Advertisement
Promo

Become a member of the ZDNet UK community

Archive - 16 Aug 2004

Microsoft chases London councils after Newham victory

News Microsoft will use Newham Council to show how it can help deliver improved social services in London

Latest MyDoom worm exploits Web site guestbooks

News The worm that brought down Google strikes again, with a new variant that links to Web sites compromised by their use of standard scripts

Newham Council denies playing dirty with Linux

News The head of ICT at Newham has denied using a Linux trial purely to force a better contract from Microsoft, but says 'you'd be insane' to think that competition didn't help him get a better deal

EC delays Microsoft and Time Warner decision

News An antitrust investigation into the two giants' ownership of a digital rights management firm will not be completed till the end of the month

AIM buddies come at a cost

News America Online has expanded the range of features that users can pay for

What is it about Microsoft?

Comment There's something about the Redmond company that drives people nuts - just how do Gates and co. do it?

SP2 clashes with more than 40 programs

News The update for Windows XP makes a long list of programs appear to stop working, including Microsoft's own SQL and Visual Studio .Net

Government drafts e-planning blueprint

News A new strategy aims to guide councils in making planning information available online

IT workers grow in optimism

News Survey: Those working in technology are expressing greater confidence in the US employment market

Sybase sees RFID as saviour

News The database firm wants to manage information sent in by remote devices

Google goes public

Leader Google's landmark tech IPO has travelled a long and winding road. We take a leaf out of the company's book and present ZDNet UK's leader on the subject - Google style

How to spot a bad boss

Feature The ten most common classifications of IT manager

Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook P7010

Review If you want a small, lightweight notebook that doesn’t sacrifice anything else in the way of computing power or features, this is the system for you.

Yahoo patches IM security hole

News The company has issued a fix for a PNG flaw that could put Yahoo Messenger users at risk of buffer overflow attacks

Corporates plough cash into nanotech

News More than $8.6bn will be spend on researching nanotechnology this year

Oracle Judge may reveal sealed exhibits

News Papers that Oracle and PeopleSoft want kept confidential may be made public

Google faces fight for Gmail

News Three other companies applied to trademark the name 'Gmail' before Google

SP2 stops being shared

News A peer-to-peer network lobbying group will no longer distribute Microsoft's update to Windows after legal threats

Security study pans Windows

News Taking control of a PC is easier if it is running Microsoft's operating system, according to a paper published by a security researcher

Video icon

Video


Skip Sub Navigation Links to CNET Brand Links

Help

Become part of the ZDNet community.

Newsletters