Tiscali unveils basic and advanced broadband products
News British broadband users now have a wider range of capped services to choose from, and a 1Mbps service for under £30 per month
Symbiot launches DDoS counter-strike tool
News Security company Symbiot is about to launch a product that can hit back at hackers and DDoS attacks by lashing out with its own arsenal of tricks, but experts say it may just be a bit too...
German government heads for grid
News Germany is set to announce a partnership with IBM to employ grid computing for scientific research
Anti-piracy directive could expose consumers
News The Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, passed by the European Parliament on Tuesday, could mean significant legal changes for firms and individuals, say civil liberties groups
US Army orders Microsoft to stop sending free software
News US federal agencies are warning workers that accepting the software Microsoft sends the staff of its large customers may violate ethics policies
Hacking tools tipped to become weapons of the state
News Cyberspace will soon come under much greater legal control, according to one expert - who forecasts that denial of service attacks will eventually be ordered by courts of law against offenders
Innovation 'will not define the future'
Q&A Former president Ray Lane sounds off on Oracle, outsourcing and open source
Oracle and Justice Department look to June trial
News The antitrust case concerning Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft seems likely to have its day in court in June
FileMaker Pro 7
Review FileMaker Pro 7.0 allows new and veteran users to easily create and manage large and complex data sets without all the fuss of a programming language.
Cisco slammed despite upgrades
News Cisco is being criticised by analysts for failing to stop malicious code entering networks
MandrakeSoft emerges from bankruptcy
News Armed with a plan for paying off its debts, the Linux maker has resumed trading its shares this week
Removing J.D. Edwards reveals PeopleSoft weakness
News When income from its acquisition is excluded, PeopleSoft's financial filings show that licence revenue declined by more than a fifth last year
IT's kill or cure choice for a dirty world
Comment The United Nations has pinpointed IT's role in environmental damage, but there's only one way to see the big picture
Sony's digital cameras 'infringe patents' - Kodak
News Kodak is suing Sony, claiming that its cameras violate 10 technology patents
Venture capitalists pour money into nanotech
News Nanotech could become as influential as the Internet, says a leading venture capitalist
Waiting list wins ICANN approval
News VeriSign's controversial plan to create a waiting list for .com and .net domain names is nearing reality
Merger could end blog format war
News A key player has proposed merging the RSS format with its competitor Atom
UK firm transfers iPod feel to Pocket PC
News The jukebox software closely resembles iPod's design and function, drawing the attention of Apple's lawyers
'DMCA on steroids' passed by EU
News Controversial anti-piracy proposals will become law despite last-minute pleas from civil liberties groups
MSN Messenger flaw opens back door to hard drive
News Malicious users could search the hard drives of vulnerable PCs for financial data if a patch is not applied
Hitachi rolls out massive hard drive
News The drive can hold 400GB of data and is targeted at both corporate data storage and consumers wanting to record video
The future of wireless
Tech Guide Although 802.11g is less than a year old, plans are afoot to boost the reliability, security and speed of wireless networking. Here are some of the technologies to consider when planning the future...

