Previous DayTop firms fail the Internet challenge
News Many of Britain's largest companies are failing the online challenge, with Web sites that fail to meet the needs of investors, potential future employees or the media, according to new research
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Thursday 8/1/2004"Hail, Citizen-Consumer!" Er, what? This chilling phrase -- more redolent of an Orwellian dystopia than anything previously issuing from Nu-Lab Central -- now meets those who...
Symantec blames VeriSign for Norton AV woes
News Update: Symantec has blamed VeriSign after support forums were flooded with Norton AntiVirus users complaining of slow and unstable computers after the latest virus updates
Symbian heads 'to top' of smartphone boom
News A report projects strong growth for high-end mobile phones, with Microsoft's market share trailing behind Symbian, and Linux bringing up the rear
Plans fail to prevent 'IT disasters'
News Although nearly all large companies have a business continuity plan, more than half have suffered an 'IT disaster' during the past five years, according to new research
PeopleSoft prepares inquisition for Oracle execs
News PeopleSoft wants to interview senior executives as part of its lawsuit alleging Oracle engaged in unfair business practices
HP to resell blue iPod
News Hewlett-Packard has done a deal with Apple to resell its portable music player under its own brand
What to do if your IT department is a can of worms
Help/HowTo If you inherit an IT department with more problems than people, you must take control before it takes control of you
Outsourcing 'not something to get excited about' - analyst
News A senior Asia Pacific Gartner analyst says that the actual proportion of IT being outsourced remains low
Real and IBM forge content partnership
News RealNetworks and IBM are working together to help content owners sell their data electronically
Expired VeriSign certificates cause confusion
News VeriSign says it has been warning for two years of the approaching expiration of some of its certificates, but still some companies took no notice
Windows 98 support shifts to CD
News Windows 98 will only be supported by Microsoft for another week; after that, users will have to rely on a free CD containing hints and tips
Broadcom speeds up 802.11g networks
News A new chipset accelerates wireless LAN networks to 125Mbps, says Broadcom, paving the way for high-bandwidth wireless media networks
Building a better intranet
Feature How to create a useful business tool from an ad hoc tangle
SCO ready to hit Australian Linux users
News The SCO Group is expanding its legal campaign against Linux users around the globe
Microsoft talks to the handheld
News The software giant is expanding its Voice Command software, which lets users control handheld devices with speech
New WebSphere nearing launch
News The release of a developer edition of IBM's WebSphere Java server software paves the way for a major update of the software later this year
IBM keeps its distance from Microsoft Web services spec
News The WS-Eventing specification will be submitted to an industry body for consideration - but IBM will not be signing up, raising questions about future product incompatibility problems
US Treasury breaks privacy promise
News The US Treasury is to post online nearly 10,000 email addresses that it said would be kept confidential
Casinos take a punt on RFID
News Gambling chips could get their own embedded wireless chips under a new plan to help casinos keep tabs on customers' wins and losses
IBM leads Linux-desktop charge
News IBM is seriously evaluating the adoption of Linux on its internal desktops
Apple starts charging for formerly free software
News Apple is attempting to recoup some of its investment in software development by introducing charges for software that it once gave away
Chips to fight viruses
News AMD and Intel are developing technology that will prevent processors being hijacked by attackers
Music store experiments with floating prices
News A small music site is pioneering a pricing model under which song prices start at 10 cents then alter according to demand
