Australian IT jobs on the road to recovery
News Over one in five IT firms predict hiring increases in the next quarter
New US bill takes a shot at stock options
News Tech companies will be hit hard if new rules are brought in about accounting procedures relating to stock options
Is it time to dump Internet Explorer?
Comment Microsoft's popular Web browser is riddled with security holes -- some of which the software giant has yet to patch. How can you protect yourself?
Worm attacks MSN Messenger
News A new worm makes use of a known Internet Explorer glitch to infect MSN Messenger. There's little damage, but the worm can spread fast, experts say
The little Acorn inside Intel
Comment As Intel rolls out its XScale portable processor, here's how the tiny British team that the company scorned ended up ruling the roost.
Surfers seek to Net true love
News Online dating services are becoming some of the few Web ventures showing a profit
Flaw found in MS security patch
News Software security company Cigital warns that a compiler which accompanies the new Visual C++.Net tool is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack
Home Office wins Internet Villain award
News The Home Office came out top of the UK government's 'axis of evil' agencies as doing most harm to e-commerce. However, the Information Commissioner won the Internet Hero award
HP attributes profits to products
News Growth in sales of consumer products helped boost Hewlett-Packard's first-quarter results despite a decline in enterprise business
ISP hackers likely to evade justice
News Not only can malicious hackers force an ISP out of business, it appears they can get away with it as well
Sony's mod chip battle heats up
News Sony has accused the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of being 'misleading' about PlayStation2 mod chips
IBM's WorkPad put to rest
News Big Blue ends another product line as it focuses on PCs. Is IBM destined to stay on the sidelines of the mobile-devices market?
Search engines losing popularity
News Users are increasingly going directly to the sites they want, as the Web matures
Will new chip perk up embedded Red Hat?
News Support for the powerful SH-5 chip could bring a needed revenue boost to Red Hat's embedded division
Gates unveils Visual Studio.Net
News Gates calls the new developer tools a big step forward for XML Web services developers. It's the next step in Microsoft's Web-based computing plan
Intel promises McKinleys galore
News At Intel Developer Forum this month, the chip giant will show off more of its next-generation server chips than ever before. But most of the hype will centre on Intel's non-PC plans
More texts please, we're British
News Valentine's Day is expected to spark a text-messaging frenzy among Brits wanting to send an instant greeting to that special someone
Kodak defends Java lawsuit
News Kodak is claiming that Sun has infringed its patents, but the software company says the suit is 'without merit'
Five years ago: 120Mb floppy camp ready to head off Zip
News The 120Mb floppy camp is showing signs of being able to take on Iomega's all-conquering Zip drive



