Workers protest over call-centre outsourcing
News Unionised call centre workers walked out of their offices as the row between the communications union and BT heated up
Cisco buys Linksys for $500m
News The acquisition is part of Cisco's strategy to target growth in such emerging markets as wireless, security, storage area networking and IP telephony
Coming soon: Media2Go
Preview Want to access digital video, music and images on the move? Microsoft and its OEMs are working on a class of device you might be interested in.
UK workers paranoid over email surveillance
News More than half of UK workers don't trust their IT departments or their colleagues when it comes to personal email
Robots: It's Intel inside
News The chip giant is helping to standardise robot electronics based on its own processors, so that researchers can spend more time on navigation, visual recognition and artificial intelligence
For taxis it's location, location, location
News Location-based services are coming to London's black cabs, and are being used to bring taxis and passengers together across the capital
Watch these factors for VPN performance
Feature As VPNs become a standard remote access method, attention is moving from simple security to performance. Here's how to get the most from your VPN settings
Sun simplifies Java tools
News The company is trying to spread developer expertise for Java by making software development easier
Linux flaw allows local attacks
News A new security bug in the open-source operating system allows local users without privileges to take over a machine
New ICANN head promises greater openness
News The Internet addressing authority has been criticised as secretive, but new president Paul Twomey says the organisation is to turn over a new leaf
Secret security holes released to public
News A hacker claims to have stolen three security advisories from a corporate computer and posted them on a public mailing list, creating fresh dilemmas for users and software makers
Virus writers latch onto war theme
News A new email worm is tricking people into opening dangerous attachments by promising military satellite images of Iraq
Sacked IT manager sues referee for £10m
News An IT manager is looking for compensation for what he claims was a damaging reference from his former employer
Google expands Korean search
News The popular search engine has struck a new deal that challenges its chief rival, Overture, for Asian business
Sartorial snafus and giant chocolate bars at wireless show
News Reporter's notebook: Did Boingo Wireless' Sky Dayton change suits between this year's CTIA conference and last year's? Apparently not. Also: Flushable freebies
Flaw lets malicious Web pages attack Windows
News The new security hole affects all current Windows versions, but attackers may be warded off by protections built into email clients
Al Gore joins Apple board
News The former US vice president will fill a gap in Apple's board of directors, even though his support for the Mac platform has not been unwavering



