Previous DayISPs wary of BT's network upgrade plans
News BT is coming under pressure from ISPs over its plans to build a better backbone network for the UK
Google expands local search
News Brief: The system can now be accessed using a mobile phone's browser, and used to get directions by SMS
Met Office tests £27.5m supercomputer upgrade
News A better system for the generation of severe weather warnings should be the end product of the multi-million pound operation
Microsoft releases backup server public beta
News Microsoft's beta for its first backup server is out, with the aim of making backups smoother and recoveries faster. But to achieve success it still needs the support of the big tape backup players
Siebel replaces CEO
News Mike Lawrie has been ousted after less than a year in the job. Veteran George Shaheen has the unenviable task of trying to turn the company around
IBM patent sparks open source code rewrite
News A patent filed by IBM has prompted PostgreSQL developers to rewrite an algorithm, even though IBM says it is opening up many of its patents for the open source community
No fuel like an old fuel
Leader Portable fuel cells will be here next year, as they will have been every year since 1995. They're finally running out of time
Firms urged to embrace email encryption
News Enterprises should make wider use of Transport Layer Security, according to one leading UK security campaigner
PalmOne Tungsten E2
Review The Tungsten E2 delivers a sleek and affordable combination of productivity and entertainment in a package that should satisfy mobile professionals and consumers alike.
Gordon Moore: Software is too complex
News Moore's Law has helped keep the IT industry riding along on ever faster and more complex hardware for 40 years, but its author now says the software side of the equation needs some serious work
Java acceleration start-up wins IBM support
News Builder: Azul Systems, a start-up which makes hardware designed to speed up Java applications, has cut a support deal with IBM Global Services
Gordon Moore: How I came up with the Law
Q&A On the fortieth anniversary of Moore's Law, the author dialled in from Hawaii to tell us exactly why it came about - and identify the person responsible for the popular misconception that it refers...
Eva heard the one about the IT manager looking for love?
News Brief: It's just not PC
Office flaw exploit code published
News On the same day that Microsoft issued its latest batch of monthly patches, details of a new flaw have been published - along with code to exploit it
Red Hat testing dual-core support
News The first update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux should allow the Linux distribution to fully support dual-core processor, and Intel's latest wireless technology
Oracle and Intel announce RFID integration plans
News The database giant and chipmaker are to create product lines featuring the increasingly popular tracking technology and combinations each other's kit
Microsoft releases critical patches
News April's patches include five with the gargantuan software firm's highest security rating, and cover Office, IE, MSN Messenger, Exchange Server and Windows
Salesforce.com previews summer release
News The hosted-application service provider has offered a sneak preview into its next CRM release, and has confirmed it will be out in June
Apple to unleash Tiger on 29 April
News The latest version of OS X will be released before the end of April, with additional security and desktop-search features being the highlights
Companies find silver lining in compliance cloud
News Complying with legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley can help firms become more efficient, says Hyperion
How to avoid obsolete storage hell
Tech Guide Don't get suckered into using a backup medium that your next computer won't be able to read.
