Previous DayOpera tests vector graphics
News Builder: The latest beta of the browser includes support for SVG, the scalable graphics standard
VoIP could provoke 'electronic Pearl Harbour'
News Companies' rush to embrace voice-over-IP services could leave them open to a major attack, according to security experts
Irish developers protest against patents
News Has Ireland's close relationship with IT giants such as Microsoft influenced its approach to software patents?
Broadband still growing apace
News Although most Internet connections are still dial-up, the number of broadband connections has increased 86 percent in the past year
Ask Jeeves takes Firefox plunge
News Firefox users can now get a version of the Ask Jeeves toolbar customised for their browser
Google pulls OS X service
News Just a day after launching a homage to Apple's current operating system on its labs site, the search giant has pulled the service
DrinkorDie two convicted of software piracy
News The police crackdown against the DrinkorDie piracy ring has notched up another success
Wanted: UK minister for disasters
News The government should do more to help companies manage potential disasters such as a terrorist attack on IT infrastructure or a flu pandemic, say experts
Yahoo pledges full Firefox compatibility
News The search and Net portal firm has pledged to ensure all future services it offers are compatible with the open source browser
Linspire launches 'mass-market' desktop
News Linspire Five-0 is so simple even top managment can use it, according to chief executive Michael Robertson
Defender of the Linux faith
Q&A Linux kernel developer Harald Welte talks about the challenges of single-handedly tackling companies that violate the GPL
UK wants firms to retain communications data
News European countries are pushing for tougher data retention regulations that would force firms to keep records of phone calls and Web surfing for a year
Sun's Java jive lacks openness
Leader Sun wants the kudos of open source but can't quite go the whole hog. These mixed messages aren't healthy for anyone
KDE 3.4 offers improved accessibility
News An improved colour scheme and a tool that reads out text should make KDE Linux desktop more usable for those whose vision is impaired
ID thieves use Sir Denis Thatcher as bait
News Margaret Thatcher's late husband's wealth is being used to tempt email users to fall for the latest email identity theft scam
Firms unprepared for telecoms disasters
News Survey: Methodical approaches to disaster and disruption planning are becoming increasingly important, according to a group specialising in business continuity
Apple PowerBook G4 (17in., SuperDrive)
Review The foxy Apple 17in. PowerBook delivers the performance and the features most users will need, but it's more expensive than a similarly outfitted Windows notebook.
Foiled £220m heist highlights spyware threat
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit has foiled what would have been the world's largest bank robbery
IBM launches SuSE certification programme
News Brief: ISVs will soon be able to certify their applications to run on Novell's OS on IBM's hardware, as they already can for Linux from Red Hat
Ovonic memory a reality at last?
News Time could be up for DRAM, flash memory or even traditional hard drives if a working prototype of the venerable storage technology comes to commercial fruition
Java steps closer to open source
News Builder: Sun is trying to find a suitable middle ground between the worlds of open source and proprietary software, ostensibly to both improve and protect its Web programming language
Adobe releases reader for Linux early
News The latest version of the firm's free software for reading PDF files has been released for Linux, and the company says that while it's not quite finished, it's being released early as a public service
IE7 feature news emerges
News It looks like Microsoft might be listening after all. News has leaked out that work is being done to implement several important demands from the Web development community into the next version of...
