PGP Personal Security 7.03
Review PGP Personal Security will only be effective if you understand what it's doing and make it part of an overall security scheme -- just installing and running it won't provide a miracle cure.
European Parliament restricts access to personal data
News Cappato report challenges European Council plans to give law enforcement greater access to electronic communications
Napster hit by defecting users
News Analysts believe that a red hot Dutch peer-to-peer company is on track to be the next successful song-swapper
Marijuana worm smoked out of action
News The recent PE_MARI.A worm was too flawed to take over many computers, analysts say
Palms: Are we waiting for USB?
Comment Was the boom in hand-held Palm PCs and Pocket PCs just a fad, now forgotten along with Psion profits? It seems all too easy to say so -- and several commentators are doing this, on the back of...
Tech firms blame Europe for slow growth
News ANALYSIS: Latest batch of tech earnings will highlight European weaknesses, observers predict
Semiconductor makers streamline with RosettaNet standards
News Manufacturers can now share information across entire production process, making them more competitive
BT faces strike over back-office outsourcing
News Communications Workers Union opposes plan to send paperwork overseas
Worms evolving into complex beasts
News Computer systems are becoming more like living organisms, says an expert - and harder to keep healthy
New front opens in Web standards war
News Web-authoring companies are being pressed to adopt standards - but they might not work with your browser
Fujitsu to unveil 128-CPU server
News Primepower 2000 arrives late, but will put pressure on Sun, IBM and HP
Cube fans pray for its reincarnation
News Mac fans quickly buy up stock of Apple's Cube - after it is axed for low demand
Spam plan fails in EU committee
News Committee rules that if email users don't want to be drowned under a sea of spam, they will have to ask the spammers to stop
Psion has faith in the future
News Company downplays cuts in consumer handhelds, saying it is leaving its options open for PDAs and Bluetooth
Free Software
Comment Free software works just fine. Open Source software works just fine. Don't let anybody pretend otherwise. It works at least as well as any other sort of software. It works for me.
Microsoft shares jump on outlook
News Software giant will take a charge of £2bn on investments
Intel looks at leap in handheld memory
News Chip maker says it is closing in on 'Holy Grail' of memory for mobile devices like phones and handheld computers
Napster must stay offline
News US court judgement means Napster must prove it can block trading of major-label songs
Yahoo! beats Street's target by a hair
News In its first report under new chief executive Terry Semel, the Net bellwether posts shows a profit of a penny per share in the second quarter, excluding charges
Microsoft alters Windows pacts
News In a dramatic shift, Microsoft will now allow PC makers to change desktop icons, entries from the Start menu, and block access to Internet Explorer. Experts say it's too little, too late
Psion handhelds fall victim to a changing market
News The handheld market is still booming, but Psion says it can no longer compete. The company hasn't done anything wrong, say experts, it has simply been squeezed out of its niche
Five Years Ago: Dixons: PCs were almost a quarter of sales
News UK electronics retail giant Dixons Group announced upbeat figures for the financial year ending 27 April 1996, saying PCs had contributed significantly to the numbers

