Previous DayWorkplace gaming could benefit firms
News Dutch research finds that letting staff playing solitaire at their desk could improve their productivity and improve morale
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 7/11/2003I am predictably unmoved by the release of the final -- please, great creator of the cosmos, let it be so -- instalment of the cretinous Matrix series of films. I found the...
US-listed firms face IT security audits
News Companies publicly traded in the US would have to conduct annual computer security audits, according to a draft of forthcoming legislation
IBM revamps WebSphere
News Big Blue's 'modular architecture' aims to allow customers to combine IBM software with WebSphere
AOL readies streaming-video IM for launch
News The Internet giant is developing a version of its instant-messenger client that lets users chat in real time over streaming video
Treaty casts shadow on public domain
News Concerns have been raised over the world's first Webcasting treaty before its ink is even dry
Thinner, lighter, faster…
Q&A People buy notebooks for portability, says Intel senior executive Anand Chandrasekher, which will drive further shrinkage in size and weight
Robot-busting ploy 'shuts out the blind'
News An anti-spammer technique that prevents software robots from registering multiple email accounts but can also exclude the visually impaired has been criticised by the W3C
How Norway is tackling Internet regulation
Q&A The Norwegian goverment is looking closely at Internet regulation - Elisabeth Staksrud explains whether this mean extra laws, or whether people can be taught to surf safely
What's wrong with digital rights management?
Feature The lack of common content standards pushes users towards any technology promising interoperability - legal or otherwise
Scottish broadband sparks complaint
News BT could be in trouble with Ofcom next week, but the company is sure it has done nothing wrong -- except upgrade a rural Scottish exchange with ADSL
Bluetooth shatters milestone as new standard debuts
News A new Bluetooth specification improves the wireless technology's ease of use and connection quality, while shipments continue their ascent
Add-ons for your handheld
Buyer's Guide Want to customise your handheld with some nifty accessories? Check out our guide to the latest add-ons for Pocket PC and Palm devices.
Oracle wants to curtail Microsoft advance
News Oracle's forthcoming 10g database attempts to head off Microsoft's moves into the medium-sized business market
Concert tickets sent to mobiles
News A leading venue in Sydney, Australia, is trialling technology that sends tickets to patrons' mobile phones as picture messages
Microsoft unwilling to budge on one-price policy
News Plans by Asian governments to adopt open-source software will not affect Microsoft's policy of charging a single price worldwide, says a senior executive
Xbox Beast Pack 'lacks claws'
News Some Australian gamers say the new pack will not allow them to connect to the Xbox Live service
Google cuts out the browser
News Google is trialling a 'deskbar' that lets people search the Web without launching a browser
Microsoft blamed for making tablets hard to swallow
News One year after the launch of the first Windows-based tablet PCs, the market is taking a dive, with analysts and manufacturers blaming Microsoft
Cryptography takes a quantum leap
News Magiq Technologies' cryptography system is designed to provide a completely secure VPN
Salary outlook remains grim
News IT workers' starting salaries are set to drop next year in the US, according to new research
WorldPay systems falter under ongoing attack
News The online payment firm is struggling to maintain services in the face of a 'sustained' denial of service attack
Poor Wi-Fi passwords 'invite attack'
News Administrators must choose long, random passwords or risk their Wi-Fi connection being compromised
Attacker attempts to plant Trojan in Linux
News Linux developers have foiled an attempt by an unknown intruder to insert a Trojan horse into the next version of the Linux kernel
