Software makers ignoring anti-piracy technology in favour of sales
News Have software makers deliberately avoided stringent protection measures to avoid scaring customers away?
Can the US maintain its dominance in IT?
Comment If the US is to maintain its market-leading position in IT, a lot of trends need to be reversed. Major firms aren't bothering with research labs, and academic funding is drying up: what can they...
Mac mini and iPod boost Apple's UK sales
News Analyst firm IDC says that the iPod 'halo effect', and the launch of the Mac mini have helped to grow Apple's market share in Britain
British Library to put more priceless images online
News Images of Shakespearean manuscripts, da Vinci's notes and the Magna Carta are to become more accessible through an updated online system
Mobile email market 'still wide open'
News The market for mobile email devices is still wide open, despite the apparent dominance of the Blackberry, according to a Nokia executive
Gates: Cracking the mobile market
Q&A Microsoft has just launched a new version of Windows Mobile. We sat down with Bill Gates to talk about the mobile market, mobile gaming and cooperating with the open source community
Ignorance is bliss in telecoms torpor
Leader We can't blame small businesses and sole traders for being clueless about the latest telecommunications terms - operators aren't giving them good reasons to take an interest
Government warns of IPsec VPN flaw
News Brief: Companies using IPsec VPNs may be vulnerable to attack, via a flaw in an encryption sub-protocol
RSA issues patch for Web authentication tool
News Brief: RSA's Authentication Agent for Web for Internet Information Service is vulnerable and needs to be updated
Defending their copyright with your taxes
Analysis Should software companies be allowed to use a publicly funded legal system to combat piracy whilst eschewing the technology that exists to stamp it out?
Firefox video campaign storms the Web
News Witty promotional videos featuring people's extreme reaction to discovering Firefox are spreading fast online
Small firms baffled by telecoms terms
News Mention 3G, Wi-Fi or VoIP to the manager of a small business and you'll get a baffled look, according to a study that calls on the telecoms industry to raise its game
Acer TravelMate 3004WTMi
Review Acer's latest ultraportable notebook delivers excellent performance and good battery life if you use the bigger 6-cell battery. But if you need optical storage on the move, you'll have to carry an...
Picking BlackBerrys to enable the mobile office
News Mobile technology helps GMTV cope with schedule changes and respond quickly to world events
W3C launches mobile standards push
News Builder: Two working groups have been formed by the standards body to push the adoption of its standards for browsing on mobile devices
US anti-spyware bill rises from the ashes
News After dying an untimely death last year, a bill seeking to ban spyware has been brought back to life by the US congress
Bigger, faster midrange storage from IBM on the way
News A 67TB, 4Gbps TotalStorage system is on the way from the hardware and services firm. It is designed to operate with everything from HPUX and Solaris to Windows
Microsoft moves to clarify licensing
News The software leviathan is aiming to cut its 100-page document on product licensing guidelines in half with a simplified pricing structure
Blair reshuffles IT
News The latest Westminster reshuffle has seen Alun Michael, previously the minister for rural affairs responsible for the fox-hunting ban, being given responsibility for e-commerce
