Navision 4.0 to boost business analytics
News Microsoft has provided more detail on the next release of its Navision ERP application, which will have an Outlook-style user interface and more sophisticated business analytics
US Robotics launches 125Mbps Wi-Fi update
News US Robotics has updated its 802.11g hardware to allow wireless connectivity up to 125 megabits per second
Microsoft experiments with open source
News Microsoft has veered away from its open-source hard line by releasing Windows Installer XML under a public licence
The pub's the hub for community broadband
News Business and individuals in many rural areas still denied a high-speed Web connection could soon look to their local watering hole for broadband
Vodafone mobiles sing Looney Tunes
News Games and ring tones based on the Warner Brothers' content will be streamed to the mobiles of Vodafone customers in Europe
Kazaa and eDonkey brace for attack from Netsky
News The Netsky worm is due to launch a DDoS attack on file-sharing sites such as Kazaa and eDonkey on Wednesday morning
MSN searches for leverage
Q&A Microsoft's portal guru explains his search-engine and music-download plans
India's salary growth threatens outsourcing
Special Report Rises in the wages paid to Indian IT workers could lead to the country pricing itself out of the offshore-outsourcing market
Microsoft intensifies storage commitment
News An upgrade to Microsoft's storage-focused OS and changes to its server OS are designed to improvement management of storage networks
Mitac Mio 558
Review The Mio 558 is a well-specified and attractively priced Pocket PC handheld, featuring Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and dual expansion slots.
Oracle and Dell draw closer together
News A bundle containing two-processor servers from Dell and database-cluster software from Oracle may be on its way
Linux can cost more - study
News Larger firms face high upfront costs when shifting to open source, according to research by The Yankee Group
Trading Places: If Microsoft ran Ikea...
Comment Ikea's founder Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Bill Gates as the richest man in the world. Imagine a universe in which these brilliant entrepreneurs...
Next Mac Office ready to hit the shelves
News Microsoft says Office 2004 will go on sale next month
Spymac gives away 1GB of email storage
News A Mac-focused Web hosting firm is following Google's example by giving away email accounts with massive storage space
Worm 'did not cause' US blackout
News Human and computer failures were to blame for last year's power cut in North America, not the MSBlast worm, according to an investigation
Microsoft establishes RFID council
News The software giant wants to assume a more controlling role in the development of radio-frequency identification technology

