AOL casts doubts on BT's child-porn protection
News Around 230,000 attempts to reach paedophilic Web content have been blocked by BT's Cleanfeed, but AOL says this content blocker may not be the answer
Bluesocket scans the spectrum for wardriving
News Security firm Bluesocket has launched a product that aims to protect an enterprise's wireless networks from unwanted visitors
Understanding software as a commodity
Comment What does it mean to commoditise software? And is the definition of what a commodity is actually clear?
Microsoft courts programmers
Q&A S. 'Soma' Somasegar, the vice president of Microsoft's developer division, explains how Windows is enticing more and more developers
The iron fist in the patent leather glove
Comment Microsoft's patent strategy is thrown into sharp relief by HP's leaked memo, and the evidence for war is mounting
BT blocks thousands of child-porn requests
News Almost a quarter of a million attempts to access paedophilic Internet content have been refused by BT's 'clean' Internet feed in less than a month
IBM details Eclipse tools
News IBM has announced a significant investment in its open-source programming line
IE security problems open doors to friends and foes
News Two software developers have opted to take very different approaches to the lack of security in Internet Explorer: one has decided to join Microsoft, the other to beat them
Sony Ericsson P910i: a first look
Preview The slick P900 smartphone gets a QWERTY keyboard and a few noteworthy additions.
HP memo predicts MS patent war on open source
News Microsoft has been preparing for an all-out assault on open-source software via patent law, according to what is apparently an internal HP memo from 2002
From email to meta-mail
Video Esther Dyson discusses meta-mail, the emerging information-management technology
Microsoft widens access to Windows code
News Brief: More technology enthusiasts will gain access to Windows source code
IBM enters product-tracking market
News Big Blue has rebranded product-management software that it gained through the acquisition of Trigo Technologies
Can spam really be defeated in two years?
Video The UN has claimed that junk email could be eradicated in two years - this audio discussion gives the reactions of some experts on the issue
RSS: news you choose
Tech Guide Having trouble keeping up with all the online news and blogs? One solution is to subscribe to various feeds, and then read only the subject areas that interest you or those that will help you get...
How to read RSS feeds
Tech Guide Want to know how to set up and use an RSS feed? Here's the low-down.
Macromedia rolls out new Web software
News A new publishing package will help companies build and manage Web sites more easily
Sun stakes servers on Rock
News High-end Rock processors will form the foundation for servers by 2008, Sun has announced
New Bagle spreads strongly
News Antivirus firms are warning of more variants because Bagle's source code appears to have become available
Lindows takes cash to change name
News Update: Lindows will give up its name as part of a settlement that sees Microsoft paying the Linux firm $20m
Eolas hits back at Microsoft in patent battle
News Microsoft's request for an appeal against the punitive Eolas judgement will be fought by the University of California



