Previous DayBT invents semantic television
News Telecoms giant comes up with the next generation of interactive TV, where the viewers decide the storyline
Win an Alienware Area-51 m5550
Competition To kick off our 2006 '12 Days of Christmas' competition, we have the Intel Core 2 Duo-based Area-51 m5550 from Alienware, a notebook that's equally comfortable at work or at play.
Red Hat finds home in heart of capitalism
News The open-source specialist has listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Java update warms to scripting languages
News Developers have welcomed Sun's release of Java Standard Edition 6, which gives better support for scripting languages and web services
10 things you should know about privacy protection and IT
Feature These days, IT bears a tremendous responsibility for safeguarding corporate data and protecting personal privacy
Crime surge sparks calls for internet Interpol
News Prominent internet security expert calls for more global co-operation to combat the threat of cybercrime
We expect this from MS though...
Talkback This was to be expected... anyone who has had a long relationship with using MS products know that this is to be expected within a week or two of launch. Admin staff by the dozens know to stay...
How to fix IT skill shortages and misalignments
Feature Workers should be compensated based on skill-sets rather than title and seniority
Dose of Mercury leaves HP's vision blurry
News Three months after closing 'the industry's biggest acquisition this year', HP still hasn't mapped out a view for its software future
Whiteboard: Backdoor security attacks
Video The bad guys have found new vulnerabilities, so it's time secure your weakest links
Legendary office and computer pranks
Photo Photos: From the simple elegance of a balloon-filled cubicle to an office covered in aluminium foil
Early Memories
Talkback Thanks for the article. It took me back to the days of programming with 5-position TTY tape or IBM cards. It also reminded me of the first Zenith PC with a 40MB hard drive that the USAF let me...
100Gbps Ethernet is coming
News Telecoms industry is pushing for a tenfold increase in performance by the end of the decade
UK tries to stall mobile-roaming controls
News National telecoms ministers urge the EC to give operators a chance to cut their own roaming charges, rather than forcing retail price cuts
Firefox 3 gets a first run
News Coders and testers can now download Gran Paradiso Alpha 1 from Mozilla
Why 3G over 2G may not happen
Blog We reported about a month ago that Ofcom may theoretically allow those operators with licences for 2G in the 900MHz band (i.e. O2 and Vodafone) to use that spectrum for 3G services as well. ...
Whiteboard: Beware of spyware
Video How does spyware get its hooks into your computer, and what can you do to remove it?
The inventor intent on improving lives
Q&A Dean Kamen, maverick inventor of the Segway scooter, talks about portable energy and attitudes to technology in today's world
Why web developers shouldn't ignore older technologies
Feature While it is good to know about the latest web development technology, developers shouldn't drag their feet on older standards
The Big Interview: William Webb
Interview What, no 4G? Futurologist and Ofcom technologist Professor William Webb says the future of wireless is here already
Start-up generates random numbers from space
News UK-based Yuzoz looks to the final frontier to sell branded randomness
Academic.
Talkback It's academic what one's opinion is of the person, the thing to remember is that no evidence has been presented, the chap has never been in the US and therefore the next one could be YOU. I was...
What's new in scalable storage solutions?
Feature A scalable data storage solution involves much more than just ever-increasing capacity
Rivals launch competing virtualisation products
News XenSource and Virtual Iron have both announced free new versions of their products
Second vulnerability found in Word
News Two zero-day flaws have now been found in less than a week, and the latest could let an attacker take over a PC
Salesforce.com cashes in on application market
News Imminent launch of AppStore will allow Salesforce.com to make money from its AppExchange programme
Microsoft ready for telephony testing
News Software for handling corporate phone calls over the internet is ready for beta testing
Firefox 3 (Gran Paradiso) Alpha 1
Preview An alpha version of Firefox 3 (Gran Paradiso) is available for download, but this release is not meant for public consumption — it's only for testing.
Intel sharpens its memory
News Floating-body cell could be key to giving Intel's processors more on-board memory
