Previous DayOracle secures identity management
News Oracle's database and application server management products will improve management of access privileges
Sun slices servers with software
News Sun is moving towards creating partitions with software, rather than hardware, for the first time
Hundreds of exchanges fail BT trigger test
News The telco is breaking the bad news to areas where it says there just aren't enough residents to justify ADSL rollout
US 'will not enforce' encryption laws
News A lawsuit attempting to overturn Cold War-inspired encryption laws has been overturned, with the judge saying parts of the regulations would not longer be enforced
IBM talks of 10,000 new jobs
News Big Blue has met expectations for its third quarter and suggested it may create 10,000 jobs next year
Analyst urges Thai govt to delay ID cards
News A Gartner analyst says the Thai government's plan to issue 61 million Java-based ID cards by the end of next month is too ambitious
Employees 'more of a worry than terrorists'
News IT directors are more concerned about the security threat posed to systems by staff than by terrorist attacks, according to new research
Speech recognition begins to makes itself heard
News Technology allowing computers to interpret human speech is a long way from perfection, but buyers are beginning to show interest
Windows Server 2003 makes leap to 64-bit
News Microsoft has released a test version of its server operating system that takes advantage of AMD's 64-bit chips
Universities win funding to model cyberterrorism
News Two Californian universities will create a network on which to simulate terrorist attacks against the Internet
Psion NetBook Pro
Review The NetBook Pro looks like a mini-notebook, yet runs the handheld-orientated Windows CE .NET 4.2 OS. Although it’s primarily aimed at corporate mobile workforces, we think it could have wider appeal.
Ageing Americans 'need outsourcing' - India
News The greying US population will mean labour shortages that contracting out basic tasks to Indian or Filipino firms will alleviate, says an Indian IT group
Monthly fix to streamline Microsoft patching
News Microsoft has released its first monthly batch of patches, as part of a plan to simplify security updates for overworked systems administrators
Microsoft fixes flaw capable of killing Hotmail
News A security hole potentially gave hackers access to Hotmail users' address books and allowed emails to be sent
SCO back-pedals on Linux invoice delivery
News SCO has softened its stance on invoicing corporate users for their use of the open-source operating system
VeriSign's redirection will resume
News The domain administrator's controversial Site Finder service will be switched back on, though with one or two months' notice
Siebel acquisitions show ambition
News The business software firm has snapped up two competitors, as it attempts to broaden its customer base
