UK Web site accused over anthrax drug sales
News The US Food and Drug Administration has emailed 11 Web sites that it believes to be selling illicit batches of anthrax antibiotics
BT satellite broadband due this month
News Rural businesses will be able to get high-speed satellite Internet access by the end of November, but installation costs will be high
VMware feeds Windows XP to Linux
News The latest Workstation from VMWare will allow a user to run a Linux 'virtual machine' on a Windows XP system
AMD's newest chip attempts to raise the bar
News Advanced Micro Devices has again upped the stakes in its processor performance race with rival Intel
Bush lobbies EU to drop traffic data retention ban
News The US president is adding his support to British demands for data retention for criminal investigation purposes
EC says Microsoft probe goes on
News The European Commission's investigation into Microsoft's embedding of Media Player continues regardless of its settlement in the US courts
BT suspends ADSL rollout
News BT will not upgrade any more local exchanges to ADSL until it sees sufficient demand, leaving many rural areas without affordable broadband access
HP will give away e-business software
News In an aggressive move to increase its market share, HP is to give away application server software
HP sees money in simpler data centres
News Hewlett-Packard moves into eLiza territory with its new data centre service, which is designed to streamline server operations
Microsoft patches XP laptop freeze
News Microsoft has issued a patch to solve the problem of notebooks freezing when using Windows XP
Safety concerns slow e-government uptake
News An international study has shown that Internet users have safety concerns about using government services online
Compaq ditches IBM storage product
News Compaq decides to sell its own new high-end storage system in place of the Big Blue system it carried. The move follows IBM's recent dropping of Compaq's mid-range storage product
Microsoft leaves its Wallet wide open
News Software flaws in Microsoft's Passport authentication system leave consumers' financial data wide open and have caused the software company to remove a key service from the Internet
Red Hat chases mainframe Linux leaders
News It's about time: Red Hat finally decides to follow its rivals into the mainframes niche. The release of its version of Linux for IBM server systems is just around the corner
Epson Stylus C80
Review Great speed, great graphics -- shame that Epson's Stylus C80 falls down on something as essential as printing plain-black text.



