Previous DayHandling optional parameters in C#
Feature One feature that's missing from C# is the ability to declare a method parameter as optional. Here's a look at what you can do to fake it
Friday
Blog Friday 20/09/2002You may remember that I mentioned Victorian physicist and lost hero of radio Oliver Heaviside a couple of weeks back, saying that he'd spent his final years going doolalli tap in...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Segway fails to roll for Austin Powers, the dark side of warchalking and something slips out of sweaty Palms.
What a bad job interview can reveal
News A bad job interview can be a disheartening experience, but it may provide powerful insights into a company's culture. See what red flags you should be on the lookout for
Hotmail clamps down on spam
News The email provider has signed up Brightmail to try and free its users from inboxes full of unwanted refinancing offers and body part-enlargement emails
E-commerce minister roughs it with Jenny Agutter
News Stephen Timms will take part in Byte Night, the IT industry's attempt to raise £300,000 to combat youth homelessness
HP shells out for site revamp
News Hewlett-Packard has recently spent tens of millions of dollars revamping its Web site in an attempt to make its e-commerce effort more coherent after its acquisition of Compaq
Is Microsoft a US spy?
Comment Charles Cooper: People in the Chinese government fear that Microsoft technology contains equipment that could cripple their infrastructure.
Sun donates cryptography tech to OpenSSL project
News The server company has given its latest elliptic curve technology to an open-source security project
Ellison resigns from Apple board
News The Oracle chief executive is to stand down from the Apple board, saying he doesn't have time to attend enough meetings to warrant the role
AMD says it's gaining ground
News The chipmaker is fighting back against reports saying that it is being hit by the lacklustre market
Slapper worm grinds to a halt
News The Linux worm that threatened to spread itself by creating a peer-to-peer network of infected machine appears to be wearing itself out
Spam-fighter invades the inbox
News Users who install MailFrontier's anti-spam package are finding that it adds a line of advertising to every email they send
Freeserve anger over BT's broadband plans
News BT insists that the UK's broadband market is competitive and that its new advertising campaign benefits everyone, but Freeserve calls foul again
Alcatel cuts thousands more jobs
News The telecoms company will have reduced its headcount by around a third by the end of the year
Dell TrueMobile GPRS Solution
Review Companies with significant numbers of mobile workers would do well to look carefully at Dell’s GPRS solution. It may be expensive to set up, but all the hard work is done for you, and there are...
Wireless PDA keyboard hits the UK
News Pocketop's wireless keyboard works with Palms, HandSpring Visors and most Pocket PCs. Future versions could even work with mobile phones
Toshiba goes wireless on home networks
News The electronics giant is to unveil new chips designed to promote wireless home networking
Cisco adds security certification with CSS1
News If you want to demonstrate that you have solid knowledge of security practices and experience in using and configuring Cisco security products, the CSS1 certification could be the ticket. See what...
Sun's chief exec admits mistakes
News Sun Microsystems chief Scott McNealy says he hired too many people and rented too much real estate. But he says he's learned from his errors, and the company's adjusting
GameCube chip shipments reach 10 million
News The 'Gekko' processor, based on IBM's PowerPC, reaches the 10-million mark in the same week that Sony reports its 40-millionth PS2 sale
Digital cameras slim down
News Nikon and Fuji have both announced new digital cameras with an emphasis on size and style
Visa readies wireless smart cards
News Smart cards fitted with radio-frequency chips will help you to spend even more money that you can't really afford
Open source, shared source or secret sauce?
Comment Peter Judge: When Microsoft shared its code, only a few people wanted to look. Were the open-source people wrong all along?
McNealy touts Sun-Linux 'purple box' desktops
News Sun will sell both hardware and software for its Linux-based desktops that will compete with Windows machines in niche areas
RIM sues Handspring and Good
News Research in Motion claims the Treo keyboards infringe on one of its patents. Good meanwhile is accused of misappropriating trade secrets
Chief executives called in Intel-Intergraph case
News Intel has already paid Intergraph £200m in the patent case over key Itanium technologies. If Intel loses this final wrangle, Intergraph could stand to gain even more
US government unveils cybersecurity plan
News The Bush administration's plan outlines a mainly hands-off approach to securing cyberspace, giving primary responsibility for security to individuals and corporations
Microsoft update 'violates' settlement
News A rival computer-industry trade group has alleged that Microsoft's newly released Windows XP Service Pack 1 violates a pending antitrust settlement
