Previous Day3 jilts O2 for Orange
News Orange is 3's new national roaming partner after submitting a bid O2 wasn't prepared to match
Patent inspectors strike over quality fears
News Examiners are concerned that productivity measures proposed by EPO management will be detrimental to standards
Government 'hindering knowledge economy'
News Industry trade body Intellect claims the withdrawal of support for subsidised PCs is typical of the government's failure to encourage a knowledge economy
McKinnon should be scared; so should America
Leader A disproportionate punishment for the NASA hacker will only incite more, and most likely less benign, people to follow in his footsteps
HP challenges RIM on mobile email
News A strategic partnership between Microsoft and HP may force the Blackberry maker to 'revise its business model'
IBM joins SME storage battle
News Hot on the heels of EMC’s launch of a new, 2Mbps, low-cost Clariion system, IBM has come out with a cheaper system with twice the speed
Waterstone's closes book on Amazon
News Potential customers will no longer be redirected away from the Waterstone's Web site, as the bookseller turns over a new leaf and gets serious about e-commerce
An end to the software police?
News After months of delay, the ISO has finally published a standard for software asset management that may protect companies from legal and financial threats over licensing issues
IBM releases small-scale blade solutions
News A new network switch and service package is aimed at coaxing more customers into the fast-growing server segment
NASA hacker loses extradition fight
News A judge at Bow Street Magistrates' Court ruled that Gary McKinnon must face a court in the US, but an appeal is likely
Inside Windows Live Messenger beta
Photo Microsoft's new IM client drops the MSN label and adds VoIP features, integrates contacts with its other services and allows you to share files with other users.
Windows Live Messenger beta
Preview Microsoft is renovating its Messenger client, which adds Internet calling capabilities, folder sharing and contact integration to other Windows Live services.
NTL confirms 6,000 staff will go
News Call centre workers are expected to be the hardest hit as the telco strips out one-third of jobs after its merger with Telewest
Sky comes down to earth for mobile TV tests
News It's Oxford versus Cambridge for in-yer-boat-race trials of Qualcomm's MediaFLO technology
Oyster e-money shelved amid cost wrangling
News Oyster sandwiches are off the menu as Transport for London fails to find a partner for converting the fare smart card to an electronic wallet for everyday purchases
McNealy tees off at Symantec event
News Speaking to a Symantec audience, the Sun Microsystems chairman heralds the 'participation age' and set his corporate sights on data centres
EU struggles with Vista
News With a European court still to rule on whether Microsoft must pare back its current operating system, the zone's competition watchdog is unsure how to police the next version of Windows
Microsoft issues critical patches
News Exchange servers and computers running the Flash player are at risk of remote code execution attacks without the update
