Previous DayWhat really matters with mobiles
Comment Are you scared to hold a phone next to your head? How about your bravery when it comes to standing under a phone mast? Would you pay 600 pounds for a phone? and do you need a phone with data, or a...
IWF lambasted for plan to ban newsgroups
News Civil liberties groups say the Internet watchdog's resolution will compromise the self-regulatory standing for ISPs
Snaps, crackles and pops aim to stop CD piracy
News Copyright-protected CDs are already on the market. But Macrovision won't say which labels are using its technology, which adds clicks and pops when music files are copied to PCs
New Linux OS for Palms released
News Software is available for download for the Palm IIIx and IIIxe, says Empower Technologies
Hotmail upgrade burns up on reentry
News Microsoft pulled the revamp of its free email service after only an hour due to technical problems. The new system promises better spam control for its users
Juvenile offender to be tracked by face recognition
News The first juvenile offender to be punished under the Home Office 'Big Brother' surveillance scheme was tagged this week - and will be tracked using voice and face recognition
Lost PCs can phone home
News Australian security solution doesn't stop your PC being stolen, but it does allow it to phone home so police can track down the thieves - and recover your kit
Markets braced for Nokia gloom
News Analysts warn that Nokia may not even reach the downgraded targets it set itself in last month's profit warning
Napster gets temporary reprieve
News File-sharing site may get back online, but song-blocking software will block even more songs than required by the major record companies
Microsoft petitions for browser rehearing
News MS has petitioned an appeals court to revisit a finding that combining the IE Web browser with the Windows operating system violated antitrust law
Hackers wreak havoc on Aussie banks
News More than 20 Australian banks were hit by hackers last year, with money disappearing from at least one bank's customer accounts
It's 2005. Do you know where Tux is?
Comment Predicting the future is a mug's game at the best of times.
Arrest fuels Adobe copyright fight
News The Russian who was arrested at DefCon claims his program to strip security protections from Adobe's eBook software was required by his law
IWF says ISPs must drop illegal newsgroups
News Newsgroups that host illegal content in the UK could be closed down as the country's biggest Internet watchdog gets tough on child porn
'Code Red' worm claims 12,000 servers
News Chinese worm has users of Microsoft's Internet Information Server seeing red
Five years ago: Intel's $1b quarter hints at 'healthy' PC market
News Intel made its first $1bn quarter, but analysts warned it may not mean an upswing in the PC market
How Sun screwed itself by suing Microsoft
Comment Microsoft's decision to drop Java support with the release of Windows XP this fall should teach Sun Microsystems a lesson along the lines of that old saw: Be careful what you wish for, you just may...
