Previous DayMicrosoft probes Gervais video leak
News In 2003, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant produced two training videos for Microsoft UK on the condition that they would not be released to the public. Now they have leaked, and Gervais wants to...
Worm sparks rise in zombie PCs
News Security company CipherTrust has seen a huge growth in 'bot worms' that are spawning zombie PCs
RFID to be used in blood-tracking trial
News Pilot scheme will use technologies including RFID to help trace blood and improve patient safety in the transfusion process
Review raises doubts over plans for key NHS software
News A leaked report claims there is 'no believable plan' for development of the Lorenzo clinical records software, key to iSoft's NHS programme
Charity defends PC recycling after data theft claims
News Businesses thinking of donating PCs to the developing world should check that the organisation they are dealing with has the correct data-erasure standards in place
Microsoft's thrilling change of heart
Leader Microsoft has offered to help the Firefox team get ready for Vista. The help is nice. The offer is astounding
$100 laptop trials begin within weeks
News Project leader Nicholas Negroponte tells us that widespread field tests of the portable computers will start next month, with working devices set to roll off the production line in November
Microsoft offers to help Firefox into Vista
News The Redmond giant is offering to help Firefox join the Vista community
Stupid Security prize relaunched
News Have you suffered from annoying, egregious or intrusive security measures in the workplace or in public? This is the time to hit back
Tackling Microsoft's August patches: Part 2
Feature In the second of our features on Microsoft's August security bulletins, find out what you need to know about the remaining eight patches
Tackling Microsoft's August patches: Part 1
Feature With 12 security bulletins released for August by Microsoft, it can be difficult to know which to prioritise, so we have weighed up the risks and focused on the four that appear most critical
Steorn's free energy seems curiously expensive
Comment Amazing claims require amazing proof. A good Web site, top-notch PR and costly adverts don't quite measure up
Salesforce acquires Google AdWords service
News The hosted application provider has purchased Kieden, a small company that created an add-on linking Google AdWords to Salesforce.com
FTC head sceptical about Net neutrality laws
News The commission's chairman has criticised pending Senate legislation that would impose extensive regulations on broadband providers
Microsoft gives further details of Live Drive
News The service is likely to include around 2G of free storage that can be mapped from PCs running Vista
Kevin Mitnick site defaced by hackers
News The notorious former hacker, now security consultant, discovered that online vandals had broken into his site and posted an explicit message
AOL axes staff over privacy breach
News Three employees, including AOL's CTO, are leaving the Net giant after personal search data from thousands of members was released by mistake
