Argentina scores with WiMax
News Alvarion has landed a coup with its uncertified WiMax kit, which will soon be serving broadband blackspots in South America
Ballmer: Longhorn is 'disruptive - but worth it'
News Microsoft's chief executive has declined to give a firm release date for the next version of Windows, in order to avoid disappointing customers and partners
Ballmer: We are winning on server and desktop
News Open source may be 'keeping Microsoft on its feet' but the company is not afraid, says its chief executive
NHS and EDS separate 'without blame'
News Cable & Wireless has taken over management of the services to health-service IT formerly provided by EDS
ICANN roundly condemns VeriSign's Site Finder
News After a lengthy investigation, an ICANN committee has confirmed that VeriSign was wrong to bring in a service that overrode the standard DNS failure message
Microsoft delays release of Update tool
News Because of ongoing work on SP2 and feedback from beta testers, the release of the Windows Update Services tool has been set back
The legacy of Microsoft's 1994 consent decree
Q&A It's been 10 years since Microsoft settled charges relating to 'predatory business practices' - and in the meantime there have been massive antitrust charges against the company. Three experts give...
IE may share Mozilla 'shell:' flaw
News A security firm is claiming that Internet Explorer may also have the vulnerability that was announced for the Mozilla browser last week
French fry up their own GPL
News A licence specifically designed for open-source software has been developed to encourage its adoption in France
Red Hat to restate three years' earnings
News Brief: A change to the way the Linux seller accounts for revenue means that it will be restating figures going back to 2002
NEO Pro 3.0
Review Powerful and easy to use, NEO Pro 3.0 includes many of the features you probably wish Outlook had, such as fast and easy searching, views across folders and filtering. If you get lots of email,...
'Smart' worm lies low to evade detection
News A new worm called Atak goes to sleep when it suspects that antivirus software is trying to detect it
Tech investment hits civil service jobs
News The chancellor has announced massive job cuts for the civil service - partly enabled by the investment in back-office technology
Disgruntled employee takes down ex-firm's Web site with spam attack
News A teenager sacked by an insurance company responded with five million emails
IBM set to bring US bar codes into line
News US and Canadian retailers will need to be able to process bar codes used elsewhere in the world from January - and IBM wants to be their point-of-sale tech vendor of choice to make the change
Skype
Review What's not to like about Skype? It's free and ad-free and offers clear VoIP calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world.
US accounting rules blamed for software slump
News The Sarbanes-Oxley regulations are being blamed for a slowdown in software sales being signed off
IBM goes on the Power5 offensive
News Big Blue is set to announce new P5 Unix servers as it takes on Sun and HP and unveils its Unix road map
'Minesweeping' robot keeps carpets clean
News The cousin of a robot being used to clear mines in Afghanistan is set to use the same technology to fight dirty carpets
Nasdaq wins Google's trade
News The search company has chosen where its IPO will take place - but its trading symbol is as yet unknown



