Previous DayApache booms in 2003
News The open-source Web server continued its rise last year, powering 67 percent of all Web sites, while rivals remained flat
Easynet vows to unbundle more of Britain
News By the end of 2004, businesses and households in another 80 areas across the UK should have access to Easynet's unbundled broadband services
SGI releases mid-range Linux server
News SGI hopes the use of supercomputing technologies in the Altix 350 will help propel it into the mid-range market, and even tempt some companies to look at it for running databases
Toxic phishers scam the unwary
Feature Emails that trick recipients into entering financial data are on the rise
Web giants mull taskbar
Feature Major Web portals are vying for real estate outside the browser, with a "taskbar" placed on a PC's desktop
Hundreds of Wi-Fi products fail tests
News Research indicates there are hundreds of wireless products on the market that are not Wi-Fi certified, leading to potential problems with interoperability and performance
Apple iLife '04: a first look
Preview Apple’s second-generation digital media suite updates existing elements and introduces a program for recording, manipulating and performing music.
Dead iPod syndrome - no volt found?
Comment Apple has come under fire for the iPod's power problems - but the Great Battery Rip-off is a much wider issue for the industry, and consumers
My response to Richard Stallman
Comment Stallman's encouragement to replace proprietary software with free alternatives would complicate matters for open-source developers by removing the opportunity to license the code to makers of...
Yahoo fixes Messenger transfer flaw
News Yahoo has fixed a bug in its instant messenger application after it was found to be vulnerable to buffer-overflow errors when receiving files, potentially leaving PCs open to attack
Barclays scam email exploits new IE flaw
News Con artists have begun using an address-hiding flaw to trick Barclays' online banking customers into revealing their personal details
Xombe Trojan imitates Microsoft security warning
News An email pretending to be a Microsoft security warning harbours a malicious Trojan horse
Egenera racks up another $30m
News The blade-server specialist has accumulated $124m in four rounds of fundraising
EC suspends Oracle probe
News The European Commission has halted its investigation of Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft while it gathers more information
Consumers spur notebook boom
News The trend for consumers to adopt a notebook as their main PC has spurred sales of portable computers
PC-cillin Internet Security 11
Review PC-cillin 11 includes both a firewall and anti-spam tools -- features not found in Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus 2004 or McAfee’s VirusScan 8.0.
Windows 98 gets support reprieve
News Although support for the older operating systems was due to end shortly, Microsoft has announced that it will be extended
VoIP slips into handsets
News Voice-over-IP is being incorporated into modems and cordless phones, as manufacturers attempt to harness its growing popularity
SAP's Project Vienna rethinks Web services
News The software company is researching ways to streamline its applications with mix-and-match designs
Torvalds updates new Linux
News Linux Torvalds has issued the first update for the 2.6 Linux kernel
Oracle expects DOJ decision soon
News Oracle says it will find out by early March whether the US Department of Justice will allow its hostile bid for PeopleSoft
Search sites sport shortcut to flight status
News Yahoo and Google are offering one-click access to flight information, as part of a ploy to lure more visitors
Torvalds turns up at linux.conf.au
News The creator of Linux is a surprise attendee of Australia's Linux developer conference
Welcome to yet another year of viruses
Tech Guide We'll see plenty of email viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away -- and how to protect yourself.
Business Objects ready to swallow Crystal
News The French data-analysis software firm says it is ready to merge its software with that of rival Crystal Decision, which it purchased last year
Brits in Australia struggle to roam
News Holidaying Britons have experienced patchy mobile coverage, after Vodafone Australia's UK roaming link struggled with unusually high traffic
Software blocks images of money
News Photoshop and Paintshop Pro users can no longer open images of many currencies, after a request from an international banking organisation aimed at counterfeiters
IBM sustains patent dominance
News Big Blue was granted more US patents last year than any other company
Intel funds anti-SCO fight
News Intel has contributed money to a fund set up to defend open-source users against SCO's legal action
