Government seeks IT partner for fire service
News After reports that recommended national coordination, the fire service is looking for a partner to set up its control systems
HP forks out $105m to Canadian government
News A contractual dispute is to be settled - but 'aggressive legal action' will continue against those blamed by HP for the situation
Survey: Web users ignore illegal content
News Surfers don't report illegal material when they come across it on the Net, which may leave ISPs in a difficult position
Metro Ethernet products promise cost savings
News Brief: Covaro Networks has put four products on the market that it says will help to spread Ethernet well beyond the LAN
The connection conundrum: 3G or Wi-Fi?
Special Report Vendors insist third generation mobile and Wi-Fi hot spots are complementary technologies, while analysts claim that for IT professionals, it's decision time again
Symantec throttles automatic virus-notification 'spam'
News Symantec has updated its email perimeter gateway products to reduce the amount of unwanted, automatically generated virus-notification emails
Oracle releases data-gathering tool
News 'Business activity monitoring' software is the latest instalment in Oracle's application-integration software
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3
Review Spybot Search & Destroy accommodates both inexperienced and power users, and it's a great way to keep your PC free of spyware. Best of all, it's free.
Cisco source code leaks onto Web
News The networking company is investigating whether a security breach has led to some of its source code appearing on the Internet
Dell releases storage back-up software for SMEs
News GalaxyExpress software provides back-up and restoration to networks of up to 25 clients
IBM sets up Power portal
News With the aim of fostering a community among developers, IBM is setting up an open marketplace for its Power products online
AOL: One billion viruses blocked
News According to the company, AOL has prevented each subscriber from up to 30 virus attacks
Red Hat overhauls Linux range
News The Linux company is set to release an updated version of its Fedora software, and has upgraded its enterprise product with support for new processors and servers
Oracle lowers PeopleSoft bid
News As Oracle cuts its offer by a significant margin, PeopleSoft says the move is designed to 'damage its business'



