Previous DayISP libel laws 'need global treaty'
News As ISPs report a massive increase in incidences of take-down notices, a report by the Law Commission says there is a strong case for a global treaty
Intergraph sues PC giants over Pentium
News The latest lawsuit from the chip maker could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars and eventually have an impact on every PC maker that uses Pentium processors
Easynet warns against telecoms complacency
News The machete of regulation must be wielded to prevent a competitive telecoms market being choked by the jungle of incumbency, says Easynet's chief executive
SSH opens computers to attack
News The protocol for securely accessing servers contains bugs that could allow attackers to crash or take over SSH-equipped servers and clients
Singapore launches wireless park and pay
News M-commerce is a reality in Singapore, where mobile phone users can pay for parking, taxi fares, photo prints and other fees without producing cash or even a credit card
Gartner: Asia leads semicon recovery
News After a drastic decline in 2001, the global semiconductor market is back in the black, thanks to Asia
New 'oil' worm 'unlikely to succeed': Sophos
News A new Windows worm has appeared on the scene, but is so poorly designed that it is unlikely to spread, experts have said
Broadband satellite avoids crash and burn
News An Ariane 4 rocket has successfully placed a broadband satellite in orbit for New Skies Satellites, to serve the Asia Pacific region
Colt insolvency case result due Friday
News Can a hedge fund push the pan-European carrier into administration? A court ruling is imminent
IBM's Blue Typhoon plans swirling
News Big Blue expects its project to unify corporate computing resources will be ready to roll in the next few weeks
Consumer electronics giants opt for Linux
News Update: Sony and Matsushita say they will build Linux into home devices such as digital video recorders
Patent could give AOL an edge in messaging
News An AOL subsidiary has been granted a patent on the invention of instant messaging systems, meaning that AOL could potentially sue IM competitors such as Yahoo! and Microsoft
Sun's UltraSparc doubles down for power
News Sun is using dual-core processors to make server computers pack more of a punch, without consuming much more power
Intel pumps up Wi-Fi investments
News The chipmaker has been forced to delay a wireless chip of its own, but is increasing its stakes in Wi-Fi hardware makers
IBM releases 16-chip Intel servers
News The new system is the current flag-bearer for IBM's sustained effort to build ever more powerful Intel servers
Compromised in a Flash
News An attacker could create a hand-edited Macromedia Flash file that can compromise a PC or Macintosh if its user views the file in a Web browser - or even an email
DMCA case verdict: Not guilty
News Jurors have acquitted Elcomsoft because they believed the company didn't mean to violate the law. The case is a key test of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act
