Previous DayUK jobs market is picking up
News Recent research points to core skill pay increasing for both temporary and permanent IT staff
Apple to build browser into OS X
News Macworld: Apple will integrate its new open-source browser, Safari, into Mac OS X. There is also the promise of an X11 windowing system that would enable Macs run Unix and Linux apps
IT managers: We want smartphones
News According to a recent survey, enterprise IT managers are positive about integrating smartphones into their businesses
Macworld: Never mind the notebooks, here's the content management
Comment Rupert Goodwins: Apple's bunch of new announcements have weird hardware and so-so software. But the key to the future's in there too.
Apple unwires laptops
News Macworld: The Mac maker counts on faster wireless LAN and a pioneering implementation of Bluetooth to set consumers drooling over its new portable computers
MBAs scout for scarce tech jobs
News Some people believe the tech slump has weeded out those who were never really interested in technology in the first place
Desktop-based notebooks lead sales
News Laptops using the desktop Pentium 4 processor were among the best-sellers of the Christmas season, defying their early detractors
Learn the security ropes for .Net
Feature This book is a nicely crafted introductory guide to many of the tools and concepts you'll need to understand to take advantage of .Net's new security features
Start-up offers mass-market robot tech
News CES: Evolution Robotics claims that its low-cost navigation system will enable robot devices, such as vacuum cleaners, to be affordable enough for consumers
HP joins the digital party
News CES: Hewlett-Packard has announced home networking products allowing digital photos and music to be viewed through a television
Viva las gadgets: CES comes to town
News Instant messaging goes 3D, Gates reflects on Mira, and a start-up promises robot vacuum cleaners -- just a taste of this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. A ZDNet UK News Focus
Government approves BBC Digital Curriculum
News The BBC gets the go-ahead to produce its digital curriculum, subject to a wide range of conditions. Will rivals respond with legal action?
Keep Linux processes under control
Feature Listing all of the processes currently running, giving priority to certain processes, and stopping rogue processes are tasks that Linux admins need to master. Here's a look at how to examine and...
Supermarket shopping gets smart tech
News Tesco and Wal-Mart will be testing 'smart shelves' that track stock inventory levels in real time - the first trial of the technology by major retailers
Vulcan gets a grip on mini-PCs
News CES: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is showing a design for a notebook PC that is about the same size as a paperback book
Brit cracks Microsoft's e-book software
News Another piracy confrontation is on the cards as a programmer posts code that removes the copy protection from Microsoft Reader
Antivirus firms rebut naming accusations
News Viruses being given different names causes confusion, says MessageLabs, but antivirus vendors have defended their policies
Unions: Publish snooping code of practice
News Unions are calling for the code of practice on monitoring employees' email and Internet use to be published as a top priority
IBM and AMD form chip alliance
News In the semiconductor industry's latest joint venture, IBM is to work with AMD on the development of chip technology
WLAN switching extends Wi-Fi range
Feature Wireless networking could get a boost with the introduction of WLAN switching. Here's how Vivato's WLAN switches will expand the range of wireless networking and make it a more robust and viable...
Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0
Review This virus hunter's new interface is simple to use, but Panda Antivirus Platinum stumbles on support and detection skills.
Can the URL be improved?
News OASIS is setting up a technical committee to look at ways of improving Web addresses to make it easier for developers to locate Web services
Norway piracy case brings activists hope
News The acquittal of a teen who axed copyright protections on a DVD has activists hoping views toward code crackers are changing. Current views, they say, stifle rights and research
Lexmark invokes DMCA in toner suit
News The Digital Millennium Copyright Act may be tipping the balance against third-party toner cartridge makers who undercut manufacturers' prices
RealNetworks leaps into anti-piracy fray
News With a new format-agnostic digital rights management technology, the company is facing off with Microsoft and others who want to copy-proof the content on your PC
Sun and Storagetek fix on email archiving
News Legal requirements and data expansion make an opportunity not to be missed for email archiving vendors
Group aims to strengthen Web services
News A proposed WS-Reliability standard defines a method for guaranteeing delivery of XML documents in business communications
IBM rents out supercomputer brawn
News The project is a specific example of IBM's on-demand computing effort and of the larger 'utility computing' concept
Intel and Microsoft push portable video
News CES: The chip giant is whipping up reference designs for PVPs, or portable video players, and the software powerhouse is concocting a related OS, called Media2Go
Little things mean a lot for Gates
News CES: Microsoft's latest plan to improve the way you live revolves around wrist watches and refrigerator magnets, Bill Gates has revealed in his Consumer Electronics Show keynote speech
