Previous DayRomania leads outsourcing charge
News Eastern European, Middle-Eastern and Asian nations were in London this week to pitch for outsourcing business. Although it can't match the tax-free incentives of some states, Romania reckons it has...
Researchers vow to smash 'barriers to innovation'
News Academics from Cambridge, MIT and UCL have come together to foster the development of technologies such as peer-to-peer networking and viral communications
Online privacy case thrown out
News A US judge has ruled that plaintiffs cannot complain about Northwest Airlines' online privacy policy unless they claimed to have read it
Backup Exec 9.1 for Windows Servers
Review A flexible backup option for networks, Backup Exec from Veritas is also easy to use.
Broadband competition boost as Energis lands Wanadoo
News Energis hopes that other ISPs will follow Wanadoo's lead now that the "penal regime" it claims BT had been operating has been busted by Ofcom
Second source, not open source, is the key
Comment Backups aren't just for the server room - every point in a strategy needs that option
Library trial puts Wi-Fi hot spots on the books
News Brief: Every public library in the country could soon include a Wi-Fi hot spot, if a government trial is a success
Neighbourhood Statistics site trades up
News The Office of National Statistics will relaunch the site early next year, with new features focusing on geography
Making software fun again
Comment Providing business applications via the Web adds an important ingredient: fun
Search is on for London's oldest PC
News Is your company running a machine so antiquated that it belongs in a museum? If so, this is your chance to land a free upgrade
EBay scammer jailed
News Brief: A Californian teenager is facing jail time after being convicted of defrauding eBay customers
Oracle's earnings surpass forecasts
News The business software firm reported revenue below expectations but its profit was more than had been predicted
Staying one step ahead in the anti-spam arms race
Q&A Brightmail's Mark Bruno gets ZDNet UK up to speed on the latest dispatch from the global war on spam
Dubai tempts outsourcing businesses with tax breaks
News Dubai is hoping the lack of red tape and tax will attract companies from Europe and elsewhere to its Outsource Zone
Hotmail bounces Gmail invitations
News Invitations to join Google's free email service, which have become much-desired, have been bounced by some MSN Hotmail accounts
AVC Broadband
Review If you can't get ADSL, consider a one-way satellite broadband connection such as AVC Broadband. However it's expensive, and your computer needs wired links to the DVB decoder and the phone line...
Game-copying software under fire
News A software firm whose DVD-copying software was banned is now being attacked for its new videogame-copying program
'Concept virus' little threat to smartphones
News The first worm to target smartphones asks users for permission to install itself
Antivirus plans 'still under development' - Microsoft
News The software giant says it is working on an antivirus product but has not decided what form it will take
SCO refreshes Unix line-up
News SCO has released several new Unix products in the same week that it warned its software sales may suffer from the Linux legal wrangle
Rogue code can take down Linux systems
News A program dubbed 'evil.c' can allow people with access to a Linux system to crash it
Attack downs Yahoo, Google and Microsoft
News Many Web sites went offline for two hours on Tuesday after an Internet attack
