Belkin to unveil Christmas Bluetooth line
News The manufacturer promises to make Bluetooth more affordable with a new set of products, including laptop and PDA add-ons
Analysts forecast layoffs at Sun
News Up to 20 percent of Sun's workforce could be at risk, say analysts, as the financial world waits for the company's earnings report
Microsoft is on top of the market
News The software giant is the world's most valuable company, according to its market capitalisation
UnitedLinux working on desktop distribution
News Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members
Plan C for failed broadband auction
News The first 28GHz fixed wireless broadband auction was a disappointment, and the second was simply a flop. The government's response? Run a third auction
Microsoft's 'Mira' delayed
News The software designed to run handheld flat-panel 'smart displays' is being delayed until early 2003, meaning that hardware makers will miss the holiday market
IBM recruits allies to storage standard
News Storage network management will be simplified by a new standard, according to an alliance that includes IBM and Sun - but not HP, who says the idea is 'totally redundant'
Reuters launches corporate IM
News The news and information provider is to launch its own instant messaging service for banks and other financial institutions
Top Windows 2000 networking tips
Feature Find out why you should keep the DHCP Client service running even if you use static IP addresses and what the RIP Listener service can do
Former FBI chief takes on encryption
News Louis Freeh may have lost his battle against allowing encryption when he was at the FBI, but he is continuing the fight now he's left the federal agency
Faster Ethernet round the corner
News A 40Gbps Ethernet standard could be on the cards, and 10Gbps Ethernet could run on copper - depending on an IEEE meeting in November
NEC goes old-school with new supercomputer
News NEC's latest supercomputer line avoids the cluster path, sticking with the older formula of a single system accomodating multiple processors
ICANN names .org successor
News As expected, the Internet Society has been named as the next overseer of the .org domain
Funding crisis threatens SETI@home
News The distributed computing project aiming to locate radio signals from intelligent aliens is under threat due to a lack of sponsorship
Where is the logic in .Net?
Feature Microsoft's .Net facilitates a broader set of functionality for Web applications. It establishes a bias for server-side programming that may be uncomfortable for those used to extensive client-side...
Palm investing in handheld content
News The handheld maker sees a future in media stored on tiny, cheap memory cards
Creative player serenades iPod audience
News Update: Creative's new digital audio player packs many of the iPod's features at a lower price in an attempt to woo buyers. The UK won't get all the savings, however
Free OpenOffice for Mac users
News Mac OS X gets its first version of Sun's open-source productivity suite, going head to head with Microsoft Office
Dell gets top billing with EDS
News The direct PC maker cuts a deal with the consulting giant giving it a leg up with the competition - and a direct line into EDS
Intel targets mobile users
News The chip giant adds to its flash memory line, and adds Xscale processors to the mix. A fully-integrated part is also on the way
Microsoft 'regrets' Mac-to-PC convert ad
News The company takes down an ad claiming to relate the experiences of a 'real life' switcher from the Mac to Windows XP



