NEC looks to offload Euro PC business
News Plummeting prices and wafer-thin margins are continuing to take their toll, with NEC the latest looking to get out of the European PC market
Avoid big bang Vista upgrades — Gartner
News Contrary to conventional opinion, the best approach to Vista migration may be temporarily supporting more than one version of Windows in your organisation
Skype to address identification concerns
News The Internet communications company admits that IT pros are worried about identity authentication, which may hamper its push into the enterprise space
Tech investments: Should you go for low cost or capability for growth?
Help/HowTo Should you go with lower cost alternatives designed for small business use, or invest more money in infrastructure that can support long-term growth?
Opera 9: Widgets are the new Web
News Builder: The browser company believes its Widgets, supported in Opera version 9, are a taste of how Web development will be conducted in the future
10 things you should know about deploying a UPS
Help/HowTo There's more to effective protection than just plugging in a UPS and connecting computer equipment
Dell targets corporates with latest printers
News A 'second-generation' utility will help firms control colour printing costs, claims Dell, as it launches its latest range of colour and black-and-white laser printers
Mobile data's own goal
Leader Another high speed mobile data network goes live — another set of tariffs falls flat
O2 snaffles The Link in shopping spree
News A day after acquiring ISP Be, O2 has taken over retail phone chain The Link
Small firms and consumers 'complacent about security'
News Get Safe Online, the Web safety campaign, is urging small businesses to wise up to security dangers
Stanford, tech execs unveil science centre
News The centre aims to tackle problems such as climate change by throwing computational power at analysis, simulation and prediction of earth systems
Vodafone to launch HSDPA
News Faster 3G services will arrive in the UK this week, as Vodafone pips its rivals to the HSDPA post
Second zero-day Excel flaw emerges
News The latest vulnerability could cause Excel to crash after a malicious file is opened, and could possibly execute malicious code
HP folds Global Operations into three other units
News The move is part of a massive restructuring designed to save HP £1bn a year
'Critical' Microsoft fix breaks some Net connections
News The fix delivered with security bulletin MS06-025 can interfere with a certain types of dial-up networking connections, Microsoft said
Creative Commons comes to Microsoft Office
News Microsoft may be hard-nosed about its own licensing, but Office will now let users select permissive Creative Commons licences
O2 spends £50m to Be a broadband player
News High-speed broadband ISP Be may help O2 offer converged services
Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP
Review Dell's 24in. wide-screen LCD delivers excellent image quality and a ton of connectivity options, including video inputs and picture-in-picture settings. Add in a great price, and the Dell...
Key Ballmer adviser leaves Microsoft
News A company veteran who led Microsoft's 'Get the Facts' anti-Linux crusade has abruptly parted ways with Microsoft
ZoneAlarm glitches hit Eudora, McAfee users
News The glitches stop ZoneAlarm from installing alongside McAfee software, and interfere with Eudora date and time stamps
Fighting Microsoft's licence check
Analysis Analysis: Many users are challenging the need for Microsoft's anti-counterfeiting software, calling it flawed and overly aggressive



