Telecom standards face patent ambush threat
News An influential telecoms standard-setting body is under investigation as its processes could allow anti-competitive behaviour
Legacy application causing regulatory confusion
News Ensuring that mainframe based applications comply with regulations is proving a real headache for financial services firms
Satisfying the customer
Feature Many IT departments are not focusing on keeping customers happy. Here are some of the principles of customer satisfaction
Independent music: the mouse is roaring
Feature As the dust clears from the music industry's chaotic past few years, one of the emerging winners may be an increasingly strong, united independent music sector
BT Fusion: watershed or washout?
Analysis The telecoms company has attracted some criticism around the pricing of its new fixed and mobile VoIP service
BT's convergence con-Fusion
Leader Convergence has great promise for telecommunications, but BT's new Fusion handset leaves most of that potential untouched
On challenging China with a tariff
Feature Is a trade barrier needed between China and the US?
PC vendors snub antitrust altered Windows
News PC vendors such as HP and Dell are ignoring a version of Windows without a bundled media player, raising questions about the effectiveness of the Europe's antitrust ruling
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
Review Steven Shepard's RFID cannot be described as light reading, but if you're looking for a textbook introduction to Radio Frequency Identification technology, it does the job.
BT launches "watershed" fixed and mobile handset
News But analysts warn the complex issue of pricing will be key as to whether the product is a success with consumers
Demand for anti-spam products to increase
News Move from software to hardware predicted for anti-spam products
Solaris engineers offer personal source-code tours
Feature Builder: Sun is using blogging to get outside developers interested in helping with the OpenSolaris code base, released this week
Browser-based attacks increase as viruses decrease
News Browser-based attacks are increasing, according to a technology trade organisation
Java flaws open door to hackers
News Sun has fixed security bugs in Java that could be exploited by attackers
Netscape co-founder eyes up video blogs
News Do bloggers really work in their underwear? Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen is behind a company that may answer that question
HP dx5150
Review You can find faster work PCs, but we like the HP dx5150 as a low-cost business desktop, particularly when paired with the L1740 display.



