Previous DayFrench tax agency plans massive OpenOffice deployment
News Ditching Microsoft Office is expected to save France's tax agency €29.3m
Sony: Why care about rootkits?
News 'Most people don't even know what a rootkit is so why should they care about it?' says a SonyBMG executive
Inmarsat broadband satellite hits orbit
News Successful launch promises voice and broadband data from space, without stratospheric costs
Intel-powered Mac mini may be close
News A financial analyst has got tongues wagging by predicting that the first fruits of Apple's partnership with Intel could be just a few weeks away
Juniper defends hiring Cisco flaw researcher
News Just a short time after leaving ISS in order to publicly expose security holes in Cisco's router software, Michael Lynn has found a new home with Juniper
Firefox: A rollercoaster year
Feature The Firefox Web browser is one year old today, and it has already enjoyed rapid take-up, plenty of plaudits, and the occasional security scare. Take a trip back through 12 months in the life of an...
Open source needs culture club
Leader The big variation in official attitudes to open source reveals the cultural differences across the world. Getting to grips with this is a high priority
Reforms pile pressure on IT directors
News The government's attempt to tighten up the responsibilities of company directors may discourage IT staff from aspiring to a seat on the board
Is Sony BMG spreading malware?
Feature SonyBMG have acknowledged rootkit code in software and serious vulnerabilities have surfaced for Cisco, Macromedia and Apple
UK gets nationwide 22Mbps broadband
News UK Online is rolling out its ADLS2+ service nationally now, but users will have to buy their own modem
Microsoft admits .Net skills shortage
News With government agencies struggling to find people with .Net expertise, Microsoft’s answer is to retrain Java and Visual Basic developers
Ballmer sets Microsoft apart from the rest
Q&A Q&A: The outspoken chief executive discusses what makes Microsoft different from its competitors and its plans to become the grand consolidator
Firefox quietly celebrates first birthday
News 'I don't think there will be a big party, as we are all very busy putting the finishing touches to Firefox 1.5,' says the president of Mozilla Europe
French opt for laissez-faire Linux
Feature The French tax agency claims that upgrading its 80,000 desktops to Office XP would cost €29.5m, but switching to OpenOffice.org only €200,000
Liberty Alliance turns to ID checks
News Industry body wants to develop standards to underpin authentication
CA's Ingres sell-off met with scepticism
News 'Open-sourcing a database is a gracious way of killing a non-profitable database,' says a spokesman from a rival open source database, who sees CA's move as an admission of failure
Dell starts selling AMD chips
News Six AMD Athlon processors are now available on Dell's Web site, sparking speculation that it may ditch its Intel-only stance
QuickTime flaw reported
News Security researchers claim Apple has failed to patch a vulnerability in QuickTime, although it's not clear exactly which versions are at risk
Apple Mac OS X on x86: a first test
Tech Guide Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out.
Gates sees disruputive changes ahead
News Internal memos warn of a wave of competitive threats, as Microsoft scrambles to keep up with key players like Google and Skype
