Previous DayAnalysts predict Wi-Fi crash
News The money being spent on the rollout of 802.11b networks has been compared to the excesses of the dot-com boom, with Wi-Fi tipped to play second fiddle to Bluetooth
HP hopes new blue PCs will tempt consumers
News HP is targeting back-to-school shoppers with its souped-up Pavilion desktop range
Microsoft's shadow falls over PeopleSoft spat
Comment Charles Cooper: Oracle and PeopleSoft bluster conceals true battle for No.1.
A suggested policy on P2P file-sharing applications
Feature Employees downloading files via P2P applications can create both bandwidth and copyright problems for your company. Here's a suggested policy for managing the situation
Most firms guilty of 'lax' software policy
News Careless tracking of software use means companies are not only paying for unused applications, but are opening themselves up to a piracy charge if licences have expired, according to a study
England's ARM holds on to chip-licensing top spot
News ARM and Rambus have consolidated their places at the top of the chip pile
Industry group urges government to think twice on open source
News The UK government is considering dramatically increasing the use of open-source licences for publicly funded software, but an IT industry body says the risks may outweigh the benefits
Government plays for time over ID cards
News Update: The Home Office has disclosed that 4,856 people sent emails via Stand's Web site that opposed the introduction of entitlement cards, but the final result of the consultation hasn't yet been...
Companies told to clamp down on IM use
News Instant messages should be treated the same as email messages and archived for three years, the Nasdaq stock market regulator is telling its members
Tech giants get together for home networking
News A new alliance aims to make products from different manufacturers interact wirelessly in the home
UK search provider bought by US counterpart
News London-based commercial search engine Espotting has been acquired by a US company with global ambitions
IBM builds on-demand power into new hardware
News IBM is shipping its T-Rex mainframe and high-end p690 Unix server, both with rentable computing power
Microsoft sends bot to search Web
News MSN hopes to challenge Google by developing its own algorithmic search technology
Sun makes mileage out of AIX wrangle
News Sun has taken out advertisements deriding SCO and IBM's licensing dispute
Handspring Treo 600: a first look
News Handspring has unveiled another Treo, the 600. This new phone/handheld combo sports an improved design, a built-in camera and more. See our initial impressions.
New twist to data-matching fight against Internet fraud
News VeriSign will match Internet addresses' physical locations with cardholder details in an attempt to quell scams
Why I'm not switching to a tablet PC yet
Comment David Coursey: Would I trade in my laptop - or a digital pen - for a tablet PC? Not quite yet. Here's why
Oracle needs deeper pockets yet for PeopleSoft bid
News Institutional investors have suggested they will not consider parting with PeopleSoft shares for less than $20 a share
Nanotech set to beef up chips
News A new technique involving nanotechnology could mean exponential increases in computer memory
Sagem myX-6
Review It may not cut much ice with business types, but Sagem’s myX-6 will do much to bolster its profile among fashion-conscious phone users.
SoBig.D only small so far, says CA
News The latest SoBig varient has been over-hyped by a 'virus hungry' media, according to Computer Associates
Microsoft slashes Windows XP price to fend off Linux
News Updated: The software giant is joining the Thai government's 'people's PC' project with cut-rate versions of Windows XP and Office, a move designed to compete with low-cost Linux implementations
PalmSource rewrites its OS for business
News CeBIT America: The company behind Palm's next-generation operating system says 'Sahara' will focus on security and enterprise features
Is the boss watching your email?
News A new study says that US workers spend a quarter of their day dealing with email, while bosses are bucking the conventional wisdom in their email monitoring practices
HP slip-up reveals Athlon64 details
News Hewlett-Packard may be planning to sell a PC based on AMD's 64-bit desktop processor after its debut in September
Senator suggests destroying song-swappers' PCs
News A prominent US lawmaker says in some cases the only way to stop illegal trading of copyrighted materials over the Internet might be to destroy the traders' computers
