Previous DaySalesforce hits 500,000-user milestone
News After being hit by performance issues over Christmas, the on-demand CRM firm sees revenues rise 64 percent year-on-year in second quarter
Inside a notebook battery pack
Tech Guide Ever wondered what exactly is inside your notebook's battery pack? We take the cover off a typical example, and explain how it can, occasionally, burst into flames.
Mobile Linux — don't get carried away
Leader Software companies don't normally sell mobile phones, and mobile phone companies don't talk much about software. Linux is changing the rules — but save the excitement for later. You'll need it
Chip researchers go ballistic for faster transistors
News The ballistic deflection transistor could pave the way to terahertz-speed computers
IBM throws $40m at SAP on the zSeries
News Investment will help test, enable and support SAP applications on the mainframe, says IBM, which has a possible £2m earmarked for the UK market
Private equity firms eye Carphone and NTL
News The mobile phone retailer and the ISP are the subject of rumours suggesting potential buyouts
US Government renews domain-name contract
News Agreement means ICANN will remain under US supervision until 2011
Firefox 2.0 release delayed
News Last-minute fixes have caused the hold-up, says Mozilla
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9
Review For people who type a lot or suffer sore fingers and hands, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the need for some...
Intel demonstrates 'Tulsa' Xeon servers
News LinuxWorld: The chipmaker showed off models of its high-end server processor
IBM brands OpenSolaris a 'facade'
News LinuxWorld: Big Blue executives attack Sun's efforts to make its Unix an open source operating system
