Privacy advocates confident about ID card defeat
News Campaigners hope that a 'damning' report will blow the controversial ID card scheme out of the water
BlackBerry maker must diversify to survive
News RIM's three million customers in the mobile email space could be enough to protect it from Microsoft's ambitions... but for how long?
Learning the lessons of e-government
Feature E-government services fall into set categories, as do many firms' online offerings. What can you learn from the government's failings?
Businesses unprepared for IT disasters
News Survey: Most businesses are very concerned about business continuity, but two-thirds lack a reliable plan to ensure their business can survive the worst
Business intelligence 'needs central management'
News The key to getting a return on your investment in BI tools is good, central, management, according to Gartner
EU seeks 'legally clever' patent definition
News Legal experts are to help the European Parliament create watertight criteria for patentability of software
Convergence: One handset is better than two
Feature BT and Vodafone are leading the charge when it comes to integrating fixed-line and mobile technology into a single handset
Data explosion driving BI demand
News Business-intelligence tools are 'ahead of the curve' in the marketplace, according to Accenture
Microsoft's education claims rebuffed
News While there is still a lack of specific applications for schools, community development methods will win out, says one open source user group
Small business IT: It's what you make of it
Leader When looking at new IT systems, don't just make sure you need them: make sure your staff will use them
Adderlink IP
Review The Adderlink IP, which uses the de facto remote control standard (VNC), allows you to manage a server via the Internet. Highly recommended.
IBM targets Solaris with free Linux service
News Brief: The hardware and services giant is to offer, free of charge, a service to help customers move from Sun's operating system to Red Hat Linux
'Basic' tabbed browsing to come in IE7
News A Firefox developer isn't impressed by the announcement though, labelling the move as nothing more than a cheap move to maintain the IE near-monopoly
Oracle starts SME push
News In a move calculated to steal SAP's thunder, Oracle has announced a number of partnerships to help it gain ground in the mid-market
Tiger gets first update
News Brief: Apple's latest operating system has received its first update, which solves some networking problems, as well as issues with the new Dashboard feature
Collaboration takes centre stage for Office 12
News The next version of Microsoft Office will have VoIP at its core, integrated messaging technology and expanded use of XML technology
Firemen could strike over IT project
News Plans to create a series of high-tech control centres have alarmed the fire service, given the government's poor record on major technology projects

