Previous DayWhy MSN and Yahoo joined forces against Google
Analysis MSN and Yahoo's mutual need to defend themselves in the long term against Google finally forced them to integrate their instant messaging networks
A democratic mobile revolution
Feature First it was the Web; now mobile phones are set to revolutionise the democratic process
Do tablets face a convertible future?
Analysis Tablet PCs have been around for years but are yet to catch on on their own
Operating in the future
Feature RFID and Web services are taking centre stage in plans to bring medical technology into the twenty-first century
EarthLink: Where competition meets convergence
Q&A It's not all gone the way of US ISPs of late, but EarthLink has a plan
What's this Vista thing, then?
FAQ We answer some of the most common questions about the next-generation Windows
Blogs in the classroom
Feature Blogging is just the narrow end of the wedge when it comes to interactive Web technology working its way into the classroom
Passport agency: 'Iris recognition needs work'
News The UK Passport Service claims that iris recognition technology is currently not flexible enough for widespread deployment
Securing enterprise communications
Help/HowTo You need to rembember that, more often than not, digital communications aren't secure
Full biometric ID scheme to reach the UK 'by 2009'
News Government moves to tighten security will see e-passports with facial biometrics and fingerprints for all within five years
Manx Telecom sets date for super-3G
News The first commercial super-3G service is due to go live next month, promising speeds of at 1.3Mbps. But if you want to use it this year, you'll have to go to the Isle of Man
Vendors, not developers, to blame for poor code
News When ex-White House security expert Howard Schmidt recently argued that computer programmers were responsible for security problems, he kicked up a storm of protest
NHTCU to launch Get Safe Online campaign
News Small businesses and individual users are to be targeted by the police with an online safety campaign, but 'in a nice way, not in a big scary way'
OpenOffice 2.0 released
News It may have been delayed by bugs, but the landmark 2.0 release of the open source productivity suite can now be downloaded
Disaster recovery: Don't forget about tape
Feature Don't underestimate the importance of tape in your disaster-recovery plans
Why phishing is a business issue
Feature Phishing scams no longer just affect the occasional gullible user: companies need to be on their guard
Google cedes right to Gmail in the UK
News Frustration with a protracted legal dispute has led Google to rebrand its Web-based email service to Google Mail in the UK
Don't let up in ID card battle
Leader Although the ID card bill has passed the Commons, opposition is still building. With none of the problems addressed, there is still time for sense to prevail
Hurd confirms HP's PC commitment
Video Printers and PCs are central to HP's business model going forward, according to the firm's CEO
Military tests RFID to solve friendly fire problem
News Battlefield RFID tags won't eliminate the problem entirely, but field tests so far have been positive
Sun lets Jini out of the proprietary bottle
News The development toolkit is to be released under the Apache License
Andreessen: The future is PHP
News Java and Flash have never lived up to their potential, and PHP will soon become the dominant Web technology, according to the browser pioneer
Barclays and NatWest trail Lloyds TSB trial
News Barclays will trial the APACS two-factor authentication standard in an effort to improve customer security; Natwest doesn't see the need to
ID cards bill scrapes through
News The government's plan for a national identity card scheme have come under increasing fire from IT experts as the bill passes to the Lords for further scrutiny
Netscape patches get up-to-date
News AOL's browser has finally caught up with Mozilla's security patches, bringing it in line with Firefox 1.07
Firefox achieves 100 million downloads
News With Firefox's first birthday rapidly approaching, the Mozilla Foundation is celebrating a landmark for the browser's takeup
Apple goes for Quad power
News The Apple Power Mac G5 Quad features two 2.5GHz, dual-core PowerPC G5 processors to increase the power at the top of its business range
Sony VPL-CX20
Review This impressive-looking and highly portable projector has excellent automatic setup features and delivers good image quality.
Ballmer: 'I don't throw chairs'
News Microsoft's larger-than-life chief executive has used a speech in Florida to deny ever throwing furniture, and outline his plans to defeat Google 'the old-fashioned way'
