UK 'leads G7' for broadband availability
News Government minister Mike O'Brien claims Britain leads the way in broadband rollout and e-commerce, but experts have doubts
Bloggers unite to help jailed Iranians
News Campaigners have called on the world's bloggers to help push for the release of two Iranians jailed after expressing opinions online
BT demands open standards in telecoms
News The UK's incumbent telco claims to be embracing open standards and getting access to vendor source code as part of its push to IP-enable its network
New worms turn up
News New variants of some old favourites have emerged today, but experts have played down the threat
First arrest for IM spam
News The first arrest for spimming - the sending of uncolicitied advertising messages over instant messaging services - has been made in the USA
Google must search its soul
Leader Google sees nothing wrong in adding links to sites without permission. It should try harder to grow a conscience.
Linux kernel to include IPv6 firewall
News Firewall features already available in IPv4 will be added to IPv6 protocol in Linux, but not until later in the year
Skype: Do you get what you pay for?
Feature The VoIP service seems to be becoming a victim of its own success, with complaints coming in from all quarters about the company's few paid-for services
Data destruction claims rubbished
News A charity that supplies refurbished PCs to the developing world has slammed reports suggesting the only reliable way to totally remove data from a hard drive involves a six-inch nail
Smartphones sales on the up
News Sales of mobile phones with increased non-voice functionality will have an annual growth rate of 29 percent until the end of the decade, according to analysts
Alarm over 'pharming' attacks
Tech Guide A new form of phishing makes it easier for the bad guys to get your personal information.
Google under fire over autolinking
News Comparisons with Microsoft's long-dead and much-maligned 'Smart Tags' technology have cast a shadow over Google's latest toolbar
CA leaps on patent bandwagon
News Computer Associates has become the latest firm to open up its patent portfolio to the open source community
Red Hat promises Fedora improvements
News The Linux seller has admitted neglecting Fedora users, but has now promised to make amends
Cabir spotted in the US
News The first wild sighting of the mobile worm has been found in America - in a Californian shop window
New Pentiums unveiled
News Intel introduced a new class of Pentium chip on Sunday - with twice as much secondary cache as current models and power-saving technology borrowed from its notebook line
Skype 1.1
Review Skype 1.1 is a free and easy way to make phone calls to any other PC user in the world, and now there's a way to make cheap calls to technophobe friends, too.

