Previous DaySmartphone virus hype dismissed
News A mobile phone support company has hit back at research into the public's growing awareness of mobile malware, saying that the latest figures reveal a gulf between "perception and reality"
Qualcomm to support Linux
News The maker of chips for mobile phones has joined several other prominent firms in the mobile space by starting to offer support for the open source OS
Google Web Accelerator sparks privacy fears
News Early users of Google's Web Accelerator tool are fretting that they could disclose more than they bargained for
Europe's IT spend slipping
News The worldwide IT market's growth will outstrip Europe by 50 percent, according to research by IDC
IBM blames job cuts on Europe's weaknesses
News High level changes will put more management responsibility with client-facing workers - will other companies now copy IBM?
eBay must face facts about fraud
Leader The online auction company claims to be leading the way in protecting its customers from fraud but won't implement new security technology without consumer pressure
Councils' online election performance lambasted
News 20 of the UK's 34 local councils have had their online performance surrounding today's election rated as 'poor' by and IT management body
In search of the perfect backup solution
Comment Finding the perfect back-up system is harder than it looks. CDP could be offer the answer, if only it didn't suffer from the 4Ds - desirability-driven definition dilution
IBM's growing pains continue
Analysis IBM has announced massive layoffs after disappointing first quarter results as the company tries to reshape its services division
Union fears IBM job cuts could hit UK first
News 'Slash-and-burn reaction' causes alarm at Amicus, while analysts predict job losses in France, Germany and Sweden
Open source groups ally to target schools
News Brief: Free software could appear in more UK schools now that Schoolforge-UK and the Open Source Consortium have teamed up
Big Blue pill for compliance headaches
News IBM has been showing off plans for new data-management software, which should make it easier for firms to stay the right side of compliance legislation
More wires, more fire: FireWire 800
Tech Guide FireWire 800 ups the speed ante, promising twice the data transfer rate of FireWire 400. But what does this mean for you? Read on to learn about this new development in data transfer.
Panther gets patched
News Days after the release of Tiger, Apple has issued a slew of patches for the previous version of its operating system
IT managers failing legal test
News Many IT executives don't understand the legal obligations that new legislation puts them under, according to a recent survey
Military secrets escape through PDF file
News The US army has been embarrassed by its failure to properly protect a partially classified document that dealt with the killing of an Italian agent in Iraq
Spyware gets into phishers' tackle box
News Internet fraudsters are increasingly using keystroke loggers and other malware to capture bank details
IBM to cut 10,000 jobs
News The hardware and services behemoth has responded to poor first quarter results by announcing that it is to restructure its European workforce
