Football clubs to get Wi-Fi
News Fans and businessmen will soon be able to surf while they watch at 72 Football League clubs, starting with Reading FC
'Privacy zone' blocks camera phones
News Iceberg Systems' product, now in testing, could automatically switch off camera phones to protect industrial secrets and private areas
Some do's and don'ts for vendor selection
Help/HowTo How to make a vendor choice you will not live to regret
EU delays vote on 'Euro-DMCA'
News A vote on the EU's proposed directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights, which has been compared to a draconian US law, has been pushed back to November
UK laptop and digital camera demand stays strong
News UK retailer Dixons says British shoppers are continuing to splash their cash on high-tech kit
'Extreme geek' resells iTunes song
News An iTunes customer says he has successfully resold a song, in a bid to prove a point about digital music rights
Spam blacklist to introduce fees
News An Australian spam blacklist will soon be available only to subscribers
Oracle rules out raising bid
News The business software firm will not be increasing its hostile offer for rival PeopleSoft, says Oracle's executive vice president
Oracle reaffirms love for Linux
Feature Oracle's transition to the open-source operating system is substantial, says a senior executive
Open-source leaders: 'We are accountable'
News Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond have responded to SCO's attacks on Linux in an escalating war of words
Linux developers shift the course of an industry
Comment Geeks' adoption of Linux started a slow-moving but unstoppable juggernaut
New Windows flaw similar to MSBlast bug
News Three new security holes are the latest in a string of critical weaknesses identified in Windows recently
Anti-P2P software 'spies' on user data
News A far-reaching project for stopping copyrighted song-swapping could raise serious privacy objections, not least from the ISPs who will be expected to implement it
P2P group to pay girl's RIAA bill
News An industry group representing Grokster, Limewire and other peer-to-peer companies is offering financial assistance to a child sued over file-sharing
IBM in bundling deal with Red Flag Linux
News A database bundling deal could help IBM in the competition to enter the potentially huge Chinese software market
Intel delays Centrino Wi-Fi upgrade
News Users face a longer wait to connect their Centrino notebooks to faster wireless networks
Vint Cerf hears VoIP calling
Q&A Regarded by some as the father of the Internet, Vint Cerf picks voice over IP as a rising star
Sun may shelter Java users from SCO
News Sun is considering protecting its Java licensees from SCO's Linux lawsuits
3Com to shut Dublin plant
News About 1,000 jobs will be lost as the network gear maker outsources its manufacturing to a Singapore-based company
Patch now to beat virus
News People being warned to patch their Windows PCs, with a recently discovered vulnerability likely to see a virus similar to MSBlast emerge in the next couple of days
Oracle evacuates conference after bomb scare
News About 10,000 people attending the OracleWorld conference in San Francisco were ordered to leave the convention centre on Wednesday after threatening calls were received



