Previous DayOFT to shake up government IT spending
News The Office of Fair Trading is looking into how the government makes purchasing decisions to see if it is helping or hindering competition
Dot-com rebranding makes a Tiny comeback
News Tiny Computers has gone back to the 1990's practice of adding '.com' to its name, with the launch of its e-commerce site
Microsoft: Stuck between a rock and a hard patch?
Comment Software will always be vulnerable, and users will always be gullible, but is Microsoft really the victim of circumstance that it appeared to be last week?
Will there be a Beagle 3?
Q&A Logica CMG's head of business development, Space and Defence division, discusses Beagle 2 and the European rival to GPS
Dell Inspiron 510m
Review So long as you don't need to carry it too far on your travels, the Inspiron 510m is an excellent general-purpose notebook.
AMD grants win EU approval
News The chipmaker is set to receive over 500m euros in grants for a new chipmaking facility
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Thursday 5/2/2004Interesting news from abroad: a set of hackers in the US have prised open the minimal security inside Motorola's cable modems and released the operating system within. You have to...
Virtual commando conversations boost VoIP
News Microsoft and Sony have created a consumer application for voice-over-IP that could drag the technology into the mainstream
Eurostar plans Wi-Fi trials
News The cross-channel train operator is following in the footsteps of GNER and Virgin Trains with a wireless Internet access plan
Orange rolls out its first wireless PDA
News Following up its line of Windows-powered smartphones, Orange is aiming for business users with a new SPV
Linux considered for GPS rival
News One of the main contractors for the Galileo European satellite-navigation system has not ruled out the use of open-source software for mission-critical systems
Microsoft escapes voice-data lawsuit
News Microsoft did not violate controversial voice-digitisation patents, a court has confirmed
IBM ThinkPad X40: a first look
Preview IBM's ultraportable notebook drops to 1.22kg and gains powerful rescue and recovery tools. Read our initial impressions.
Bribery case claims IBM scalp
News IBM Korea has replaced its top executive following indictments in a bribery case
US Army apologises for threats
News An army official says threatening to prosecute an open-government advocacy group for posting unclassified documents online was a mistake
AOL videoconferences via IM
News AOL has updated its chatting software and extended a deal with Apple
Spam-blocking service lets good mail pass
News A US start-up is offering Web-based email accounts that shut out spam but do not block potentially wanted emails
Patches needn't be your weakest link
Comment Getting patch management wrong can have serious implications - it needs a systematic approach
Sun reveals future Java foundations
News The company has released the first beta of the next version of its Java 2 Platform
US abandons Internet voting
News The Pentagon has scrapped plans to allow overseas Americans to vote in the upcoming election via the Internet
Sharman offices raided by piracy investigators
News The offices of two file-sharing firms in Australia have been searched by Music Industry Piracy Investigations
Acer TravelMate 291LCi
Review Acer's TravelMate 291LCi delivers good performance and excellent battery life, and will appeal to anyone on a tight budget.
Storage firms expand offerings
News Hewlett-Packard has announced pay-per-use pricing, while EMC is rolling out an upgraded hardware range
OSDL lays out Linux guidelines
News Open Source Development Labs has released standards for using Linux in enterprise applications
Rogue songs 'can control PCs' via RealPlayer hole
News A UK firm has uncovered flaws in the media player that let attackers take over PCs if they play specially engineered files
SCO adds another accusation to IBM case
News SCO has expanded its Linux lawsuit against IBM by claiming its copyright was infringed
