GNOME 2.14 released
News The latest version gives the desktop environment its first Administration Suite, aimed at winning over corporate administrators
Vodafone lands 10 million 3G mobile users
News Brief: It's not all boardroom strife at Vodafone - the mobile operator is also racking up millions of users to its high-speed mobile service
ID card battle remains deadlocked
News An increased majority of MPs have overturned the House of Lords' rejection of 'compulsory' registrations
Experts: Don't panic over RFID viruses - yet
News Proof-of-concept malware may help solve RFID security issues before they become a real problem
Gartner: 'Go green' with caution
News Recycling and redeploying equipment can prove costly and difficult to manage, the analyst firm has warned
Aperture
Review This imaging work-flow application isn't the Holy Grail many hoped it would be, but Apple's Aperture could make life easier for photographers who need to sort through large numbers of photographs...
Outsourcing still driven by short-term payoff
News Reducing costs and improving efficiencies were cited as the main reasons for outsourcing by most firms in a Gartner survey
Online supermarkets rapped by OFT
News Asda, Ocado, Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose have agreed to provide clearer pricing information after the OFT received complaints from customers
Will your PC keep pace with Vista?
Analysis Windows Vista will include a tool measuring how well your PC is performing - but Microsoft is still working out the kinks
Analysts see brighter future for Software Assurance
News Microsoft's subscription licensing plan is looking more attractive now that it's more or less mandatory, according to industry analysts
Apple breaks silence on security
Q&A Bud Tribble, a key engineer behind Mac OS X, explains that the security flap around Apple is more hysteria than reality
Java start-up sues Sun over software patents
News A dispute over Azul's alleged infringement of Sun's patents has taken a new twist, with the small Java firm claiming it has been threatened
Mandriva co-founder booted from Linux firm
News Gael Duval may sue the company he helped create after he was laid off following poor financial results
BlackBerry users hit by outage
News A software upgrade is the culprit behind customers' service problems this week, according to RIM

