Previous DayMicrosoft upgrades Windows XP Media Center
Video CNET's Brian Cooley examines whether the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 will bridge the gap between computing and consumer electronics
Information Commissioner 'low on power' for spam fight
News MPs have called for extra money to fight spammers, but the Information Commissioner's office says that more authority is the real answer
Eolas ruling prompts Microsoft action
News Microsoft has made 'modest changes' to Windows and Internet Explorer because of the patent suit, which it is in the process of appealing
'Revenge' hack downed US port systems
News A British man is in court accused of a DNS attack that took down the systems of a major US port, but he claims he has been the victim of hackers
Three firms win Iraqi mobile licences
News Baghdad has awarded rights to run mobile networks to three consortia that will begin operations in separate regions
Microsoft wins nine-month reprieve for Java machine
News Microsoft's Java virtual machine will be supported until September 2004, after a new agreement with Sun was reached
Space: The final sales opportunity
Q&A For Cisco it seems the world really is not enough. The company's head of space initiatives claims the cost of satellite communications could be cut by convincing space agencies to adopt reusable...
Pinpointing HP's centre of gravity
Feature What truth lurks among the binary oppositions of marketing, where competitors are bad and HP's products ideal for all?
Employee home-PC scheme gets revamp
News The government's attempts to get companies to offer subsidised home computers for employees has been undersubscribed - it's hoping a new promotion can turn things around
LookSmart loses its largest customer
News Microsoft will drop LookSmart's Web search results from its MSN site, in a severe blow to the search-technology firm
A little Wine with your Linux?
Feature Why this program's ability to run Windows apps on Linux may not necessarily satisfy
IBM enlarges T-Rex
News Big Blue is releasing two new models in its T-Rex mainframe series
Theft of game code fuels hacking fears
News Future players of the eagerly anticipated Half Life 2, due out later this year, could be at risk after its entire source code was stolen
Lawsuit opens new can of worms for Microsoft
News Microsoft is fighting security battles on numerous fronts, after the filing of a lawsuit alleging its products facilitated identity theft
Networks evade VeriSign's SiteFinder
News Even before VeriSign pulled the plug on its controversial domain-name redirection, network operators in some countries had found ways to avoid it
Keep a tight grip on the controls for firmware updates
Comment Everyone's agreed the BIOS must die, but nobody's saying too much about the replacement
US demand for flight data worries Europeans
News A European Parliament committee has voiced concerns over US authorities' demands for personal data on airline passengers, which includes details of meal preferences
CCIA vs Microsoft - the core issues
Comment The first in a three-part series looks at the recent CCIA criticism of Microsoft's software - was the report really the wake-up call that some have claimed?
Microsoft changes partners for small business
News The software giant is revamping its partner programme to attract more small businesses
Photoshop Album 2.0
Review Kudos to Adobe: the second version of Photoshop Album is a notable improvement over the first.
VeriSign hits out at redirect critics
News Regulators did not have the authority to shut down its domain-name redirection service, the company says
Software firms tweak activation after backlash
News Companies are developing less intrusive versions of the anti-piracy technique, after noisy protests from customers
IBM wins battle of the brands
News People buying IT services see IBM as the market leader in all but one segment
WAP rides to Wi-Fi rescue
News US mobile users can log on to a WAP site to find their nearest hot spot
Swappers 'vulnerable to hackers'
News P2P service Earthstation 5 has updated its software after reports that older versions could give hackers access to users' PCs
Microsoft plugs Qhosts hole
News Microsoft has released its fortieth patch of the year, covering a flaw in Internet Explorer that could be exploited by a Trojan horse program
Former admin pleads guilty to data deletion
News An ex-employee of ViewSonic has admitted shutting down a key server using another employee's password after being fired
Intel cuts Pentium M prices
News The chipmaker has slashed prices for its Pentium M chip for notebook PCs by up to a third
