Previous DayMicrosoft to shed light on Newham Council's Linux u-turn
News The London Borough of Newham's decision to choose Windows over Linux was a big surprise. Microsoft and Newham will soon reveal more details about Newham's decision
Outsourcing grows - but deal size shrinks
News More companies are choosing to outsource, but the deals are decreasing in size
Six deals done for NHS IT
News The health service is set to save up to £30m by signing new pricing structures with suppliers
Norwegian hacker takes a bite out of Apple's iTunes
News The Norwegian hacker who broke the DeCSS DVD encryption has now cracked Apple's AirPort technology, which encrypts music sent between iTunes and wireless base stations
IT leaders baffled by utility computing
News Over half of senior IT staff say they have no plans to embrace utility computing, and one in six does not even understand the concept
Another thing to worry about - summer lightning
News Brief: IT departments face an additional challenge during summer storms - dealing with the risks posed by extreme weather
HP fails to meet analysts' expectations
News 'Unacceptable execution' will mean 'immediate management changes', says Carly Fiorina
Row heats up over BT broadband price rises
News Seventy ISPs have banded together to fight BT's decision to charge significantly more for some of its ADSL business products
Smartphone 'Trojan' found to be code flaw
News What was thought to be a Trojan that triggered premium-rate SMSes has turned out to be an altered copy-protection feature of the original game
Aviation authority sets strict biometric passport guidelines
News Europe is to follow the UK's lead in issuing strict rules about photos to be used in biometric passports - smiling and headgear are forbidden
Intel's fifth chief
Q&A Craig Barrett's successor explains what will change when he takes the reins
SP2's firewall is not good enough
Comment The latest Windows firewall is better than nothing - but I for one won't be relying on it
Quicken maker pushes into network monitoring
News Intuit, better known for personal finance software, has release a set of technology-management tools
Gartner: Patent issues aren't the only cause for Munich's Linux delay
Analysis The city of Munich has deferred its high-profile migration to Linux on the desktop, citing uncertainty over proposed rules on patentability of software
Computer science turns off students
News Falling enrolments in the US are provoking concerns about future technology leadership
Push to talk heads for Wi-Fi
News One-button mobile calls could eventually expand into voice-over-IP systems, according to US regulators
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Review We recommend installing Windows XP SP2, but only after Microsoft has had a few weeks to work out the kinks.
First Blu-ray spec finished
News The next-generation DVD technology has been cleared to go into production
iPod chipmaker plans to cash in
News The company that makes the chips that run iPods is planning an initial public offering
Man arrested for MSBlast pleads guilty
News Jeffrey Lee Parson has admitted creating a variant of MSBlast that opened a back door to infected computers
Corporates allowed to block SP2
News In response to demand, Microsoft is allowing companies to block automatic updates of its latest version of Windows
Tablet PCs: Sales still hard to swallow
News Sales of tablet PCs have increased, helped along by improved software, but they're still not flying off the shelves
