Previous DaySalesforce.com moves into custom application hosting
News With sforce 2.0, Salesforce.com hopes to address a major criticism of its business model, by hosting custom applications that can connect sales to the rest of the enterprise
Microsoft gears up monthly patch release
News Microsoft is committed to rolling out security updates on a regular schedule, but some experts warn that this may create an attack timetable
Consumers warned over growing Internet card fraud
News In the run-up to Christmas, experts have warned of a growing number of fraudulent 'card not present' e-commerce transactions
Microsoft's hacker bounty is a waste of money
News Redmond may think that offering a reward for information about hackers is the way forward, but there are far more effective ways for the money to be spent
Axis 205 Network Camera
Review Although the Axis 205 costs more than your average Webcam, it also delivers a great deal more in terms of image quality, frame rate support and configurability.
Spam surge raises fears of junk mail assault
News Organised spammers may have launched a new assault on Web users, with an anti-spam company reporting a spike in the amount of junk mail being sent
Motorola buys wireless chipmaker
News The purchase could give Motorola a head start in bringing to market fast wireless-broadband technology
NetScreen and Trend Micro launch first joint product
News The security appliance will be sold separately under each company's brand name
Salesforce.com signs large deal with AMD
News The rented-software company will supply Advanced Micro Devices with customer service, sales and marketing applications
SSL market heats up
News Vendors are rushing to introduce virtual private network products based on secure sockets layer encryption
Why no news about Longhorn can be trusted
Comment It will probably take until 2008 before the impact of Microsoft's next operating system becomes clear
3Com splits standards allegiance
News The networking-gear maker will use a mix of all three Wi-Fi standards in future products
Sun tries to lure HP customers
News Sun wants to gain customers hit by Hewlett-Packard's changes to its Unix server line
Transistor houses two independent gates
News Motorola has developed a transistor containing two gates that can function independently, theoretically boosting performance and reducing power use
Internet Explorer to shut down pop-ups
News Microsoft plans to add the ability to block pop-up Internet advertising in an update due out next year
Adobe collects Yellow Dragon
News The publishing-software giant has purchased a small company specialising in XML tools
Microsoft seeks to shut Lindows out of settlement
News Microsoft wants to stop the Linux distributor processing claims for its California class-action settlement
Search engines slammed for drug ads
News A US pharmacy trade group wants search engines to stop selling sponsored ads to unlicensed drug operations
Cyber terrorism 'merely a theory'
News Technology-based terrorist attacks remain a theoretical phenomenon, and businesses should focus instead on protecting themselves from demonstrable threats, according to a Gartner analyst
Apple unleashes another Panther
News An updated version of its latest Mac OS X has been released by Apple, addressing incompatibility issues
Windows Longhorn: more details emerge
Preview The next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, isn't due for a few years. But Microsoft has recently divulged more information on the OS, which promises to be a significant upgrade.
IBM touts second Itanium
News Big Blue will sell a server than can fit in as many as 16 of Intel's Itanium processors
