IBM boosts servers with new Intel chips
News IBM has pepped up a trio of its xSeries servers, designed for use in heavy-duty computing tasks
Industry teams up to fight mobile theft
News Stolen handsets can now be banned from all five of the UK's mobile networks - could this reduce the number of mobiles nicked?
Handspring to license RIM patents
News In a move that may head off pending legal battles over a keyboard, the Treo maker is to license Research in Motion's patents
Logica swoops for CMG in £510m deal
News The troubled UK software and services company has bought its Anglo-Dutch rival, but many staff will lose their jobs
Kofi Annan's IT challenge
Comment In a special column for CNET, the UN secretary general says that bridging the digital divide requires the active involvement of tech decision makers in a global IT initiative.
Gartner ITxpo: news reports
Feature Michael Dell promises innovation, Gartner CEO Fleisher says screw good deals out of your suppliers. All the news from Gartner's Symposium in Cannes
Teleworking hits security barriers
News The widespread uptake of working from home is being slowed down by concerns over security issues
'WirelessUSB' could beat Bluetooth on the PC
News A new technology from Cypress Semiconductor aims to be everything that Bluetooth is not in the world of PC peripherals
.Net gives XML tools out of the box
Feature What follows here is an attempt to give the uninitiated a guided tour of some of the important XML classes in .Net and a look at the philosophy behind its API
Give your users a better search tool
Feature Too often, corporate search engines don't deliver. If users can find the information they need, they will thank you
Ryanair sales take off on Web
News Irish cut-price airline is selling almost all its tickets via its Web site - showing the power of e-commerce
Gartner sees no economic recovery in sight
News The economy 'remains awful', but it's not all bad: there has never been a better time to drive a good bargain with an IT vendor, says Gartner
Is there a cure for battery overload? I wish
Comment David Coursey: Batteries might seem like a pretty trivial topic. But the power supplies we use to run our laptops, PDAs, and cellphones are crucial to the future of personal tech. Here's what I've...
Easy Office application development
Feature Microsoft Office Developer (MOD) is a special version of Office designed for IT professionals who do a lot of VBA work but build their solutions in Office rather than in straight Visual Basic
Knowledge workers hold key to survival
News Email is the thief of time, and software must do better at boosting the productivity of knowledge workers, says Gartner
Applied Materials cuts more jobs
News The semiconductor equipment manufacturer is cutting staff because of the downturn in the chip market
Microsoft reveals latest product for bankers
News The latest component of Microsoft's BizTalk Server is software designed to help banks and financial institutions process payments online
BEA brings Liquid flexibility to networks
News BEA Systems on Monday released software that allows a business to exchange data and information across various platforms on its network
LindowsOS 2.0
Review Lindows truly is a viable consumer alternative to Windows or Mac OS -- especially if you're on a budget.
Microsoft exam methodologies
Feature Keep these methodologies in mind when preparing for any Microsoft exam that's likely to test you on hardware configuration
Wi-Fi goes further with new switch
News A start-up is aiming to extend the range of Wi-Fi networks to four miles and thousands of users
HP, MIT delve deep with digital library
News DSpace acts as a centralised, electronic repository for intellectual property generated by research institutions
MS ruling leaked through security blunder
News Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling on the Microsoft anti-trust trial leaked onto the Web two hours before the official release
Epson Perfection 2450 Photo
Review As easy to use as any entry-level scanner, this device boasts the image quality, the speed and the features that business users and graphics professionals will appreciate.
Braid virus winds its way through email
News The mass-mailing worm shares many attributes with the notorious Klez, and could share in its success
Borland retools JBuilder 8
News The Java tools market leader releases JBuilder 8, which is designed to offer better support for Web services and to make code management and debugging easier
RealNetworks signs 3G deal
News A deal with a spinoff of France Telecom promises to yield software that will help content providers and carriers stream video and audio to new mobile phones and other wireless devices
Dell to debut handhelds at Comdex
News The Axim line will appear later this month, and may trump competitors with low prices



