Previous DayOpen-source code finder aims to prevent lawsuits
News Black Duck has launched an application designed to spot open-source code in proprietary software - and make sure companies don't get into legal hot water
HP unveils paper-thin flexible screen technology
News Digital paper, active displays on billboard sized posters, and digital photographs that can switch from scene to scene are all promised by a new HP technology
Huge number of IT jobs to be axed by 2008
News Gartner is forecasting that IT departments will shrink dramatically by 2008 as outsourcing and a focus on business processes take their toll
SanDisk to sue STMicroelectronics for patent infringement
News The US-based SanDisk is trying to block the import of the Swiss company's NAND flash memory chips, claiming that they violate one of its US patents
DTI launches new anti-fraud Web site
News The Department of Trade & Industry has launched a new website in an effort to stamp out fraud, unwanted telemarketing and other modern nuisances
Seven new members for Liberty Alliance
News Adobe and Telewest Broadband are two of the latest companies to sign up to Liberty Alliance, the Web Services identity standards consortium
Doubts no deterrent to BT on big IP switch
News Can BT shift to an IP-based network by 2009? Experts see trouble ahead, but BT says it's doing everything possible to pull off the feat
We're fifty years into the future
Comment Fifty years ago today, a revolution started. Let's not stop the party just yet.
Online confidence is spreading
Leader As online ad spend rises, marketeers are gaining confidence that the medium is here to stay. That's good news for everyone.
Samsung SCX-4100
Review Samsung's SCX-4100 is an economic choice for small-job printing, copying and scanning, but Mac users or those who need to fax must look elsewhere.
Firefox passes five million download mark
News The open-source browser continues its inexorable rise, riding the wave of interest in an alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms
News Antivirus companies are perplexed by a spate of recent viruses which contain messages in which the writers threaten to attack them
How to get consumers to swallow electronic tags
News One of RFID's proponents explains how to sell the technology to consumers, while privacy activists keep fighting to protect them from secret RFID tagging
JBoss moves up the stack
News Builder: The open-source application server has collaborated with the open-source project jBpm and released a workflow engine
Where will PeopleSoft's posturing in court get it?
Feature Is its 'poison pill' court case with Oracle just an extended and tortuous prelude to an inevitable merger?
Macromedia to Flex new Flash server muscles
News Builder: This week Macromedia will announce a new version of Flex, their server-side software that was designed to increase the uptake of the Flash format for Web graphics and interfaces
Is the heyday of the MP3 coming to a close?
Feature After years of unquestioned domination, it looks like the MP3 format's star might be on the wane
Microsoft advised to learn to love Linux
News A US management guru has advised Microsoft to acquire Research in Motion and pay closer attention to open-source projects on mobile devices, or face oblivion
E-commerce: the best is yet to come
News E-commerce is already 10 years old, and several of its founders have a clear message for the world: you ain't seen nothing yet
AMD to unleash new desktop beast
News Advanced Micro Devices looks set to release a new top-spec chip aimed primarily at the gaming market but also at anyone who wants the highest performace possible on their desktop
Google IM rumours abound
News Now the dust is finally settling after Google's latest launch, its desktop search tool, Web watchers are talking about the next big thing to emerge from the Google stable
PopUpCop 2.5
Review PopUpCop 2.5 for Internet Explorer does what it promises: it eliminates annoying adverts. Unfortunately, it isn't available for Netscape, Opera or the Mac.
Microsoft and Cisco announce new alliance
News In an effort to keep corporate networks clear of viruses, worms, Trojans and other pieces of malware, Microsoft and Cisco will share research and make their systems interoperable
