Previous DayGovernment seeks views on e-democracy
News A new public consultation could mean recent projects that let people cast their vote online or by using their mobile phone will be expanded nationwide
OpenGL 1.4 unveiled
News The biggest multi-platform graphics standard gets an upgrade, adding technology to exploit the latest graphics hardware. And Nokia says it will bring OpenGL to mobile phones
Taking Liberty's word for it
Comment Rupert Goodwins: As Microsoft and the Liberty Alliance show scant signs of trusting each other, should users be sceptical of federations of trust no matter who's behind them?
Putting a lid on CRM costs with self-service
Feature Building an ad hoc e-mail management system didn't help Remington Arms Company, America's oldest firearms manufacturer, control its growing customer service woes. It took a self-service CRM...
Liberty-Passport wars may end as products emerge
News With seven companies planning services based on the Liberty authentication spec, the gap is narrowing between Liberty and Microsoft's Passport
Telecoms slump puts the bite on Bluetooth
News Flagging sales of mobile phones and other gadgets are hurting the growth of Bluetooth, according to a new report. But despite lingering compatibility problems, the technology still looks like a...
CERT: Security flaw reports increasing
News The number of reported computer system security flaws has increased dramatically, according to the CERT Coordination Centre
Liberty - is usability compatible with security?
Feature The Liberty 1.0 specification could make the Internet easier to use, but will it make it more or less safe?
Microsoft to up Exchange security
News Steve Ballmer is expected to announce a new version of the Exchange Server email system, including higher security and better mobile support
Hackers face life sentence
News US legislators have approved a bill that would allow malicious computer hackers to be sentenced to life imprisonment
Group sets MPEG-4 licensing standards
News Market pressure has forced down the royalty rates for MPEG-4 technology, and licensing terms have finally been set
Net freedoms are all at sea
Comment Rupert Goodwins: Government and big business are slowly restraining the freedoms of the Internet, in the name of law, copyright and security. Can eccentricity save the early days of anarchy?
Avoid the seven most common pitfalls of job-hunting
News Job hunters tend to make seven common mistakes. From CV miscues to interviewing gaffes, here are the errors to avoid and alternative approaches to adopt
Wi-Fi to arrive at UK's railway stations
News Railtrack is to try its hand running a different type of network, with a new deal to create 15 Wi-Fi hot spots at some of Britain's busiest stations
Apple fixes downloads vulnerability
News Apple has added security and authentication to stop a simple exploit that lets hackers install backdoor programs in Macs running OS X
Microsoft casts its shadow over Macworld
News As Apple fans and customers head for Macworld in New York, Microsoft is making some product announcements of its own
Apple launches QuickTime 6
News The final version of Apple's digital media software sees the light of day, a sign that a spat over MPEG-4 fees are over. Now it's got Microsoft's Windows Media 9 to worry about
Dell puts the desktop back into laptops
News Despite the release of the 2.0GHz mobile Pentium 4 processor, Dell is to run its SmartStep notebooks on desktop chips
Autodesk execs take salary cuts
News Chief executive Carol Bartz cuts her pay by 20 percent and trims paycheques of vice presidents by ten percent as Autodesk is affected by customer spending cutbacks
Microsoft stops Java downloads
News Because of a legal dispute with Sun, Microsoft has removed the ability to install Java software on demand from its downloads site
Legacy apps at home with XP
Feature Windows 9x maintained support for legacy applications at the sacrifice of stability; NT abandoned compatibility for the promise of stability. With Windows XP, Microsoft seems to be getting it right
Frethem.k worm variant wants to give you a password
Help/HowTo A worm from the Frethem family is doing the rounds via email, promising to reveal secret information with a password
Microsoft puts PCs into heart of home entertainment
News A new version of Windows XP, arriving late this year, will put the PC's media features under the user's thumb
Swap a file, go to jail?
News The music industry has said it will be targetting individual file-swappers with legal action, but so far the threats have not met with much response
Yahoo! ads set to get flashier
News In a bid to strenghten its online advertising packages, Yahoo! has signed up four Web technology companies
