Previous DayHull to host first .Net masters degree
News Students of the University of Hull are to become the first in the country to study for a masters degree in .Net; as part of the course they will get access to Microsoft's source code
Law may be updated to cover DoS attacks
News Concerns that some types of hacking might not be covered by the UK's Computer Misuse Act could prompt changes to the law, following strong lobbying from industry
Nvidia updates Linux drivers
News Graphics chip leader Nvidia has enhanced the software that makes the company's chips work with Linux PCs
Palm prepares for China in 2003
News Palm will attempt to take the world's largest market next year when it closes in on the Chinese
Fraudsters continue to target eBay
News For the second time in a fortnight, eBay users have been targeted by con artists attempting to steal credit card information
BTopenworld, NTL top complaints charts
News According to the latest Oftel figures, BTopenworld and NTL lead the way when it comes to customer complaints
Keep in the Christmas spirit - give nothing away
Comment Rupert Goodwins: Festive fraud is in your mailbox, but is there more we should be doing?
IT users in password hell
News The typical intensive IT user now has 21 passwords, and has two strategies to cope: Use common words as passwords or just write them down
UK moving up broadband rankings
News Although the UK still lags behind many of its European neighbours when it comes to broadband penetration, it is catching up
Wanted: Successor to flash memory
News Researchers are contemplating a new technology to replace the removable memory being built into millions of consumer devices
UK lab researches worm-throttling
News HP researchers are working on ways to choke Internet-based worms and viruses and stop them spreading their destructive payloads
Attacks increase on Apache servers
Feature We need to be especially vigilant in updating systems such as Apache that make up a piece of the Internet -- both to keep those systems from being attacked and from being used to attack others
DSL growth hits record high
News A survey by the DSL Forum has found that worldwide take-up of the high-speed Internet technology is growing rapidly
HP teams up for Linux supercomputers
News In a boost for Intel, HP is partnering with Linux NetworX to produce supercomputers based on Itanium 2 servers
Sun's blades will virtualise Solaris
News Sun's blade servers, due to launch in the New Year, will be bundled with a virtualisation product for Solaris
XML encryption specs approved
News Two key specifications will eventually allow an author to secure parts of an XML document - such as a credit card number entered in an XML form
HP, Unisys tout Intel servers
News HP sticks Itanium into its high-end Superdome server, running three different operating systems simultaneously. Meanwhile Unisys is not about to be outdone
Fujitsu plays smart with Symbian
News Fujitsu has unveiled the first 3G phone based on the Symbian operating system - yet another sign that Microsoft is falling behind
Corel begins XML push
News The Canadian software maker announces two new XML tools Tuesday in an effort to jump start its next phase of its financial recovery
