Previous DaySenior IT staff 'fear the axe'
News New research points to a nation of worried employees, with mid to senior IT staff the most at risk from redundancy
Biometrics researchers study every step you take
News Tracking the way that people walk around could be the latest move in biometric security
Symbian signs on Samsung as it surges to No. 1 spot
News Symbian now licenses its smartphone software to all five top mobile makers, and its OS has beaten both Palm and Microsoft in the European handheld device market
Agere's switch chip outpaces competition
News The company says its new Protocol Independent Stand-Alone Switch can handle voice, data and video signals four times faster those of its rivals
Lexmark downplays Dell deal
News The printer maker does not expect a big payoff this holiday season from its new alliance with Dell. 'We're not looking at it to drive growth,' says Lexmark's chief executive
IT circa 2008: Spin your crystal balls
Comment What did you think of Gartner's predictions for the future of IT? Dan Farber brings together some reader comments.
Siebel, Microsoft sign .Net pact
News After a week of rumors, Microsoft and Suevek announce an alliance that will tie Siebel's software to Microsoft's .Net architecture
'Urgent action needed' over broadband divide
News TMA 2002: Government, industry, and regional bodies must address the issue of broadband coverage - and fast, according to one of Broadband Britain's big hitters
VIA cranks out the Hi-Fi PC
News Is it a hi-fi? Is it a PC? VIA's upcoming home entertainment centre is a bit of both - a PC that can be used with remote control and without a monitor
Autonomy enlisted in war on terror
News The UK software firm strikes a deal with US anti-terrorism forces to help cope with information overload
Employers give staff a free hand on the Net
News Using email and the Internet for personal reasons may get you sacked in some offices, but many more favour a lenient policy, a study finds
Technology in the workplace: More important than managers?
News One in five office-based staff wouldn't know what to do at work if they didn't have access to IT
Adobe extends server push to Acrobat
News New software is to take PDF beyond static text, turning it into a transactional vehicle
Small Webcasters get fee reprieve
News The group tasked with collecting song royalty fees says small companies won't immediately have to pay - as long as the US Congress is still considering the legislation
Pop-ups pushed down at Ask Jeeves
News Many Web companies are now coming to the conclusion that they cannot afford to annoy consumers, analysts say. Yet the overall use of pop-ups is still growing
Agere files patent suit over Wi-Fi
News The lawsuit could make other Wi-Fi equipment makers think twice before they roll out new products
Crash test penguin: Chrysler meets Linux
News DaimlerChrysler buys 108 dual-processor Linux workstations from IBM to run car-crash simulations, highlighting the spread of low-cost supercomputing clusters
IBM helps computers that help themselves
News Big Blue is creating a new unit to focus on autonomic computing, a field that could quickly change the way people and machines interact
