Previous DayNew KDE to arrive with Halloween eye candy
News The new Linux desktop software promises to treat users with stylish icons, themes and multimedia, as well as a pack of new tricks
HP rounds out notebook lineup
News The updates to the Compaq Presario notebooks are intended to tempt buyers with faster processors and better storage capacity
XML spec moves ahead despite gripes
News The World Wide Web Consortium has been accused of favouring IBM through its decision to advance XML 1.1
Macworld move sours Apple
News Plans are afoot to move the East Coast home of Macworld from New York back to former home Boston - and Apple's not pleased. It says it may pull out of taking part
Finding the floor in the tech downturn
Comment In a week in which IBM, Intel and Mircrosoft reported quarterly results and analysts struggled to interpret them, Eugene Lacey rounds up and comments on recent tech market metrics.
Gmate Yopy
Review Although its specification is nothing special, Gmate’s Yopy should prove attractive to Linux enthusiasts. However, the lack of a backlit display is a big handicap.
IT Anthems: KPMG
Feature The classic hit that launched IT Anthems, still as good as ever! KPMG's effort and fun have given it a place in our hearts
PalmSource, Sony Ericsson link arms
News PalmSource and Sony Ericsson have joined hands to make Bluetooth compatible products, linking handheld PCs and mobile phones
Beware PCs in servers' clothing
Comment Matt Loney: Would you expect to find an S-Video out port on your Web server? Or a Mic socket? Neither did we. Just take a close look next time you buy a server.
Windows XP, Office and SQL Server open to new attacks
News Microsoft warns of new flaws that could let hackers manipulate database servers and steal data from users' PCs
Mandrake Drak tools made easy
Feature Mandrake Linux has a reputation for providing a number of easy-to-use configuration tools that make crossing over to Linux from Windows or MacOS relatively easy
SuSE bundles Linux extras for biz
News Linux is working with developers to release a uniform version of its operating system aimed at the business market
Free broadband modems for Sky subscribers
News BT Broadband's latest marketing plan in the drive to dominate the UK's consumer broadband market means savings for Sky users
Siemens spins off network services
News Voice-data convergence will be the stock-in-trade of Omnetica, a network services company based around the UK's Siemens Network Systems Limited
Sony: For games' sake, fix your phones
News Sony Entertainment has hit out at mobile phone makers, saying premature release of mobile phones is harming the wireless gaming industry
Questions I'd like to ask the next time I'm hiring
News When you are interviewing job candidates, wouldn't it be nice to have a list of questions that can determine whether the candidate is the right person for the job? Here is Bob Artner's top-10 list...
Printer in your pocket? HP's got it
News Hewlett Packard has released a new technology which will enable business travellers to send documents from a wireless device to a networked printer
Bridge LANs without wires
Feature When concrete ceilings and low budgets get in the way of networking floors and buildings, consider using wireless access points to bridge wired network segments
Support is major Linux worry for the enterprise
News Open source tools are becoming more common in large businesses, but analysts say that a perceived lack of service and support options could hold back growth
PalmSource, Kyocera renew licence deal
News As the software division splits off from parent Palm, it must sign up new customers, say analysts
Visa roadblock could delay DMCA case
News Dmitry Sklyarov and ElcomSoft chief executive Alex Katalov are denied the right to enter the US for the first criminal case to test the controversial copyright law
Beta hack rattles Microsoft
News The software giant acknowledges that a hacker broke into its Windows beta testing network and had access to yet-unreleased software
AMD releases Opteron benchmarks
News At the Microprocessor Forum, AMD gives out tantalising numbers on its server chip, while Intel reveals what it might do with a billion-transistor processor
