Previous DayWestern European PC sales fall again
News Europe's PC market continues to suffer from poor consumer and corporate demand, but there may be a recovery later this year
Don't talk yourself out of a great career opportunity
News Tim Heard is a technical recruiter for JC Malone, a career placement service. Tim shares his career advice by answering questions from TechRepublic members.
Man gets five years for £14m computer fraud
News A former general manager of Compulog Ltd was sentenced this week for reclaiming VAT on computer purchases that were never made
Configurator planned for small Web merchants
News Solutionbuilder will let small Web merchants provide product configuration services previously only seen on sites of car companies and PC manufacturers, say its makers
Businesses prepare for Internet disaster
News Companies have backup plans for natural disasters - but in the wake of WorldCom and KPNQwest, many are now waking up to the need to have a 'plan b' for their all-important Internet connection
Wi-Fi group to rename 802.11a
News The Wireless Ethernet Compatability Alliance has suggested that 802.11a is renamed 'Wi-Fi5'
Internet price cuts may never reach consumers
News Oftel's decision to force BT to cut its wholesale Internet prices may only benefit other telcos, not customers or ISPs
The world according to Gates - by email
News Bill Gates and other Microsoft executives are set to send out email newsletters explaining the company's views on technology and public policy
MIPS buys GNU tools company
News As revenues halve year on year, MIPS hopes that the purchase of UK-based Algorithmics Ltd will help revive its fortunes
Sony debuts 'wearable' digicam
News The Cyber-shot digital camera, which is smaller than a credit card, is part of the trend towards technology as an accessory
Network defenders get stuck in to Honeynet challenge
News An Australian programmer has won the top prize in a competition to analyse and decipher binary code captured in the wild
MusicNet chief: Download this, not Napster
News Q&A: Alan McGlade, chief executive of MusicNet, believes that consumers will get used to paying for music downloads, and that Napster doesn't have a chance
CRM's dirty little secret
Comment Adrian Mello: CRM is only as good as your customer data. If your data is dirty, it will do you more harm than good.
Speech recognition software
Buyer's Guide Want to dictate text into Word, surf the Web hands-free, or issue spoken commands to Windows? You need speech recognition software. Find out which program we think is best.
Sun back in the black
News Falling sales during the dot-com collapse could be a thing of the past for Sun as the server giant announces a return to profitability
HP takes top PC slot - for now
News Through its merger with Compaq, Hewlett-Packard has become the world's largest PC manufacturer for the first time, but could the distinction be short lived?
Price hikes pay off for Microsoft
News The software company's revenue grows 10 percent to $7.25bn, boosted in part by sales of Windows XP and by a reworked software licensing plan that's proved profitable despite customer criticism
Transmeta lays off 200 employees
News Product delays, a large number of executive changes, competition from Intel and a slow market have forced the chip designer to cut 40 percent of its workforce
Microsoft to unbundle Active Directory
News The software giant will continue to build in its 'Active Directory' as part of Windows, but will offer the technology as a separate product next year
