Previous DayCan Magneto repel Microsoft's mobile rivals?
Feature The software giant is willing to play a waiting game when it comes to ensuring its new mobile OS triumphs against Nokia and PalmSource
The battles of community broadband
Feature America is facing pitched battles in several states over community broadband, mirroring fights in the UK. We look at the motivation behind them
Car virus rumours crushed
News F-Secure failed to penetrate a Toyota Prius with a mobile phone virus, but succeeded in learning the importance of not running down a car battery...
IBM compounds its XML toolset
News Builder: A new addition to the Emerging Technologies Toolkit means disparate XML technologies can now be used together
Alert over 'extremely critical' Firefox flaws
News Two vulnerabilities in the popular open source browser could allow a malicious outsider to steal a user's identity or get access to password-protected Web sites
Developers squashing GCC 4.0 bugs
News Builder: The promised speed improvements haven't materialised yet with the new open source compiler, but its lead developer is happy with the first release
Mac malware door creaks open
News Apple seems to have unwittingly opened the door to its operating system - seen by some as a safe haven from viruses, spyware and the like - to malware authors
Government IT stuck in post-election limbo
News The prime minister is completing his ministerial reshuffle but details of responsibility for the government's IT programmes are yet to emerge
Microsoft ready for open source in schools fight
News Open source companies can't match us for application support, claims Microsoft, amid reports that schools can make big savings by choosing non-proprietary software
More train stations get wireless
News Brief: Eighty five train stations west of London are getting Wi-Fi access points installed, for commuters looking for wireless connectivity
PalmOne puts faith in 'Mobile Manager'
News The LifeDrive is aimed at those who want to carry large numbers of documents, emails and music files with them, and it's due out next week
Learning lessons from open source
Leader Proprietary software vendors can learn a valuable lesson from their open source counterparts when it comes to customer care and respect
BenQ PB6110
Review This business projector puts a lot of light on-screen, but it's loud and its controls can be a little awkward.
Sober worm hits new heights
News Sober.P now accounts for more than 5 percent of all email, surprising experts with its continued growth
Nanotech display shown off by Motorola
News A prototype display that marries the best aspects of CRTs and flat-panel displays, using carbon nanotubes, has been developed
Setting radio free
Feature Adding new services to the radio spectrum is a complex but necessary task as wireless technology becomes increasingly important
Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
News A leaked report from the British Educational Communications and Technology Association contains bad news for software vendors such as Microsoft
Customers 'want biometrics'
News Fujitsu, a supplier of biometric authentication systems, has suggested that one in three UK banking customers want financial institutions to implement biometric security features
ID card bill to test new government
News The government insisted before the election that it would bring its ID card bill back as a priority, but will it manage to get it through?
Google goes down
News The search giant's global properties were down for fifteen minutes over the weekend, with DNS errors to blame, according to a company spokesman
AMD's dual-core CPUs come out fighting
Tech Guide How does AMD's new dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processor stack up against Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 840? We have some preliminary – and dramatic – benchmarks.
IBM releases ID management tools
News The hardware and services behemoth has launched Tivoli Federated Identity Manager is designed to make your life easier and more secure online
