Previous DayRed Hat Linux 7.1 Deluxe Edition
Review A good choice for getting started with Linux, or for developing a small network of Linux clients.
Labour wins tech policy poll
News While Labour is rated the best of the bunch at an Internet World poll, industry remains unimpressed
Intel spurns Via and Nvidia chipsets
News An Intel exec says 'bogus' to Via Technology claims that Pentium 4-based computers will run faster with Via chipsets than with Intel's 850
Election 2001: Labour trails Web site poll
News While the smaller election contenders' Web sites are up to speed, the Labour site takes nearly a minute to download
AMD predicts PC market stability and revenue growth
News President of number two chipmaker says his company will achieve revenue growth despite industry downturn
MS messaging tactics recall browser wars
News Microsoft's rivals say the software company is using its 3E strategy on its new Windows Messenger service: embrace, extend and extinguish
MS messaging tactics recall browser wars Pt II
News Microsoft's messaging integration with Windows XP smacks of its decision to integrate IE with Windows 95, but the company is offering no apologies
Squeezing the PC margins
Comment No surprise -- or it shouldn't be -- that during a recession in America, sales of PCs are dropping. Apparently, though, it has been a surprise -- or so says IDC in its latest survey.
3D display could be a killer app for wireless
News A scantily clad, Barbie doll-like figure is the star attraction of the first phone capable of displaying 3D images. But will she help 3D phones spark sales in the industry?
Online advertising starts to stabilise
News Analysts aren't giving away much, but there does seem to be a consensus that companies who rely on online ad revenue are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel
Microsoft and Red Hat to debate open source
News After making remarks that went down badly with the open source community, Craig Mundie will defend Microsoft's 'shared source' model at a major conference
Ingram Micro UK escapes US jobs cull
News The UK arm of the US software and services giant will rely on natural attrition to make it lean and mean, as 1,000 US employees face the axe
Windows XP slammed as gift to 'zombie' hackers
News Security expert is convinced that a new feature in Windows XP will make launching denial of service attacks childs-play, but Microsoft insists that the new operating system is its most secure ever
IBM brings 64-bit Java to AIX
News IBM hopes to beat Sun and Hewlett-Packard to get 64-bit Java out of the door -- but it's first applications will be in the scientific community
Caldera loss exceeds estimate
News Caldera's second quarter shows a bigger than expected loss, though revenue is up the same period a year ago
Terra Lycos teams with eBay on auctions
News The Internet portal's multi-million pound deal with eBay is another nail in the coffin of its own FairMarket-affiliated auction site
Oracle gives sneak peek of 9i database
News Developers can now download a sneek preview of the database for the Solaris and HP-UX operating systems
EU proposes plan to secure Internet
News Education, better warning systems, research and encryption standards are all part of the plan to crack down on cybercrime
Microsoft ties XP to the Web
News Smart Tags - probably the most important new feature in Office XP - may give the software giant some control over your Web browsing habits
HP gets ready for hard times
News Hewlett-Packard plans more cost-cutting but will not engage in bloody price battles, says Carly Fiorina as she predicts slowdown in IT spending will last
Sun updates Java for geeks
News Sun will recognize the two most popular developer requests by adding assertions and generics -- called the geekiest language features around
Sun woos fans for open-source Jxta
News Sun founder Bill Joy trumpets the company's new Jxta technology in a bid to whip up enthusiasm amongst developers for the open-source, peer-to-peer tool -- and maybe take on Microsoft .Net
EFF files free speech lawsuit against record labels
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims the recording industry is violating free-speech rights by trying to prevent the presentation of academic papers on holes in anti-copying technology
ISP squabble sparks Net traffic jam
News Cable & Wireless cuts a critical Internet link with fellow network PSINet, stalling e-mail for thousands and blocking traffic flow for more than four days. Is the unregulated Net all good?
A Year Ago: British parents see Internet's corrupting influence
News One in three British parents see the Internet as more corrupting than either television or films, according to the latest research from the National Opinion Poll
