Previous DayR&D tax credit to be reformed
News The government says it wants Britain to lead the world in science and technology, and is revising its tax breaks for companies that invest in research and development
AOL vows to see spammers in court
News Having decided there isn't a major spamming operation running in the UK, AOL UK hopes to take action against offenders based elsewhere in the world
Did Blaster bring down the US grid?
Comment The timing of August's blackout seems a little too coincidental
Motorola's iTAP adds intelligence to SMS
News Motorola has updated its predictive text messaging software so it can learn the habits of mobile phone users and make sending text messages easier
Oracle ships grid software
News Oracle claims its Application Server 10g is the first to be able to take advantage of clusters of commodity hardware, an architecture that could make datacentres far cheaper to run
UK government trials desktop Linux
News Whitehall is to try out desktop Linux in a pilot in partnership with Sun
Online ad sales gain again
News Online advertising was up for the fourth quarter in a row, with the third quarter showing 20 percent growth compared to the same period last year
Broadband Britain storms to three million customers
News Oftel has hailed its success in creating a competitive broadband marketplace in the UK, despite BT's continued dominance of the wholesale ADSL market
Microsoft patents 'HTML applications'
News The patent describes a new type of application written using Web protocols, but without the security constraints of a browser
Oracle's Bid for PeopleSoft: Update
Analysis With its tender offer for PeopleSoft, Oracle is attempting to gain more control over broader markets
E-voting firms fight bad press
News Electronic-voting companies are allying to address public concerns about their technology
Seamless integration? Get real
Feature The likes of SAP, JD Edwards, and Oracle claim the utopia of the real-time enterprise is only achievable if built from day one but there are alternatives
Kyocera to push talk button
News Kyocera has announced that it will join the ranks of handset manufacturers offering a walkie-talkie phone, also known as 'push to talk'
China to market advanced CPU
News The first of 12 IT projects catalysed by the Chinese government is ready for commercialisation
Salaries surge for IT expats in Singapore
News Foreigners working in Singapore's IT industry receive an average monthly package of $15,000 (£8,613)
Oracle warns on 'high risk' flaw
News Oracle has told its database customers to patch a hole that could allow an attacker to take control of a server
Tiny transistor could cut supercomputer size
News NEC claims it has developed the smallest transistor in the world, which could make supercomputers the size of a PC
IE bug provides phishing tool
News A flaw in Internet Explorer makes it easy for scammers to create dummy sites that look like legitimate ones, and try to steal information from Web users
Microsoft skips December patch
News Microsoft will not issue its monthly security patch in December
Linux developers lose complacency
News Attacks on servers running the open-source operating system have forced developers to reassess their defences
Homeland agency scores 'F' for network security
News The US federal government's latest computer-security report has given the Department of Homeland Security a failing 'F' grade
Sensitive data exposed on Web
News A US database with detailed personal information lay open to anyone on the Internet for several hours on Tuesday
Flaw harbours Slammer potential
News A flaw in Windows, for which Microsoft has recently released a patch, could let attackers create a worm that would spread across the Internet in minutes
