Site validation tool swamped by demand
News Builder: Web developers have complained that a service that lets them check the validity of their code has all but ground to a halt
eBay providing unseen economy boost
News Uncounted retail sales from online auction sites could be boosting the UK economy by £5bn a year
Recycling directive leads to price hikes
News Companies stand accused of taking advantage of the introduction of the WEEE directive in Ireland
Murdoch planning search acquisition
News News Corp sees the Internet as its greatest priority today, and has $2bn earmarked to buy its way into it
Symantec finds bug in Veritas back-up software
News System administrators with Veritas Back-up Exec software have been warned to guard against an unpatched vulnerability
Firefox loses market share
News A short-term blip, or a backlash against Firefox security flaws?
Spammers scaring users into replying
News Spam claiming to offer protection against crime and child abusers is rising and is proving more effective than pornography in attracting the gullible, says Clearswift
Telecoms takeover frenzy as Thus targets Energis
News High drama in the UK telecommunications section as Thus and C&W fight over Energis
Open source high on UK companies' radar
News Survey: Three quarters of UK businesses will have implemented open source systems within five years, according to the National Computing Centre
Google suspends plan to scan the world's books
News The search giant is taking time out to let publishers decide if they are happy to see their books scanned into Google Print
VoIP: What you need to know
FAQ As Internet telephony enters the mainstream, we look to answer some of the most important and commonly asked questions about it
Copyright reform lends itself to libraries
Leader Google wants to put the world of books online. It may have tradition behind it
Can you hide from Accenture?
Q&A The head of Accenture's labs has been spearheading research into RFID and other sensor technologies, and has some interesting views on their use
Lloyd's to provide open source IP indemnity
News Syndicates at Lloyd's of London have finally woken up and smelled the coffee - they may soon begin underwriting open source software
Ex-Time employees see hopes dashed
News A UK court has overturned a judgement that could have helped former Time Computer employees recoup their redundancy money
Dreamweaver 8: a first look
Preview The new Dreamweaver better displays CSS elements and lets you drag and drop XML feeds.
Microsoft pips Apple to iPod patent
News Apple's attempt to patent the user interface for its digital music player have been foiled by an earlier claim filed by a Microsoft developer
HP accidentally leaks next iPaq
News Information that temporarily appeared on HP's UK Web site suggested that its next iPaqs will support five wireless technologies, but only one kind of removable storage
IBM chases a PC's soul
News The SoulPad could let users carry their computer's data, applications and personal settings on their mobile phone or digital music player
Debian start-up wants more funding
News A small firm that hopes to commercialise Debian Linux wants to speed up its growth as it looks to make the Debian Common Core Alliance a success
dtSearch Desktop 7.01
Review Most users are better off using free desktop search tools, but power users will appreciate the enormous control offered by dtSearch.
Zotob worm targets Windows 2000
News Windows 2000 users have been strongly urged to patch their computers against the latest piece of dangerous malware



