MSN Messenger 4.6
Review MSN Messenger 4.6 isn't good enough to be your only IM. Instead, sign up with the service -- so you can contact buddies who use it -- and then download Trillian.
Wireless network security shows cracks
News The 802.1X security standard for wireless LANs has two gaping holes that will give hackers a field day, according to researchers in the US
Nvidia Quadro4 draws on GeForce power
News The pro-level graphics chip arrives on Tuesday, but some people may already own the technology without knowing it
Graduate vacancies drop - skills are key to success
News Graduate employers are predicting a drop in vacancies this year, but salaries are on the way up, and graduates with the right skills can demand healthy packages
Jail sentences for warez gang
News A French group that sold illegal software have been fined, and sentenced to up to six months in jail
Mobile OS developer seeks commercially minded chief
News Symbian needs a commercially minded replacement for Colly Myers, who stepped down as chief executive on Friday, if it is to succeed against Microsoft and Palm
Corel closes the curtain on open source
News With the winding down of its open-source development site, Corel is finally making its departure from the world of Linux and 'free' software. But its work to create a Windows alternative lives on...
Spat over MS 'flaw' gets heated
News Cigital's claim that an element of Visual Studio.Net is flawed is denied by Microsoft, but the row about whether the software giant's products are safe continues
Sun revamping software for Web services
News Sun aims to improve its Web services market share with product updates and strategy announcements
Weaving grid computing into Web services
News Academia meets business at the Global Grid Forum as the Web services heavyweights meet up with scientists involved in grid computing
Garageband unplugs site
News The online music site has taken its site offline as it fights to survive the downturn in the online music business
Thin is in for new Toshiba notebook
News Toshiba has used a combination of high-tech components to make the Portege 2000 its thinnest notebook to date
Lindows fights back against Microsoft
News The software company has released legal papers to try and show that there is no danger of users confusing Lindows with Microsoft's operating system
Why Apple must not ignore the corporate market
Comment Steve Jobs is betting the house on turning the Mac into a digital hub. But Apple is doomed to remain a small fry if it ignores the corporate market.
The convergence of .Net and Java
Comment Even as the battle between for developer mindshare goes into full swing, the line between competing development platforms is already starting to blur. And guess what, Microsoft will is likely to...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Tuesday 12/02/2002 With a whoosh, up go the final five satellites for the Iridium network. Oh, you remember: Iridium. Motorola's five billion quid pop at setting up a global telephone network from...
IBM unmuzzles low-end 'Raptor' mainframe
News The mainframe 'lite' runs a stripped-down operating system and can only use newer software
Microsoft to cast .Net in ad campaign
News Microsoft is to spread its .Net message to companies and developers through a massive advertising campaign in 10 countries
Five years ago: Intel tells GSM bosses: build the wireless Net
News A senior Intel executive today urged the GSM community to push harder into the PC sector and create a wireless Internet
Visual Studio.Net
Review By far the best integrated development environment Microsoft has ever produced, Visual Studio.Net is also now the leading solution for developing Web services.



