Previous DayChristmas card worm rips back door in PCs
News Virus writers are sending multilingual Christmas cards with a nasty surprise for the recipent - a worm that opens a back door into the user's machine
Patent campaigners make government breakthrough
News The roars of laughter from developers as the UK Patent Office attempted to explain 'technical effect' with regard to software patents may have convinced the government that more work is needed
Google under pressure over desktop search
News Analysts claim Google's desktop search product isn't enterprise-ready as Microsoft launches its own offering into the market
Perpendicular recording promises roomier iPods
News Toshiba claims to have cracked perpendicular recording - thus squeezing extra capacity into hard drives
Eurostar rolls out Wi-Fi in stations
News Eurostar's UK terminals are to become Wi-Fi hot spots for travellers
ID card bill gets Tory boost
News Michael Howard has pledged Conservative support to the government's ID card bill, but only if it meets his party's criteria
Experts eye biometric issues
News An expert has warned that biometric systems may struggle to identify people with visual or facial disabilities. Or who have arthritis. Or are too tall or too short...
Debian group encourages women developers
News Builder: The number of female developers working on Debian is set to rise in the next few months thanks to the work of Debian Women
Microsoft targets IBM midrange server customers
News iSeries may have a 'well deserved reputation', but Microsoft and partners are aiming to challenge IBM for customers
Oracle's tricky encore
Leader Oracle has won its PeopleSoft prize after a long and mostly honourable battle. The real fight is just beginning
Tiny memory card for mobiles launched
News In a flash, Samsung has unveiled its latest removable storage product, and it's only a quarter of the size of a standard MMC card
Desktop search 'a likely target for malware'
News Companies should not deploy a desktop search tool without first considering the security implications because they could end up helping virus writers, say security experts
Linux 'better than proprietary software'
News A four-year research project has found 985 bugs in the latest Linux kernel - less than 20 percent of the figure that would be expected for proprietary software
3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 54Mbps 11G Travel Router
Review This neat, flexible and well designed wireless router will appeal both to business travellers and to home/small business users.
Google to unlock libraries
News Google is to expand its print search service, and is expected to announce deals with five international libraries later today to digitise their content and allow access to much of it through the Web
Subscription-based Outlook piloted
News Private testing of Microsoft Office Outlook Live - a service that includes Microsoft's Outlook 2003, 2GB of online storage and Outlook-based access to Hotmail accounts has begun
Gates' foundation to fund synthetic biology
News The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made a $42.5m donation, which is to be shared between corporations and academic institutions, to researchers looking into genetically modifying organisms to...
Migo Personal for iPod
Review There's more to an iPod than just music. A Migo-powered iPod transforms any Windows XP/2000 system into the image of your own. And it works well.
Microsoft's desktop search tool arrives
News A beta version of an MSN desktop search tool has finally emerged from Redmond's labs, and the software giant claims it now trumps the competition on search
Dial 'O' for Oracle
News The long-running saga over Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft came to an end late last week, with a phone call from a PeopleSoft director communicating the magic number: $26.50 per share
