Previous DayLineo jumps into software-patents fray
News A new licensing deal brings Lineo into the battle between open-source and intellectual property
Database to resolve Internet adoption disputes
News The Department of Heath has announced a nationwide computer system to match approved adoptive parents with children
Hackers dig in for Euro festival
News As Europe's pre-eminent hacker conference approaches, the organisers are busy digging trenches for a 1Gbit network in a field in the Netherlands
Looking ahead: The next 20 years
Comment The 20-year-old PC looks a lot like a 20-year-old PC user: It's bigger than when it was born. The 160KB, single-sided floppy disk has grown at 80 percent per year to become the 20GB hard disk more...
India's IT techies lose out in work...and love
News The honeymoon is over in more ways than one for Indian IT engineers, as the downturn hits the technology and Internet industries
IT workers willing to get on their bikes for new jobs
News The waning economy has scraped the moss from IT workers, who say they're more willing to relocate for a new job than they were before
You know when you've been Gatored
News A growing number of online companies are ambushing competitors through software that springs open ads in front of customers visiting rival Web sites
Schoolboy's book on ethical hacking an online hit
News The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking has achieved pre-publication orders of 5,000 copies on the Internet
Latest bid could see BT split up
News A consortium backed by a German bank wants to buy the whole of BT's fixed-line network, rivalling another bid for the UK's local loop
The day the music (CD) died
News New discs will cut down on music piracy and bring benefits to the consumer, claims InterTrust
Net advertising: Bigger ads, bigger impact?
News New guidelines could push flashy, interactive ads even further onto the landscape of Web publishing
Code Red II: A double whammy
News UPDATE: The virulent new worm is not only damaging computer systems, but leaving them open to other attacks as well
Russian programmer out on bail
News Dmitry Sklyarov is ordered to post $50,000 bail and stay in Northern California until his hearing later this month
Allchin: Microsoft sticking to its guns
News Despite continuing legal tangles and criticism that Windows XP is anti-competitive, Microsoft is maintaining its hard line
Local councils hit first e-government deadline
News The DTLR has confirmed that 94 percent of English councils have sumitted their UK Online strategies in time for the 31 July deadline
Five years ago: Psion adds up cost of failed Amstrad buy
News Psion blew £1.5 million trying to buy Amstrad , the firm has said.
