Previous DayFuture of DVD mired in confusion
News Supporters of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD look further away from agreement than ever
Microsoft's international man a mystery no more
Q&A Jean-Philippe Courtois, who recently took over responsibility for Microsoft's international operation, shares his thoughts on open source, software licensing, and development
Warning sounded over public sector IT spend
News Government should not spend more money on IT to achieve efficiency savings, according to its procurement chief
GlassFish gives developers a glimpse of Java
News Builder: Sun are still not making Java open source, and have been heavily criticised for their latest alternative effort to open up Java code
Government pushes tech procurement savings
News But users point out that shifting suppliers is often easier said than done
Microsoft launches anti-spam suit
News A German company has found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit from the software colossus over allegations the company was responsible for sending millions of spam emails
EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive
News European authorities have failed to close loopholes in legislation that will allow pure software to be patented.
Breaking Windows for better security
Feature A recent conference saw hackers demonstrating exploits of security flaws to Microsoft engineers, in an effort to improve security of future products
Will utility computing reshape the way people do business?
Feature Will utility computing conquer all or be a damp squib? The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle
eBay makes bid for revolution in B2B
Leader eBay has got people together like never before and rewritten the rules of personal sales. B2B is next
SOAs get open source back-end option
News Builder: Iona and ObjectWeb are teaming up to offer a Java-standards-based system that 'could go a long way to making service-oriented architectures faster, better and cheaper '
Chess grandmaster to battle supercomputer
News The UK's top chess player is going head to heads with Hydra, the Abu Dhabi-based cluster PC
Apple discontinues single-processor Power Mac
News The Mac maker has confirmed that from now on, all the G5 Power Macs it sells will have two processors
Antivirus tools becoming hackers' new favourite
News The recent improvements in Windows security have led to hackers moving onto antivirus products in the search for low-hanging fruit
Microsoft looking for OneCare testers
News The beta test of Microsoft's new security system is almost ready to go public
eBay dips a toe into open source waters
News Builder: Following in the footsteps of Google, the Internet auctioneer has opened up the code of some of its tools and launched a developer programme
Hacking scandal blamed on broken rules
News Early investigations into the exposure of 40 million credit card details have found that some records were kept too long or unencrypted
Managing a two-computer installation
Tech Guide What's the best way of keeping two computers -- a home PC and a work notebook -- synchronised? Here's one solution.
