Previous DayTaking sweeties from strangers - update
Blog Now hold on just one cotton-picking.... As well as the cornets, the nice ice babe with the Intel van was also doling out promotional USB keys. Nothing unusual there - this is fairly standard...
Palm plans resurgence
News Smartphone inventor sells off big stake and shuffles its board in hopes of reinvigorating product lineup amid increasing competition
They're justified and they're Intel, and they drive an ice cream van
Blog Forget about lawsuits. Never mind about competitive practices, anti-competitive practices, mergers and acquisitions, fair dealing, dodgy dealing, out-spending, out-bidding, out-designing, lobbying,...
Intel's turbo memory needs a boost
Leader Despite impeccable engineering and massive marketing, part of Intel's mobile plan seems to have stalled
HTC Touch: the iPhone spoiler?
Preview HTC has launched a new Windows Mobile 6 smartphone with an iPhone-like touch-driven add-on user interface. But will it steal Apple's thunder? Check out our launch-day preview.
Government attacked over document shredding
News Lib Dems are demanding more transparency for Whitehall's IT projects, as reports say a Treasury body requested the destruction of documents
Photos: Rugged Wi-Fi surfs powerboat waves
Photo Ever wondered what bouncing around at 55mph and being lashed with saltwater would do to a wireless router?
Businesses to lead FMC uptake
News Informa research claims fixed-mobile convergence devices will be used by nine percent of businesses by 2012
Sony rejects Turbo Memory over Vista concerns
News Notebook vendor claims the current release of Windows Vista does not support Intel's performance-boosting Turbo Memory module
McAfee: Yahoo search most 'risky'
News Search company has not sought to refute research from McAfee that claims Yahoo returns the riskiest results of the top five search engines
Avaya sells out to private-equity firms
News Ailing VoIP equipment vendor is acquired by two private-equity firms at a price of over £4bn, but says UK customers will not be affected
iSoft takes legal action against CSC
News Software firm says that CSC's objections to its takeover by IBA are unreasonable and may be influenced by 'wider interests'
Government CIO Council 'must raise its game'
News MPs recommend that the CIO Council emulates its US counterpart to become an influence on improving the track record of public-sector IT projects
Novell: all systems go
Blog It's all systems go at Novell this week. Firstly, the Linux vendor (and Microsoft's apparent best-friend in a fledging relationship) names its new chief for Great Britain and Ireland. Jacqueline...
Eee by gum!
Blog Clearly inspired by the Nintendo Wii (and possibly the WEEE directive, but I doubt it), Asus has decided to launch a new ultramobile PC called the, er, Eee. What next - the Oooo, or Aaaa? The...
Memory card developed to work with USB
News MiCard, a descendent of the MMC flash memory card, can be inserted into a USB port and could one day store up to 2TB of information
Wi-Fi networks may pose libel risks
News Network owners should exercise caution when naming their Wi-Fi network to avoid exposing themselves to libel and other legal actions
Let's leave things till the last minute
Blog Can you count the number of times that you have been implored to think about an IT issue early in the project lifecycle? I certainly can't. IT professionals are being constantly urged to think...
IT managers delaying switch to Vista
News Research has found that issues of time and complexity are deterring many UK IT managers from migrating to Microsoft's new operating system
Intel unveils new chipsets
News Computex attendees in Taiwan will see Intel launch an annual update to its chipsets, along with a new notebook for emerging markets
Yahoo opens Panama search ad platform
News Businesses and developers can work with the rival to Google's ad programmes on a free or subscription basis
AMD to offer IT a taste of 'Barcelona'
News Quad-core server chip won't appear until later this year, but the company is trying to show potential customers the processors are up and running
Google and Salesforce.com team up on website
News Site aims to allow the online customer relationship management software maker to act as a reseller for Google's AdWords
Blades and business
Tech Guide How do you juggle the competing demands for more computing power and data storage capacity with the need to keep power costs to a minimum? Blade servers may be the answer.
A guide to server efficiency
Tech Guide The cost of powering and cooling server hardware is fast becoming a critical issue for IT managers, while the demand for ever more computing muscle in the datacentre continues to grow. What can be...
