UK's Bluetooth pioneer 'switches on the afterburners'
News Cambridge Silicon Radio is buoyant on growing demand for Bluetooth phones and accessories as it lays plans for future products - including the concept of the 'fongle'
Scottish schools get help with StarOffice
News Brief: A deal between Sun and the Scottish Executive could help local authorities and schools switch from Microsoft Office to StarOffice
Spammers use free porn to bypass Hotmail protection
News Update: Spammers have found an ingenious way to bypass the protection put in place by Hotmail and Yahoo to stop bots from opening email accounts - they're offering free porn
UK lags behind Estonia in ID card technology
News The UK's ID card proposal fails to include facilities for a digital signature, which puts Britain behind Estonia and at least six other EU member states
BT to double SDSL coverage
News Companies that want a high-speed, two-way broadband link but can't get SDSL today should tell their ISP - soon
Psion's Symbian sell-off hangs on German approval
News The ongoing saga of Psion's attempts to divest itself of its share of Symbian continues
CRTs: The price of progress
Comment There are about a million tonnes of glass from old CRT monitors sitting in homes and offices - all set to become waste over the next 10 years
The Battle of Midware moves into your home
Comment Microsoft makes no bones about its plans for home control but are its Web services open enough?
Opera 7.5 beta 1
Preview Opera's multi-platform browser is receiving an overhaul. We take the beta Windows version for a spin.
Wireless broadband firm takes aim at BT
News A new player has joined the battle to create Broadband Britain, with a high-speed wireless service using the 3.4GHz band now available in some areas
BMW designs car with wireless LAN
News The car manufacturer has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard to produce a BMW that comes with its own wireless network connection
ID cards set back by equipment failure
News Technical problems have delayed the government's biometric ID card trials by three months
HP LaserJet 3380
Review HP's LaserJet 3380 is a good multifunction printer for small businesses that don't require colour printing.
Schools 'need gender-specific software'
News An Australian IT security firm says that boys' desire to hack into networks means that schools need software designed specifically to stop them
Companies 'ignore email complaints'
News Australian research suggests that about half of complaints emailed to companies fail to be addressed
Rambus launches more antitrust action
News Siemens and Micron Technology are being targeted by the chip designer's latest lawsuits
UK government down the e-league
News Despite efforts by the Office of the e-Envoy to push the e-government programme forward, the UK is slipping down the global league tables, says new research
Next Windows to turbo charge notebooks
News Microsoft will add laptop-specific feature to its next version of Windows
Companies will spend more on IT this year - IDC
News US and Canadian firms will increase their technology spending by nearly 4 percent this year, says the research firm
Intel switches attention to physical world
News A sensor network that sends remote PCs alerts on anomalies in the physical world is under development at Intel
Handhelds for your business
Buyer's Guide Handhelds come in many shapes and sizes, while price tags vary widely. Here's a tour of the market, and a selection of top choices.
Longhorn will feature 'secure' components
News Microsoft says it still wants to incorporate major security features into its next operating system
CA looks to open source
News Computer Associates is pouring funding and developer resources into open source, as it considers the foundation for its next wave of management software



