Previous DayWomen's employment rights are strengthened
News Sex discrimination burden of proof is reversed in favour of employees
Brits turned-on by digital TV demos
News Research commissioned by BSkyB shows that viewers may be more receptive to digital TV than many had thought - although analogue die-hards were cut off from the study
BlueCore01 doubles Bluetooth range, reduces power
News New wireless processors from Cambridge Silicon Radio improve personal area networking
IBM sells NAS through partners
News Most of IBM's network attached storage devices will go through resellers, while storage area networks will remain strong at large enterprises
Linux set for central role in 3G devices
News Texas Instruments plans to make its OMAP wireless platform Linux-friendly, meaning that 3G devices by Nokia, Ericsson, Sony and Sendo could use the open source operating system
ISPs cut off virus-infected customers
News Telewest has become the first UK ISP to suspend the accounts of customers who leave virus-infected computers running and fail to patch them
Groove swings $51m from Microsoft
News Groove Networks, the Napster-like file sharing startup, is likely to play a central role in Microsoft's .Net strategy
New Linux kernel available for download
News Technical improvements include better networking and USB support, but Torvalds now wants to concentrate on making the operating system more usable
MySQL database to get a revamp
News Version 4 of the open source database, which boasts some 3 million users, will launch this month with major new features including SSL support
BT vows to keep cutting ADSL costs
News The telco admits that consumer broadband costs too much, and promises to cut wholesale prices again
Office users face new macro risk
News Malformed macros can escape the macro detection in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint applications, so having the run of the affected PC
Athlon 4 and MP to get XP speed features
News Some of the technology that makes up what AMD calls Quantispeed will appear in the mobile and multi-processor versions early in 2002
Banks look at face recognition for ATMs
News Australian banks are considering the use of biometrics at cash points, and could be using face recognition with a year to help authorise transactions
And the chip champ is...debatable
News Benchmark tests results are in on AMD's new Athlon XP processor vs. Intel's 2GHz Pentium 4 chip, but the winner of the performance crown is unclear
In-car Internet steers away from Palm
News The venture, backed partly by Palm, no longer plans to put handheld computers at the centre of its efforts
Microsoft charts new course round Java
News A beta of Microsoft's Visual J#.Net Java tool is set for release this week. Microsoft hopes to convert Java faithful with the .Net development tool while sidestepping licensing problems with Sun
Next Crusoe chip bogged down in testing
News Energy-efficient Transmeta chip still not shipping, four months after it was announced for 'immediate' availability
Five Years Ago: AMD strikes into Pentium heartland with 133MHz chip
News AMD is striking into the Pentium mainstream with two processors that match Intel's best-selling CPUs running at 120MHz and 133MHz.
