Previous DayBT to sell Cisco storage technology
News British Telecommunications, which become an official Cisco partner last month, is now planning to sell storage kit from the networking giant
Ethernet creator talks up potential of ZigBee
News Some analysts fear that wireless standard ZigBee is under threat from vendors rushing out pre-standard products, but Bob Metcalfe is certain that it will play a massive role in IT
Microsoft strengthens HTML patent with Eolas
News Builder: Microsoft has won a patent for automatically downloading software using the <object> tag, and to strengthen it's claim has relied on none other than the infamous Eolas patent
Open Enterprise Server to get February release
News Brief: Novell has announced that OES will ship with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and Netware, saying that it will deliver 'the best of both worlds to customers'
Bob 'Ethernet' Metcalfe looks to the future
Q&A The inventor of Ethernet gives his take on ZigBee, network speeds, software radios, Cisco, RFID, Web services, and why company boards need more engineers
MySQL 4.1 uses Microsoft code
News Code that Microsoft made available under a public licence earlier this year will be used to build the next production release of the open-source database
Mobile hard drive revolution proposed
News An American semiconductor company is trying to quietly revolutionise the way that mobile phones and other portable devices are designed by putting more functionality into the hard drive
Hackers can launch attacks over IM
News Hackers have created a 'proof-of-concept' instant messaging tool that can scan and disable networks
Stallman: Protect the freedom of free software
Analysis The free-software guru has spoken out on why 'open source' is not the same as 'free', and outlined the four freedoms he is working defend and promote
Is there going to be life after Microsoft?
Comment Willl there even be a time after Microsoft? News.com's David Berlind examines the hype of the past week to come up with some answers
China, tech seen as vital by 'Global Titans'
News Survey: The Internet comes second only to China in terms of what the biggest businesses see as important
Dell recalls over four million power adaptors
News Update: Dell has announced that it is recalling 4.4 million laptop power adaptors, not just the one million stated by the US Consumer Product Safety Commision on Friday
Transatlantic anti-spam alliance mooted
News The Office of Fair Trading is hosting an international conference aimed at finally doing something about the growing problem of unsolicited bulk email
Intrusion prevention security tipped to boom in Europe
News Brief: Threats such as the JPEG virus means more companies will splash out on IPS systems to protect against security vulnerabilities, vendors claim
Siebel re-shaping plans laid bare
Q&A In a recent interview with ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com Mike Lawrie, the new head of Siebel Systems, explained his plans for the future of the company
Why Microsoft's Media Center is stuck on the edge
Leader Microsoft wants Media Center to bring drama to your living room. It will get more of that than it bargained for
Samsung to enter miniature drive market
News Update: Samsung has revealed plans to enter the increasingly lucrative mobile drive market, with new devices planned that will be aimed at OEMs for use in mobile phones and other highly portable...
Don't pay for insecure software, says SANS
News The research director for SANS has attacked vendors for selling insecure software. But vendors insist they are doing as much as they can
AOL enters browser wars
News AOL is reported to be releasing a standalone browser, the first time the company has made a move into the market dominated by Internet Explorer
Apple iMac G5
Review The new iMac is as much a design choice as it is a computing choice; as such, it's perfect for people who need to look good while they work.
Supreme Court hears file-swapping case
News The music and film industries are appealing to the US' highest court to try and prevent the exchange of copyrighted material on P2P networks
IBM hopes its dinosaurs will rule the earth again
News Big Blue sees China as key to saving mainframes from extinction, while Unisys has boosted the performance of its models
Polese launches open-source software services firm
News The former Sun exec, along with Ray Lane, has moved into the support industry for open-source software
FBI seizes media network servers
News A US hosting company has handed over London-based Web servers that were used to host an alternative media network
'Oracle and PeopleSoft talked merger in 2000': Ellison
News A court in Delaware has heard testimony from the Oracle CEO that it discussed a merger with PeopleSoft four years ago - and that Ellison thought there would be no obstacles to the current bid
