Previous DayZigBee pioneer raises another $12m
News Ember has been handed another $12m to spend on developing next-generation sensor networks
Trust no one, especially Microsoft
Leader The software giant has damaged its reputation on security still further by pushing out unfinished software as a high priority update
Orange: We're not a mobile operator
Newsletter The telco's head of Business Services claims its commercial business broadband offering mean it should be seen as a communications company rather than mobile operator
Social networks — future portal or fad?
Analysis Analysis: Investors can't decide if social communities companies are next-generation portals, or merely flash-in-the-pan communities that will fade from popularity like other one-time high-fliers
Elonex falls into administration
News Another player in the UK computer scene has gone under, with a reported £10m in debts
Kevin Mitnick: The great pretender
Q&A The hacker turned security expert discusses some of the latest trends in socially engineered security breaches, and how best to defend against them
AMD dissolves Alchemy product line
News The chip maker never struck gold with its line of low-power, MIPS-based processors
Windows Live gets a LifeCam
News Microsoft's Hardware Group is playing a significant role in the development of Windows Live Messenger, with more LifeCam products on the way this autumn
Net neutrality fight returns to Senate
Analysis Analysis: Leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee are negotiating over how to deal with the controversial concept, while committee members and advocacy groups take turns airing their positions
Microsoft details Windows Live 'platform'
News Executives sketched out the technical infrastructure the company is building, and discussed key elements of the business model Microsoft expects to fuel its services push
Father of energy efficiency to get Fermi Award
News Art Rosenfeld's energy efficiency research, begun in the 1970s, has led to far more efficient home appliances — but cars still need some work
Oracle signals 'no change' in CRM strategy
News Nine months after the acquisition of Siebel, Oracle has told its users it plans to keep offering multiple CRM packages, at least for now
Can Google keep up the ad pace?
News Google admits it may struggle as advertising shifts to new formats
GSM Association pushes 3G to developing world
News The GSM Association wants to see people in poor regions of the world added to the ranks of 3G users through the '3G for all' programme
Microsoft plugs 21 security holes
News The latest monthly update fixes 'critical' problems in Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, PowerPoint and Exchange Server
Barracuda glitch leaves customers incommunicado
News Thousands of customers were without email for two hours after a hitch in an antivirus update
Google puts photos on the Web
News Picasa Web Album is designed to let people easily upload and store their photos on the Web
Google Earth 4 beta
Preview By allowing you to fly around the planet and create your own virtual worlds, Google Earth 4 beta stands apart from other mapping tools.
Microsoft draws fire for stealth test programme
News The software maker has been delivering a pre-release version of its licensing enforcement tool to PCs as a 'high priority' update, but insists it's a one-off policy exception
