News Schmooze: The robo-onslaught begins
News Sony introduces its newer, scarier Aibo; the 'incredible' PDA watch; and Microsoft bites hands
Linux is making enterprise inroads, says MandrakeSoft
News Reports may find that Linux is losing out in top companies, but they aren't getting the full picture, argues the distributor
Comdex 2001 preview
News Attendance is likely to be down on last year, but there willl still be plenty to see at Comdex 2001
MS group to oversee hack reports
News Microsoft is to team up with five companies to promote the responsible publishing of information about software flaws
AMD hammers out plans for the future
News At AMD's latest analyst conference, the chip maker is confident about its prospects for the coming year
North promised broadband cable network
News Omne communications has signed a deal that will help to bring cable broadband to Cumbria, Lancashire and south-west Scotland
IBM stays top of the supercomputer league
News IBM wins two new major supercomputer contracts, which helps Big Blue hold on to the worldwide lead
Beware of automatic updates for XP
News Microsoft Windows Update may not be the blessing it appears to be - there are many reasons why it may be better to add patches manually
EMC, Hitachi squabble over big customer
News The storage market heats up as an argument develops between EMC and Hitachi over a prominent customer
Security woes: Who does Microsoft blame?
News Microsoft's manager for security response speaks out on the 'information anarchy' that he sees as one of the biggest dangers of all
HP: Employee sabotaged Superdome tests
News HP alleges that an employee crippled sales of the Superdome Unix server by sabotaging performance tests
Singapore raids net pirated Windows XP
News Police sweeps have turned up more than 4,000 pirated copies of Microsoft software, dominated by Windows XP
New focus, new fears aid Iridium relaunch
News The once-bankrupt satellite phone company is rising again with a new business model - and with terrorism creating renewed interest in its technology
Palm chief executive quits
News Carl Yankowski leaves the troubled handheld computer maker following a year of slow sales and launch difficulties
EMC, Compaq swap storage details
News A new deal allows both companies to incorporate the storage systems of the other in their own designs
Two-thirds of Malaysian firms hit by cyberattacks
News The level of awareness of the need for cybersecurity is extremely low in Malaysia, leading to frequent attacks
Rock Sigma Si
Review The Sigma Si is a good-value all-in-one notebook that's worth considering, so long as you don't need to use it for long away from mains power.



