Previous DayMutant Bugbear worm targets bank security
News Update:The rapidly-spreading Bugbear.B virus has a secret mission - to steal security information from bank PCs
Temp staff pose biggest security risk
News The weakest link in a company's security chain is the worker on a short term contract, according to security experts
Sun: Java must unify to be successful
News JavaOne: Sun Microsystems has started unifying the various flavours of its Java language to ensure it can realise the promise of a 'write once, run anywhere' program
Pinnacle Edition 5
Review Pinnacle has massively improved this recent software acquisition, putting it well ahead of Adobe’s Premiere 6.5 in terms of performance and flexibility.
NTL hit by email breakdown
News Users claim that NTL's email service hasn't worked properly since Friday. The company insists that only a tiny number of people have been affected, but won't go into details
War against spam moves to mobile phones
News Spam sent by text message could become a bigger problem than email-based spam unless the industry takes action, according to the mobile phone regulator
Camera phones click in Europe
News Camera phones will make up most of the mobile phone market in three years' time, according to new figures from Gartner. But the category is creating opportunities for new competition from Asian...
Sony VAIO TR1: a first look
Preview Sony's latest ultraportable notebook combines ultra-low-voltage Centrino technology with impressive multimedia features. We preview what looks like a traveller's dream machine.
Staff monitoring must be transparent
News The UK Information Commissioner has clarified that to comply with the Data Protection Act, any monitoring should be done 'with the knowledge of the employee'
US agrees ban on offshore casino access
News The US has voted to ban access to offshore casinos in order to stop terrorists laundering money, 'thwart Al Qaeda' and 'protect the youth' of America
Yahoo wages war against spam senders
News Yahoo is trying to beat spammers by making sure that junk-email-sending software packages cannot access its service
MS gets heavy with shareware upstart
News Microsoft has blocked an ex-employee from launching a shareware program, because MS claims his source code is based on a planned extension to the Windows operating system
Intel to customise XScale for Java
News JavaOne: Intel and Sun, which compete in the server market, are to work together on mobile Java devices
IBM ThinkPad T40
Review This thin-and-light notebook isn't the speediest Pentium M/Centrino system, but it offers very good battery life and many outstanding features.
Yahoo Personals aims at European union
News The Internet portal is to extend its online dating service to the UK, France and Germany in a drive to increase subscription revenues
Key Quark software arrives for Mac OS X
News Quark is to ship its long-awaited OS X publishing software, erasing a barrier that had prevented many companies from adopting Apple's platform
Intel puts Tri-Gate transistor on fast track
News The chip maker has put Tri-Gate technology on a short list of next-generation techniques that it may use to extend the life of Moore's Law
New Java licence aims to spark innovation
News JavaOne: The licence aims to replicate the free-wheeling innovation common in open-source software, but will only apply to research projects
Linux software locks down industrial infrastructure
News A new package from Verano is aimed at utility companies and manufacturers, which have been rethinking their security in the light of terrorist threats
