Previous DayGoogleversity Challenge
Leader The worlds of online business and higher education are still not quite sure what to make of each other. There are lessons to be learned on both sides
CRM mergers and takeovers set to continue
News The CRM market will see more consolidation in the months ahead, says Gartner, which predicts a bright future for Microsoft, SAP and Salesforce.com
$100 laptop project is 'fundamentally flawed'
News The head of one of the largest charitable suppliers of re-conditioned PCs claims there are some basic problems with creating a bespoke laptop for the developing world
Lord battles government over cybercrime laws
News Lord Northesk wants to protect IT pros and the police from criminalisation, and nail down the law covering denial of service attacks
Linux kernel 2.6.17 released
News The latest Linux kernel includes support for Sun's Niagara chips, and some wireless-friendly changes too
Dell's high hopes for the UK
Q&A Dell UK boss Josh Claman has a plum job managing the company's longest-established business outside of the US, one he hopes is set for a new growth phase
10 things you should do to protect your network against wireless devices
Help/HowTo There's no shortage of information explaining how to create a secure wireless network, but securing your network from wireless devices can be just as important
Get the details on Microsoft's June security bulletins
Help/HowTo For June's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 12 security bulletins, patching 21 holes in the process
Microsoft exec takes on services, Google
Q&A Bob Muglia talks about how Microsoft is spelling out the areas in which it will focus its engineering efforts, from security to services, over several years
A third of CIOs want to change jobs
News New challenges outrank higher salaries when CIOs go job-hunting
Microsoft enters robotics race
News Microsoft is announcing the funding of a new robotics research group and the company's first-ever robotics software
LSE CIO: IT chiefs smashing management glass ceiling
News The increased importance of IT means that tech executives now have a better chance of making it to the top in financial services
French Microsoft Web site hacked
News The attackers were probably able to penetrate the server running the Web site due to faulty configuration, Microsoft said
Opera 9
Review We really like Opera 9 -- but we like it more as the cool, arty browser that it is and not as our everyday Internet workhorse.
Microsoft livens up instant messaging
News Windows Live Messenger is the first core application of Microsoft's new line of Windows Live software and services to be launched publicly
University opens course for hackers
News The University of Abertay says it has launched the degree course in response to demand for people with the skills to test the security of corporate IT networks
Verizon sues Vonage for VoIP patent infringement
News The lawsuit comes shortly after Vonage's disappointing stock market debut
Trojan targets Google hosting service
News The Trojan could lie dormant on a user's system, then attempt to steal banking passwords or other personal information
Yahoo Messenger gets plug-ins
News Yahoo has opened up its programming interfaces to outside developers, which it hopes will open the floodgates for third-party plug-ins
Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze
News IBM and Georgia Tech scientists cryogenically froze a silicon-germanium chip at -451 F to test the material's speed potential
Microsoft to embed Live services in Windows
News With a new developer kit, Microsoft is seeking to create closer integration between its Web-based hosted services and 'rich client' Windows applications
