Analysis: Antitrust concerns remain over Microsoft's use of XPS and PDF, but Microsoft is acting now to avoid or delay legal action
IBM tightens up Rational 'team' tools
News The changes will make it easier for different people in the development process to centralise and share information, according to IBM
Major spammer pays $1m settlement
News At the peak of his spamming activity, the Texas resident was listed as the world's fourth most prolific spammer, but now says he has seen the light
7/7 bomb rescue efforts hampered by communication failings
News It is 'unacceptable' that the emergency services are still not able to communicate by radio when they are underground, concludes a new report
Quark faces up to its mistakes
News As it launches XPress 7 in Europe, Quark's management is facing up to customers' criticisms and admitting they have been in their 'own little world' for too long
RIM won't do 'half-baked' dual-mode devices
News Research In Motion says there won't be any Wi-Fi/GSM dual-mode BlackBerrys just yet, while BT insists the time is right for the technology to go mainstream
US government, Net firms fail to agree on data retention
News Following a secret meeting, it appears the Justice Department wants to at least require Internet providers to record customers' Internet Protocol addresses, though that may just be the beginning
Wireless networking kit sales on the up
News WiMax is on the rise as service providers adopt the technology and drive subscriber growth
Yahoo chief to be paid $1 salary
News The $1 salary follows moves by other tech executives, including Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, and co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Critical flaws squashed in Firefox update
News The most serious of the bugs could be exploited by miscreants to hijack vulnerable systems, Mozilla developers said
Registrar named in massive cybersquatting suit
News Dotster allegedly used its special status with ICANN to fuel a cybersquatting campaign infringing on prominent brands
Toshiba touts data density record with new drive
News The new notebook drive has a capacity of 200GB of data, 25 percent more than the 160GB drives touted by Seagate and Hitachi
VMWare aims higher with new bundle
News VMWare hopes to move beyond server consolidation to become the default choice for companies looking to manage their entire infrastructure
Investors sue Vonage over IPO
News The suit, filed in the wake of Vonage's disastrous flotation, alleges that investors were misled by the Internet telephony provider, its officers and underwriters
Office, Vista changed in wake of Adobe threat
News Microsoft is making changes to the way Office 2007 and Windows Vista handle PDF and XPS files in an effort to assuage some of Adobe's antitrust concerns — and to lower the chances that an...
