Spinning around a sales model
Q&A Breaking it down, it's not the same as the rest of the firm's business, but the Xbox 360 is driving the software giant forward in 2006
Techie comedy draws flak and some fans
News After Hours: UK IT professionals now have their very own sitcom but some TV critics are not amused
Photoshop 'critical' for Linux
News Survey: The lack of Linux ports for certain popular design, Web publishing and multimedia applications is holding people back from running the open source operating system on their desktops
New wireless tech promises gigabits in the home
News If you dream of a world of ultra-high-speed networking faster than standards yet unborn, IBM has the first of a new breed of chip
Spam campaigners reject email payment plan
News Spamhaus says the email charges planned by Yahoo and AOL will erode our freedoms
Stamping down on spam
Leader Slapping a charge on email seems to go against the spirit of the Net, but it's a welcome sign that spam's reign of terror is ending
HP looks to hosted apps for new profits
News Cost-cutting isn't the only thing HP is trying to do to drive its profit margins up
Adobe plugs Creative Suite holes
News Brief: Flaws that could have opened up users on shared systems to attack have been fixed
Allchin makes the business case for Sidebar
Feature Wide screens aren't just for DVD playback - they can help your productivity too, according to the Windows chief
NetApp makes the case for virtual tape
News Network Appliances' new virtual tape product promises the speed of disk without the need to change from existing tape-based storage
Game firms look to the wiki ethos
Feature User-created content is becoming more important in all software spheres, and gaming is leading the way
Google blacklists BMW.de
News The search engine's Webspam team is less than impressed with BMW's German Web site
Whom do you trust?
Buyer's Guide Microsoft and Symantec will soon roll out managed online security services, creating the first real head-to-head competition for the two software giants. But more importantly, it'll force users to...
Fiat to launch Microsoft-equipped cars
News Blue&Me features Windows Mobile for Automotive, and is meant to help road warriors integrate their GPS, music and telephonic gadgets with their cars
2006 to be 'best year since the boom' for contractors
News Survey: Not since the heady days of the dot-com boom will IT freelancers have had it so good
Opera singing a fruity tune
News The latest beta of Opera 9 features a technology popularised by the most recent release of Apple's operating system
Virtualisation firms get ready for a real battle
News The three main proprietary virtualisation firms all have new initiatives to expand their customer base slated for launch this week
EMC gets serious about SME storage
News Will small firms be wooed by EMC's Insignia range, which offers a new badge, tweaked products and aggressive pricing?



