Previous DayAll GPs to get broadband
News The NHS is spending £45m with BT and Cable and Wireless to provide a broadband connection for every GP
UnitedLinux readies telecom package
News Designed to compete directly with Red Hat's "carrier grade" product, UnitedLinux is an operating system optimised for use in a telecommunications environment
Virgin cuts broadband prices
News Virgin has become the latest UK ISP to announce broadband price cuts
IDC: Online gaming rules in Asia
News The number of online gamers surpassed the number of online shoppers in Asia last year
Half UK businesses expect database problems
News As the demand for database-driven information increases, businesses expect the basic functionality of their IT systems to suffer
Hackers attack new smartphones
News Orange's multimedia mobile phones, which use Microsoft's Windows Smartphone operating system, are at risk after the discovery of a security glitch
3Com: Four ports in every socket
News 3Com wants you to add a switch to every network socket, and it won't stop there. Other features could appear on sockets
Mandrake Linux files for bankruptcy
News The subscriptions didn't work, so now Linux distributor MandrakeSoft hopes to renegotiate its debt while continuing operations
Europe search partners fight US threat
News Two European search providers have teamed up to enable them to compete with rivals from across the Atlantic
Start-up enters business processes market
News The market for software to automate business processes is set for growth, according to analysts, and a start-up is aiming to benefit from the bullish estimates
Apple hits earnings target
News The company has warned that sales and earnings will remain flat, but its first quarter results have matched Wall Street estimates
Ad-skipping feature found in TiVo
News An Easter egg-style sequence of key commands allows users to skip sections of recorded programming
LapLink Everywhere 1.5
Review LapLink Everywhere makes sense if you only need access to Outlook or Outlook Express. To run all of your programs remotely, you’ll need the more expensive GoToMyPC.
Yahoo! profitable again
News For the third quarter in a row, the Web portal has reported a net profit boosted by revenue growth
Mergers and the rush for services
Comment Peter Judge: What's going to happen this year? One sure bet is some more mergers, as big companies try to buy their way into services.
Is your application .Net ready?
Feature To take advantage of .Net's promise for increased speed and stability for Web development, you'll need to determine if your system is ready for .Net. Here is what is required to migrate current...
Supreme Court nixes copyright challenge
News Activists argue that the decision hands the entertainment industry too much power over artistic works such as Mickey Mouse cartoons, and damages freedom of speech
Cybersquatting profits from online brands
News Cybersquatters who use popular names to make money out of companies or to drive traffic to their own sites are still a problem in the online world
Helping employees find the right work-life balance
News Today's employees demand greater flexibility from employers than ever before
Old hard drives yield data bonanza
News Two students have uncovered huge amounts of personal and corporate data, including thousands of credit card numbers, on used disk drives
CERT warns of key ISC vulnerability
News The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol software shipped with many operating systems, including some Linux variants, has a serious security vulnerability
Intel software fine-tunes Linux code
News The chipmaker may be dependent on Microsoft for much of its business, but it has been boosting the fortunes of the Linux operating system as well
Tech's future - smart dust and ratbots
News Research firm IDC gives a glimpse of emerging technologies that may one day lead to great changes in the industry
Intel accelerates Itanium schedule
News Changes reflect Intel's confidence in its ability to release high-end server chips faster than competitors
