Google Base to transform e-tailing?
News While some experts say that Google can't succeed in its retail ambitions without a distribution chain, others think that misses the point
Open source 'split by digital divide'
News Local needs are not being met in developing countries, which are consumers not creators of open source software, says the United Nations University
IBM acquires name-recognition firm
News Brief: Language Analysis Systems has been purchased to bolster IBM's information management tools portfolio
Microsoft to lift lid on hacker conference
News Podcasts and video footage from Microsoft's Blue Hat 3 security conference will soon be published online
Norton update kills AOL connections
News AOL subscribers who use Symantec's security system had their Internet access cut off by a recent update
Supporting the support
Comment Tech support have a tough job: show some sympathy for their predicament
The developing world needs well-developed ideas
Leader One Laptop Per Child is a good finale for a developing culture. It's not a good beginning
Inside Microsoft Office 2007 beta 1
Photo This beta refresh of the next release of Microsoft Office reveals the suite's dynamic interface, as well as handy new tools, such as PDF creation.
Enterprises: Cybercrime costs us dear
News Survey: Businesses are counting the cost of cybercrime, and waking up to the threat posed by organised criminals
US Government failing on cybersecurity
News The departments of Energy, Homeland Security, State and Defense are just some of the eight that got an F grade for cybersecurity from Congress
Google scores copyright victory
News 11 claims ranging from conspiracy to racketeering, as well as copyright infringement, against the search giant have been thrown out
DNS recursion leads to nastier DoS attacks
News Direct botnet attacks can be unpleasant; VeriSign is now warning of a more insidious threat
1,000 staff to go in Lenovo restructuring
News ThinkCenter development is being moved to China, but ThinkPads will still be developed in the US
Microsoft bares VoIP ambitions
News Plans to integrate Internet telephony are core to the Windows Live range
Windows XP Intel Mac installation method confirmed
News £8,000 has been won by narf, who was the first person to come up with a reproducable method for booting Windows XP on an Intel Mac
Sun loses software head to Adobe
News Jonathan Schwartz will take over the role for the time being, as John Loiacono goes to oversee Creative Suite development at Adobe
Ballmer touts $500m marketing plan
News Microsoft's chief executive admits his firm haven't done much to help the average worker for a while, but it's OK: his firm has half a billion dollars to spend telling businesses how much it can...

