Previous DayLindows to hit retail shelves
News With Christmas just around the corner, the consumer-friendly Linux distribution is readying its high street invasion
BEA and Sun do OS, server software deal
News BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems have forged a deal to bundle BEA's WebLogic Java server software with Sun's Solaris Unix operating system
Open-source group broadens its reach
News The Eclipse project now has 30 members,including IBM, working on integrating different kinds of development applications
AMD revamps memory group
News The responsibility for selling flash memory is being split into two units as AMD seeks to promote growth in new markets like the auto industry
Digitising your vinyl
Tech Guide A CD copy of a precious vinyl recording is both convenient and durable. If you're looking for a festive-season project, check out our guide to transferring music from analogue LP to digital CD.
Pogo cuts off wireless handheld business
News The UK start-up is to stop making its converged PDA devices, which received praise from reviewers but couldn't rack up sufficient sales
Xbox sales 'sluggish'
News An analyst says that November sales of Microsoft's console were slower than expected, casting doubts on its Christmas success
Gartner: What CIOs must do in 2003
News Next year's priorities should be continued cost-cutting and championing of Web services and instant messaging, according to research
Linux out-Googles Microsoft
News The top search terms on Google for 2002 show Spider-Man as the fastest climber, while Nostradamus is yesterday's news. Other surprises included Linux beating Microsoft
How open is the new Office?
News In a move towards greater openness Microsoft is to add support for XML to Office 11 - but it's yet to disclose some crucial information
Computer tipster promises riches
News The gambling program's 66 percent success rate may be attractive to punters, but the bookies aren't running scared yet
Email viruses show dramatic rise
News The proportion of emails containing viruses has doubled year-on-year, and the blame is laid at the door of home users
Net address crunch threatens Web services
Comment Uri Rahamim: The number of Internet addresses available using the current generation of Internet infrastructure built on IPv4 technology will run out by 2005. We need IPv6 soon.
Froogle shopping, musty software and smutty bankers
Comment News Schmooze: Google took shoppers into the dark corners of the Web, Dell choked and OS/2 is not dead yet.
Nine lives for Mac OS 9
News The lack of a version of QuarkXpress for Mac OS X means that Apple will have a difficult time switching its customer base entirely to the new operating system
Will 'Sims Online' alter gaming world?
News The multiplayer version of 'The Sims', to debut this week, has been hailed as the first major test of whether subscription-based online gaming can appeal to a mass audience
Gartner backs IM for business use
News IT managers should start to provide instant messaging before their employees beat them to the punch, according to the analyst firm
IBM reaches chip milestone
News In addition to performing better, new 90 nanometre chips from IBM, Intel and others will be smaller and less expensive to produce than their predecessors
