Seagate invests in nanotech
News The storage manufacturer is putting £170m into developments including thin film technology
Intel: rootkits have met their match
Q&A The chipmaker is using hardware-based security technologies to tackle rootkits, worms and viruses
Microsoft's nemesis joins merchant bank
News A new role for Monti, the EU competition commissioner who pursued Microsoft relentlessly through the European courts
New service aims to help developing world in research
News Time Equals Knowledge, the joint development between MIT and Elsevier, plans to give scientists in developing nations better access to research
RFID may become a $3bn business by 2010
News It has taken a while to get here, but RFID is a technology now ready for take-off, say analysts Gartner
Microsoft begins testing Exchange 12
News The latest version of Microsoft's flagship email and calendar software has been released to 1,400 corporate customers
Ariba and Am Ex launch procurement product in UK
News AP Plus benefits both suppliers and buyers, eliminating the need for third party point-of-sale systems
Securely setting up a Linux PC
Help/HowTo Linux Internet connection made easy with a step by step guide to a secure configuration
Digesting database confusion
Feature Avoiding the quagmire of database management is possible with careful research and planning
Photos: Honda robot runs circles around competition
Photo The second-generation Asimo can now run around at up to 6km per hour and even push a trolley
Fiat signs telecoms outsourcing deal with BT
News BT has won a €450m contract to run Fiat's telecoms and bought an Italian telco into the bargain
Intel to start New Year with new chip
News Processor giant plans to kick-off 2006 with the release of the Yonah notebook processor, following with a focus on PCs for the living room
HP on the road to recovery
News Chief executive Mark Hurd spells out strategy for recovery and key growth areas for Wall Street
Microsoft patches serious IE flaws
News Microsoft has provided a fix for a 'critical' security flaw in Windows that allows an attacker to take complete control of affected systems
$100 laptop to be built in Taiwan
News Quanta has won the contract to manufacture the laptop for Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop per Child organisation
Firefox attack code published
News The code demonstrating how a known flaw in an older version of the browsers can be exploited has been published on the Web
Skype 2 (beta)
Review Although Skype 2 suffers from middling voice quality when calling landline phones, it's still one of the best free VoIP services around, and its new Skype Video feature makes it even better.



