Government denies it is demonising the Web
News The Home Office insists that new guidelines and a £1m campaign will keep children safe without creating a climate of fear
Which? to end e-commerce scheme
News The Which? Web Trader kitemark scheme that promised consumers they were shopping safely is to finish at the end of the month
Microsoft readies new Exchange
News A new version of Microsoft's Exchange communications software has entered a second round of testing, the company said on Monday
AT&T restructure cuts jobs
News 'Employee separations' will eliminate 3,500 telecom staff from AT&T's business division
Ask Jeeves dumps banners
News The Ask.com search site will no longer run banner - or pop-up - advertising, relying instead on paid sponsorship or targeted ads
PC industry to revive in 2003
News The corporate replacement cycle will boost sales of PCs in 2003, while the mobile phone industry will be at the mercy of consumers in China, according to new research
Network Associates expands anti-spam portfolio
News Deersoft's filtering technology is to be incorporated into Network Associates' security products
PalmSource does OS deal with HuneTec
News Korean firm HuneTec is to use the Palm OS in its messaging devices as part of the latest deal by Palm's software arm
Macromedia Contribute
Review If you or your employees need to regularly update a Web site but can't get to grips with most Web-creation tools, consider Macromedia's Contribute.
Intel executives cleared of balloon-popping charges
News A lawsuit by Via Technologies against Intel may sound frivolous, but it is only part of a long-running and multifaceted legal fight
We need better WLAN management
Comment Oliver Rist: It's about time vendors woke up to the fact that WLANs need a specialist management tool, before any more access points just disappear.
Demon ditches broadband sign-up fee
News By making it cheaper to sign up for ADSL, the service provider says Broadband Britain will grow even faster
Via brings hi-fi to the low end
News Its latest motherboard will allow low-cost PCs to offer high-quality audio and DVD playback, according to Via
Get real with high availability
Feature "High availability" means nothing, unless you focus on what your users actually need, and promise what you can actually achieve.
Nokia 7650
Review Nokia's first MMS-enabled camera-phone isn't perfect, but it is remarkably polished for a cutting-edge product.
VeriSign splits off domain registrar
News The Network Solutions brand is to be revamped by parent company VeriSign to run its domain name business
Hiring isn't a 2003 CIO resolution
News Chief information officers aren't planning to hire much at the start of the new year, and contractors are filling the void
Is there a supercomputer in your future?
Feature Linux and Itanium could be the future for business servers. If so, then NEC's TX7 supercomputer will be an indication of where your datacentre is going
NTL increases broadband coverage
News High-speed Internet access via cable reaches more residents of East Anglia as NTL widens its broadband reach
Apple set to announce video iPod plans
News Analysts are predicting that Apple may unveil an iPod that plays movies at its upcoming Macworld conference
Anti-spam sentiment grows
News The latest survey of Web users shows that surfers are increasingly in favour of making unsolicited junk email illegal
Hitachi sees money in hard drives
News Armed with a joint venture with IBM, Hitachi is set to take on the hard drive market - but it may concentrate on servers rather than desktops, say analysts
Start-up beats IBM for Linux software
News In a significant boost for smaller development companies, a start-up will provide the disk drive management software for the next Linux kernel
Oracle remains mum on support issue
News Customers are demanding that Oracle continue supporting older software until they can upgrade
Supreme Court backs off DVD case
News The top US court has removed a ruling on the controversial DeCSS DVD-descrambling software. It is a setback for movie studios
New Photoshop focuses on cutting clutter
News Photoshop Album will aim to give digital camera users a way to keep their photos organised
Transmeta climbs into embedded market
News A new processor could help Transmeta improve its fortunes in the large market for non-PC computing devices such as cash registers
Microsoft hooks up with CDMA
News The software company is to announce smartphones that will be compatible with the mobile phone standards popular in North America, stepping up its competitiveness
Apple preparing new upgrade fees
News Customers may have to pay for the 'digital hub' applications they used to get for free, as Apple struggles for revenues



