Previous DayTight security, the Chancellor, and a mechanical man
News CeBIT: The German Chancellor is determined to strengthen his country's information society. But was he upstaged by Sony's new robot?
UK train operators expand free Wi-Fi offers
News Virgin has finally launched a wireless Internet access trial on its trains, while GNER's original three month trial has now been extended and expanded
Sharp forecasts the death of the consumer digital camera
News CeBIT: Will digital cameras soon suffer the same fate they've inflicted on film cameras? Sharp says the megapixel camera phones that are about to hit Europe could be the beginning of the end for...
What the bloody-minded Brits can teach the IT world
Comment The British are the most cynical of nations, surveys say, but that's not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to buying IT
Sony launches a feast of musical delights
News CeBIT:The Japanese electronics giant wants to be at the heart of the converged broadband world, and is launching itself into the ultra-competitive market for music downloads
Intel signs up for Liberty Alliance
News The chip giant is expected to announce that it will become the latest member of the industry group, which creates security specifications
How does 'Sender Policy Framework' work?
Analysis SPF Part 2: How to configure your systems to take advantage of the latest weapon in the war against spam
One giant step towards ending spam
Feature SPF Part 1: Sender Policy Framework (SPF) isn't a miracle weapon but if combined with other techniques it could well turn the tide in the war against unsolicited mail
Inside the Linux arcana
Comment Did a 1994 agreement with SCO hand Sun a smoking gun?
Ultrawideband standards split deepens
News The race for ultrawideband supremacy is getting dirtier, with existing agreements torn up by Intel and its friends
MmO2: We've stopped the BT rot
News CeBIT: The head of mmO2 has bitten the hand that used to feed him, and reckons his firm will soon be running wireless services for all of Britain's emergency services
Microsoft wants to safeguard Oracle disclosures
News The company is seeking to keep confidential information that it has revealed in connection with the Justice Department's legal action against Oracle
Presence heads for omnipotence
Feature In the high-tech future, you will tell everyone exactly what you are doing, during every minute of the day
W3C readies computer-interaction specs
News Two computer-voice specifications can become industry standards, says the World Wide Web Consortium
Sun eases conversion to StarOffice
News With the addition of features such as a macro migration tool, Sun is aiming to win over Office users to its StarOffice product
Lindows seeks to block Microsoft suits worldwide
News The open-source software firm has asked a US court to prevent Microsoft from filing more lawsuits against it in other countries
Professional-strength handhelds
Buyer's Guide Looking for a handheld with built-in Wi-Fi and more? Here are a few contenders.
Open source would 'fork' Java - Sun
News Taking Java open source would ruin its development by creating incompatible versions, according to Sun's top software executive
Legal umbrella offered to Linux users
News A US start-up plans to sell insurance to firms at risk of being sued by SCO
Dell Inspiron 9100
Review With a 3.2GHz Prescott Pentium 4 CPU, 1GB of RAM and ATI's 128MB Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics processor, this hefty notebook packs a serious punch.
Security 'slows down' Microsoft schedule
News A senior executive has attributed delays in several projects to security concerns
Windows lets in local languages
News Microsoft will help governments adapt its programs for their native language, as it attempts to defend its territory against open source
