Previous DayIntellectual property battles will wound Linux
Feature As SCO's fight to assert Unix intellectual property rights drags on, Linux may be the loser if businesses are tempted to avoid the tangle altogether
UK government to trial XML e-procurement system
News Instead of designing a bespoke purchasing system, the Office of Government Commerce is to promote XML interoperability standards
Ten reasons to choose C#
Comment John Carroll: For those interested in .Net programming, C# is a worthwhile addition to the programmer's toolkit. For those not interested in .Net programming, it's still a source of ideas.
European software patents inch closer
News A committee vote on changes to the European approach to software patents brings the proposal one step closer to law. The result could have a dramatic impact on software innovation, critics argue
US military to adopt next-gen Internet
News The next version of the Internet will be running at the US Department of Defense by 2008
Oracle boosts PeopleSoft bid
News As well as upping its take-over offer, Oracle has launched legal action against PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards
Government claims success as broadband auction closes
News UK Plc is £7m richer, and three operators can now offer wireless broadband services at 3.4GHz in the UK. But will they?
Spend it like Beckham
Buyer's Guide When David Beckham departs for Spain, he’ll naturally want to know the score back home, with the help of the latest technology. He won’t be short of a euro or several million, so here’s the tackle...
Don't view IT in isolation, says report
News Technology needs to be treated like any other business function to deliver its best benefits
Public sector bemoans under-resourced, ineffective IT
News Technology fails to deliver key financial information, say public sector finance directors
Microsoft makes next-gen Messenger public
News MSN Messenger 6, which includes ramped-up multimedia features, will be available for download on Wednesday in its first public beta version
Nokia unsurprised by 3G handset complaints
News Teething problems with 3G handsets should be expected, and mass market models are some way off, says the mobile phone giant
Financial institutions' hacking rate high
News More than a third of financial institutions worldwide were hacked in the past year, according to a security survey
Microsoft launches anti-spam court action in UK
News Microsoft has upped the ante in its fight against spam with the launch of lawsuits aimed at spammers and those building spam mailing lists
PeopleSoft offers cash to keep customers
News The software maker is adding a price-protection clause to customer contracts to keep sales from stalling as a result of Oracle's hostile takeover bid
Red Hat enterprise business grows
News The leading Linux vendor has met analysts' expectations for its financial year amid strong demand for its high-end products
Court questions independence of Oracle investigators
News A court opinion says a committee set up to investigate stock sales by Larry Ellison and other Oracle board members has too many ties to the company
OECD guidelines target international spam
News The international trade body has published new guidlines that aim to crack down on cross-border fraud and junk email
Handspring rings up new Treo
News With the Treo 600, Handspring is focusing more on the needs of mobile phone network operators, and offering a device that looks more like a traditional handset
