Previous DayBroadband booming in Europe
News Although the number of broadband users almost doubled in Europe last year, there is a significant gap in Internet penetration between northern and southern Europe
Friday: An uplifting conversation
Blog Friday 18/07/2003Conversations you wish you hadn't had, number 44. Gingerly entering the lift, I find it contains a cheery bloke in overalls. He's going to our floor -- we've got the builders in,...
Transmeta's next-gen chip arrives in September
News The chipmaker is pinning its hopes on the long-awaited Astro chip, which it says will beat Intel's Xscale and Pentium M for combining performance and low power
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Foamy colleagues awaken schoolday memories, and Rupert finds out more than he bargained for about lifts...
EU passports get biometric data
News RFID tags loaded with biometric information will be embedded into EU passports to ensure travellers comply with strict US security regulations
Red Hat releases Linux 2.6 update
News The Linux company has released its latest Red Hat Package Manager files as a download
Microsoft earnings deflated by AOL settlement
News Microsoft is predicting better things for the coming year, though remains reluctant to talk of a recovery
Tips for dealing with spam
Feature Unsolicited email is an ever-increasing annoyance for UK companies, but there are some practical steps that can be taken to reduce its impact
Thai gamers work around curfew
News Thailand's online gamers are finding other ways to amuse themselves at night, after the Thai government began turning game servers off at 10 p.m.
Outsourcing turns political - diplomat
News The outgoing US ambassador to India says Indian authorities must be prepared for outsourcing becoming a political hot potato
PeopleSoft hits merger target
News The formation of the second largest applications compay in the world has come an important step closer to becoming reality
Patents crucial in search battle
Analysis News analysis: The search market is a tough battleground, and patent ownership could be key to who comes out on top
EDS expands rented-software portfolio
News EDS will add Web site analytic tools to the software it rents over the Internet
Windows Server 2003 gaining sites from Linux
News A survey has found that usage of Microsoft's latest server software is growing quickly, with some of the new business coming at the expense of Linux
Ineffective email use 'costing millions'
News Badly written or pointless emails are wasting employees' time, finds a new survey - and it's costing companies thousands of pounds per worker per year
New Sony chip to power Clie
News The latest model of Sony's Clie handheld will use a processor specially developed by the company
Legato shareholders fight EMC bid
News Legato shareholders have filed lawsuits alleging the company's board manipulated the announcement of EMC's takeover for personal financial gain
iChat AV Beta
Review iChat AV suffers some glitches in beta form, but it shows major potential -- at least while it's still free.
Luggage tracked via radio
News Lost luggage will have no place in airports of the future, with radio frequency ID tags affixed to every bag
Legal loss opens university networks to music industry
News Music industry experts will be allowed to examine the computer infrastructures of three Australian universites in the hunt for copyright breaches
Asia-Pacific firms rally against e-commerce patent
News Asia-Pacific businesses are fighting back against a controversial patent covering international transactions over the Internet that has been filed by a US company
Windows 'cheaper than Linux'
News According to research funded by Microsoft, 'Windows costs 68 percent less overall'
Q&A: Ray Lane on Oracle-PeopleSoft
Interview The former Oracle president and COO sees changes afoot in the software market, but warns that generalising about the situation may not be wise
VoIP generates babble
News VoIP cheerleader Jeff Pulver is worried the cheap form of communication has become a Tower of Babel
Infighting unravels Web services
News Progress on Web services, which promised to end software incompatibility problems, is suffering as rival alliances push separate standards
US tightens grip on IT leadership - report
News Europe's 'restrained approach' is no match for US risk-takers, according to a new study
Twin flaws threaten Net
News Two unrelated security holes in Microsoft Windows and Cisco's routers leave the Internet wide open to potentially crippling attacks
Sony CLIE PEG-NX73V
Review Sony may finally have got the design of its flip-screen handhelds just about right. Now it needs to fix Audio Player, provide more RAM and improve battery life.
