Previous DayEmbedded Linux firm reshuffles executives
News MontaVista's chief executive is shifting chairs and becoming its top technologist, with two other senior staffers leaving the firm
The minicomputer returns to a Web site near you
News Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has launched a site to pay homage to a much-loved old friend, DEC's PDP, in all its guises
Internet companies 'must respect free speech'
News Reporters without Borders has called on companies such as Microsoft and Yahoo to respect human rights, even if the countries they are operating in don't
Open source application server gets Twisted
News The latest version of the open source application server Zope now incorporates an open source Web server
Instant messaging attacks rise in 2005
News MSN and AOL's IM networks experienced a sharp increase in security incidents in 2005
Novell to shield Linux users
News A new security offering could help users of the open source OS keep their applications from misbehaving
On the merits of data retention
Comment The reality of policing in the Internet age seems very far removed from governments' views of it
Reverse the charges
Leader There is no need for mobile phone companies to be reasonable when setting roaming rates, an arbitrator has found. But is 'buyer beware' the best slogan for wireless data?
Orange user loses battle over roaming bill
News Roaming Rip-Offs: An Orange user who refused to pay an unexpected bill of £769 for using his 3G card abroad has lost his appeal to an adjudication panel
Open information in a Digital Universe
Q&A Larry Sanger wants to provide an alternative to the 'wild-and-woolly atmosphere of Wikipedia'
Government criticised for post-election IT shambles
News Poor IT provisioning led to confusion and anger among incoming and outgoing MPs in the aftermath of the 2005 general election, according to a parliamentary report
Doctors lose faith in NHS IT programme
News A Medix survey shows that only one percent of GPs believe that the NHS is likely to deliver on its goals for the National Programme for IT
Apple PowerBook G4 (12in., SuperDrive)
Review Although pricier than some comparable PC notebooks, the 12in. PowerBook G4's performance, solid set of features and software and killer design will please intermediate and advanced mobile users.
Supreme Court refuses to hear spam challenge
News The highest court in the US has refused to hear a case that could have limited the rights of ISPs to block spam
Office CRM expansion released
News Profect Elixir has borne fruit; users of Oracle and Siebel systems can now easily pull data into Outlook
Windows WMF woes widen
News Further problems in the way various Windows applications handle WMF files have emerged
Adobe makes DRM acquisition
News Microsoft Office files, PDFs and CAD files can all be secured using the FileLine technology
IBM leads US patent pack
News The US Patent Office is to seek the help of the open source community in improving patent quality, and IBM is going to lend a hand too
Microsoft starts frantic bug hunt
News The WMF flaw has sent Microsoft's security teams back to the drawing board, and back rifling through the code for legacy systems
