Previous DayUK government urged to give spam the boot
News There is just over a week left to register your views on the government's plan to cut spam down to size
Microsoft actions give Linux 'credibility'
News The chief executive of Germany's SuSE Linux says Microsoft's aggressive attitude towards Linux proves the operating system is important and gives it credibility
Microsoft to buy antivirus software maker
News Update: Microsoft is to acquire GeCad, a small antivirus vendor, in order to offer Microsoft-branded antivirus protection
FrontPage gets XML, loses 'messy' HTML
News Microsoft is aiming higher with the new version of FrontPage, which will be launched later this year and sold as a standalone product
Oracle wants to meet PeopleSoft
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison wants to meet with PeopleSoft in order to try and change the company's 'negative position' regarding the hostile takeover
Beowulf cluster man becomes a Penguin
News The man who pioneered Beowulf Linux supercomputing clusters has joined a tiny US company called Penguin Computing, following a recent merger
Humans look to robot race
Comment Rupert Goodwins: Cars are fun, but they kill people. Can the US defence industry help change this unendearing side effect of modern motoring?
Intel celebrates 25 years of x86 chips
News It was 1978 when Intel introduced the first 8086 processor. Twenty five years and 1 billion chips later, the company is not planning on taking its foot off the gas
Start-ups make Flash and PDF simpler
News Two US companies have launched utilities that are designed to make Adobe's PDF documents and Macromedia Flash animations easier to create
Thin client device sales double in 2002
News Sales of thin client devices almost doubled in Asia last year, according to research group, IDC
MS software-activation error hurts XP
News After a problem with its XP software activation systems in Australia, Microsoft had to shut down its CRM system and replace it with a voicemail saying the service was closed
Sun aims at Microsoft with speedy Java tool
News JavaOne: Sun's 'Rave' aims to simplify the Java development process for simple applications, a weak point that Microsoft has been able to exploit in the past
Sony shows first products in high-end Qualia line
News A product line aimed at early adopters of new technology will initially focus on electronics, later expanding to other parts of Sony's business
IBM, Infineon show off next-gen memory progress
News A new form of memory based on magnetic principles could be nearly ready for mass production, offering benefits for increasingly complex mobile devices
IDC lowers world PC market forecasts
News Poor economic conditions mean that PC shipments will not grow as much as expected this year or next year, according to IDC's data
Gates woos cable companies to Microsoft middleware
News At a US television industry trade show, Microsoft's chairman outlined the company's new approach to interactive TV software
