Meet Lenovo's new CEO
Q&A Stephen Ward, IBM's personal systems group chief, is to become the new CEO of Lenovo, and he has some interesting things to share about the future of the company, and how it will integrate with...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 10/12/2004 We have long been aware of the risks of mobile phone use. Among those health risks that are well understood -- naff ring tones and talking too loudly lead to a punch on the...
3G operators bullish on coverage plans
News 3 has hit the government's target for third-generation mobile coverage three years early, but its rivals insist they're not too far behind
Google pilots 'Suggest' feature
News Google has launched a new feature that tries to guess what people are looking for as they type queries into a search box
Apple wants programmers, offers iPods
News Builder: Apple is hoping that a competition will spur developers who do not normally work on its platform to use their basic Web programming skills creating 'widgets' for the next version of OS X
Novell expands Netline alliance
News Novell has extended a partnership to sell software for email and other server functions from Netline Internet Service
Gartner: Offshoring 'less prevalent than you think'
News Amid conflicting views on the benefits of offshoring, a report from Gartner casts doubt on how prevalent it really is
What the hell are Grids anyway?
Q&A Platform Computing chief executive Songnian Zhou has the answers to everything you wanted to know about Grid technology but were afraid to ask
Ex-Oftel chief quits Ofcom early
News David Edmonds is leaving Ofcom less than a month after it slammed the state of UK telecoms regulation - which Edmonds oversaw for five years
Redmond seeks wireless upgrade
News Users have a lot to thank Microsoft's aging wireless network for: the improvements in Wi-Fi connectivity in Windows XP were a direct result of the 'pain that people felt every day' using earlier...
Don't drop the ball over laptop lurgy
Leader Overheating laptops are the latest in an ever-lengthening list of IT health hazards. Keep cool. It's not as bad as it seems
Cisco buys start-up
News Cisco completed the purchase of a Californian start-up to bolster its development of new routing products
Windows to get patched up again
News Microsoft has announced that it is to release patches for five newly found Windows flaws next week, but none of the flaws are considered to be critical
TomTom MOBILE
Review Although it's currently available for a restricted number of Symbian and Windows Mobile devices, TomTom MOBILE is a capable and competitively priced navigation solution for smartphones.
Yahoo joins desktop search party
News Yahoo will launch a test version of its alternative to Google's desktop search early next year
Kazaa exec declares child porn unstoppable
News Sharman Networks' chief technology officer has refuted a claim on the Kazaa Web site that the company could 'permanently bar' users who are using the company's software to distribute child...
Microsoft patent appeal heard
News A federal court in Washington is hearing Microsoft's arguments as to why it should overturn a decision that led to the software giant paying the University of California $565m over patent...



