Let's see some ID
Comment Rupert Goodwins: Radio frequency ID tags may have privacy worries, but the biggest problem is the RFID industry itself.
Free tech framework aims to boost skills development
News The British Computer Society has helped create an organisational framework designed to identify and develop IT skills on a day-to-day basis
PeopleSoft reveals final J.D. Edwards terms
News The business-software maker has announced final details for the proposed acquisition
US exports DMCA in trade treaty
News A trade agreement with the US would mean Chile effectively adopting contentious legislation that seeks to protect copyright
CA's Kumar: What the customer needs
Comment Dan Farber: Sanjay Kumar says that the partnership between vendors and customers is the key to success.
EMC puts in 'solid and balanced' performance
News The storage giant has released better-than-expected second-quarter results illustrating growth in demand
Microsoft's patches: Can you trust them?
Analysis News Analysis: Instead of spending time and money implementing every patch that Microsoft releases, stick to the service packs and bolster your security policy, say experts
Wi-Fi anonymity tempts pirates
News Some Wi-Fi hot spots allow users to remain anonymous and untraceable, thwarting any efforts to sue for copyright violations
Is your company habouring file-swappers?
News File-sharing software lurks on virtually all corporate networks, according to a network-monitoring company
Ellison receives first pay since 2000
News Oracle has given its chief executive 900,000 stock options, compensating him for the first time since 2000
Nero 6 Ultra Edition
Review Nero 6 Ultra is a versatile and comprehensive CD/DVD software suite that delivers excellent value for money.
Grokster launches premium version
News File-swapping service Grokster has launched a paid-for version free of pop-ups
Viral marketing has virus-like effects
News Viewing a promotional video on the Web can lead to symptoms of a virus attack that are actually part of a marketing campaign
Ellison ups ante in war of words
News Oracle's chief executive has suggested that even if PeopleSoft could "manufacture a couple of good quarters," the company's "real business has actually been deteriorating for some time"
Intel beats forecast by one cent
News The chip-maker has resumed giving home PCs to employees, after three quarters of good results
Government agency warns of Windows flaw
News The UK's equivalent of CERT has warned of a buffer overflow vulnerability related to cutting and pasting HTML from a malicious Web page
US group takes open source fight abroad
News The Initiative for Software Choice is working against Australian legislation that would encourage government departments to choose open-source software
UK leads Europe in outsourcing
News Outsourcing is moving towards a trend of more, smaller deals; and the UK accounts for over half of Europe's market
Australia stalls bid to patent e-commerce
News A patent claim by a US company that would effectively force Australian businesses to pay royalties on any Internet business transaction has been blocked at the last minute by Australian authorities
EMC unveils pay-per-use storage
News The storage giant is following IBM and HP's moves towards a model where customers pay only for the storage they use
AOL lays off Netscape staff
News AOL has cut 50 jobs in Netscape's browser-development division



