Previous DayEnd of the road in sight for antique heart of PCs
News IDF: One of the last and least loved throwbacks to the early days of PCs, the BIOS, is about to get its marching orders, says Intel
Fatal shooting linked to Nigerian email fraud
News One of the most notorious scams operating on the Internet has been blamed for the death of a Nigerian diplomat in the Czech Republic
Intel plugs new network processors
News Manufacturers are beginning to tune into the network processor concept again after previous efforts failed to take off
Lindows.com launches Linux notebook
News The lightweight notebook sells for a low price and breaks new ground for the Linux operating system
Essential .Net, not for the faint hearted
Feature If you can get past the difficult reading, Essential .Net is a good text to own, but do allocate plenty of reading time and lots of coffee
IBM forges ahead with dual blade strategy
News Dual-architecture strategy explained: IBM's Power processor and Intel's Pentium line have evolved differently, and there will continue to be a need for both, says IBM
IBM servers to house third-party blades
News Nortel will make special purpose network blades to fit IBM's BladeCenter architecture. This is the biggest step so far towards multi-vendor blade systems
Web Services reduce costs but slow to grow
Feature Analysts predict continued but modest growth for this new technology and expect it to help companies cut costs. Here's a snapshot of the latest analysis of this emerging technology
US unveils terrorism readiness Web site
News Ready.gov supplements a nationwide campaign to prepare Americans for possible terrorist attacks
Intel, Linksys link consumer gadgets
News IDF: A new home networking device allows consumers to hook their consumer electronics into a Wi-Fi-based media centre
BT spurns wireless broadband auction
News Is the 3.4GHz auction heading for disaster, as another big-name telco refuses to join in?
Train your team to gain long-term benefits
News Instead of spending loads of cash for external expertise, consider training your in-house folks. The strategy not only will improve your team's skill sets, but it may also boost morale
Insurance: Home, auto... and Segway?
News A US insurance company is offering policies on the Segway human transporter, even though Segway says the devices are safe, as 'Ginger' nears shop shelves
Linux gets standards for devices
News The Embedded Linux Consortium has released its first specification in an attempt to ensure that Linux for embedded devices such as mobile phones conforms to certain guidelines
Xbox Linux group seeks Microsoft seal of approval
News A programming team that fitted Microsoft's gaming console with the Linux operating system is giving the software company a chance to legitimise their efforts - and make a little cash in the process
Trojan exploits Outlook Express
Feature Many viruses have been spread by users who opened unsafe e-mail attachments, admins have set up filters on mail servers. But now, a quirk in Outlook Express can allow attachments to bypass filters...
Mozilla upstart looks up to Safari
News A group of developers, disenchanted with the increasing complexity of supposedly simplified browsers, is taking its own route
USB On-the-Go builds momentum against Bluetooth
News With a Motorola licensing deal, the wireless cable-replacement technology has gained significant ammunition against its rivals
Aesthetics versus practicality
Feature When balancing architectural and business values in .Net projects there's a lot to consider when determining the most cost-effective architecture for a system
Compromise copyright bill in works
News Proposed legal measures would require labels on anything with copying restrictions, allowing consumers to vote with their pocketbook
Study lauds open-source code quality
News Scrutiny of the source code underlying several operating systems has found that a key networking component of Linux is of higher quality than competing closed-source software
Microsoft pulls early Office 2003 beta
News A testing version of the next version of Office has been withdrawn from Microsoft's Web site, but not before it revealed details of the new productivity suite
