Previous DayElsa goes offline
News The struggling German graphics board maker pulls its Web site down as it faces debt repayments and possible insolvency
Former ICL chief to lead broadband advisory group
News Keith Todd, who resigned from ICL in 2000 after its stock market flotation was cancelled, is the new chairman of the Broadband Stakeholder Group
Digital downloads tax EC/US relations
News European Union proposals that would force US companies to collect VAT on downloads by European citizens are causing a stir in Washington
BT rival welcomes broadband price cuts
News Anything that boosts the public's awareness of the benefits of high-speed Internet access is good news, according to Tele2
Microsoft server bugs open the door to hackers
News Holes in Exchange 2000 and Windows 2000 could allow hackers to view the system registry or gain control of servers. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to struggle with its reputation for lax security
Microsoft: We're patching MSN hole
News A privacy flaw in MSN Messenger that exposes IM nicknames and could reveal users' e-mail addresses is a 'hiccup,' not a problem, says Microsoft. But a fix is on the way
Pay-to-play search ignites trademark battle
News The practise of charging to place adverts in search result lists sparks its first lawsuit, alleging that trademarks are being violated
Computer science's gender gap
News The University of California at Los Angeles shares its findings of research and observations on the computer science gender gap.
Fluke considers wireless tests
News The company best known for testing cables is determined not to be left in the lurch when users throw them away in favour of wireless networks
Companies fear costly MPEG-4 licences
News Licensing terms proposed for the next-generation digital media standard could drive companies to the competition
IBM stuffs more memory into skinny servers
News Memory-doubling technology will let 'blade' servers use more memory without taking up more space or power
What Steve Jobs won't do at Apple
Comment After meeting with Apple's prodigal founder, I got a glimpse, if just a glimmer, of its future as a player - get this - in the markets for scientific workstations and Unix mainframes.
Handspring begins selling Treo in US
News The mobile phone-PDA combo arrives on Handspring's US Web site, a milestone for the company's wireless plans
Digital ID: You shop, they snoop?
News A new plan for tagging everything from computers to shampoo bottles could make life more convenient, but it's got privacy advocates up in arms
Gates, Ballmer may testify at hearing
News The software maker discloses plans to bring its chairman and chief executive to testify at a remedy hearing and accuses AOL Time Warner and Oracle of helping to draft a remedy proposal
Game industry prepares for copyright battle
News A dispute between a barter site and an online game could have implications for copyright in the games industry
Jamcracker reworks its software strategy
News The software-as-a-service company is to relaunch with fresh investment and updated software
Five years ago: IE 4.0 to get public airing inside a fortnight
News Microsoft will put version 4.0 of Internet Explorer (IE) into the beta test spotlight on February 24, according to reports coming out of the US today
Canon S750
Review An excellent general-purpose inkjet printer for consumers and small businesses.
