Previous DayPC market growth sluggish despite end of war
News Gartner's latest research projects that PC buyers and corporations will not flock to buy new technology any time soon, amidst continuing economic uncertainty
Hitachi slides faster drive into notebooks
News Hitachi's storage division has made a tiny hard drive faster and more efficient, meaning notebooks will be quicker and use less power
IBM's on-demand push begins to Think
News Continuing its $10bn venture into on-demand computing, IBM has acquired Think Dynamics, a Canadian software developer
Whistle blown over extent of UK data seizures
News Around one billion pieces of personal data are handed over to the police and other official bodies each year by communications companies, privacy advocates have calculated
Beware of the new breed of hackers
Comment Gregor Freund: Hackers have matured from indiscriminate vandals into expert criminals armed with sophisticated tools and motivated by financial gain
Centralise Windows administration with Hyena
Feature Windows requires a fistful of utilities to perform daily system operations. Hyena is one possible alternative to the problem
Fujitsu Siemens puts SuSE into servers
News The European computing giant will bundle SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 with all its Primergy servers, making the software more easily accessible to European companies
Changing the product key on Windows XP
Feature If you need to change the product key on either a single or multiple Windows XP machines, here are some pointers
MediaQ chip pushes into low-end PDAs
News Chip maker MediaQ is hoping its ARM-based processors -- already used by HP, Sony and Toshiba - will push Intel and TI out of the low-end PDA market
Mobile phone payments on trial in Texas
News Nokia and MasterCard have started a six month trial where consumers can use their mobile phones to pay for goods in shops
802.11g boosts wireless hardware sales
News Sales of Wi-Fi hardware defied annual trends and increased in the first quarter of 2003, which analysts say was due to the first 54Mbps products hitting the market
MasterCard accused of online fraud
News Just a few weeks after settling a $1bn law suit for overcharging its merchants, Mastercard has been accused of committing fraud when processing online transactions
Philips and E Ink demo e-paper prototype
News An e-paper prototype will be demonstrated at a trade show in the US this week. Meanwhile in Japan, Matsushita is preparing to launch the first 'e-book'
Apple iPod (30GB)
Review We love almost everything about this beautifully designed player, but the battery life could be longer.
Lovgate worm mutates, spreads in Asia
News The Lovgate email worm, last seen in February, has reappeared in Asia in several new variants
Oracle makes a modest proposal
News An update to Oracle's sales force productivity applications will include a tool for creating and tracking sales proposals, as Oracle struggles with the weak CRM market
New attack sheds light on virtual machine security flaws
News A student researcher has come up with an attack that uses light to thwart the security of Java and .Net virtual machines
Sony to make handheld game device
News The electronics giant is hoping to repeat its PlayStation2 success with 'the Walkman of the 21st century'
Nvidia GeForce FX 5900: a first look
Preview Can Nvidia's latest graphics card finally challenge ATI's Radeon 9800? The jury's still out -- here's the opening address.
RIAA apologises for more mistaken warnings
News The recording industry organisation has admitted to sending dozens of erroneous letters alleging copyright violations
