Previous DayMySQL adds subsecond failover
News The open-source database software is to add the high-end function to protect business-critical applications
Apple notches up 50 million iTunes sales
News Update: The online music store has sold 50 million songs so far, at the rate of 2.5 million a week
Norton AntiVirus: The readers strike back
Comment Our reviews provoke plenty of reader feedback - but one company in particular is way out in front for complaints
ADSL routs cable in broadband take-up battle
News The days of BT being beaten in its own back yard appear to be well behind it - three in every four new broadband users are choosing services based on its ADSL network
Microsoft's turning tide may strand customers
Feature Delays in its "waves" of software releases will amplify customer dissatisfaction
Greenspan warns against fighting outsourcing
News Efforts to protect domestic jobs could end up damaging the US economy, according to the Federal Reserve chairman
Microsoft's IM and Hotmail show sporadic failures
News Complaints that MSN Messenger and Hotmail have been intermittently accessible are being investigated, the company says
Legal worries spur software spending
News Attempts by companies to prepare for disasters and comply with data-handling rules are boosting spending on storage software
Lindows 'failing to block site visitors' - Microsoft
News The Linux firm says Microsoft is demanding 100,000 euros a day because its Web site can be seen in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
FBI wants to tap high-speed Internet
News New surveillance proposals would require all US broadband firms to rewire their networks
EC says no to Oracle
News The European Commission has told Oracle that it is against its attempt to acquire rival PeopleSoft
Intel gives up the gigahertz
News A new numbering system for Pentium and Celeron processors will abandon Intel's focus on clock speeds
MySQL sheds light on open-source rift
News The open-source database firm has updated a licensing provision that forbade a common software combination
