US firm claims patent win in online rich media
News A patent for the design and creation of rich media services over the Internet, potentially covering Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax and XAML has been granted to America's Balthaser
Fiorina explains how to change
News 'Discipline, rigour and measurement' are the three key factors to any change, be it corporate or personal, according to HP's former chief executive
EC outlines super-university plans
News A central institute to concentrate tech R&D is on the cards, and could be running by 2009
Google hires another brilliant Larry
News Not content with one exceptional executive called Larry, Google has hired Dr Larry Brilliant to head up its philanthropic organisation
Siemens mops up immigration IT contract
News Having been blamed for serious problems in the UK Immigration and Nationality Directorate in 2004, Siemens Business Services is back
The London hotspot's Latin lesson
Leader As Wi-Fi coverage rolls out over the Square Mile, the numbers look bad for existing mobile operators
Rivals hit Microsoft with new EC complaint
News ECIS has accused Microsoft of acting unfairly, but the software giant says the group is just a front for old foe IBM
CRM helped BA survive strike action
News The airline claims that software from RightNow helped it weather a storm of angry customer inquiries during last summer's strike action
Microsoft antivirus service hit by Russian engine problems
News A Kaspersky update knocked out the email systems of several users of Microsoft's Antigen
Apple confirms product launch
News Some products are going to be launched in Cupertino next week, but all Apple's letting slip is that they'll be 'fun'
Security fears over London's blanket Wi-Fi
News Update: McAfee has claimed that a plan to cover London's Square Mile with Wi-Fi could put corporate data at risk, but The Cloud insists it is using the best security around
IBM demands details of SCO dealings with HP, Microsoft, Sun
News Microsoft, HP, Sun and BayStar must hand over details of their involvement with SCO, as IBM builds its defences against the charge that it included SCO's Unix code in Linux
DoJ may regret battling Google over porn probe
Analysis Legal experts think that a Google victory in defence of its users' privacy could have wide-ranging implications for the US Justice Departement
Break your mega-projects into manageable chunks
Help/HowTo If you want your big projects to go well, you need to keep them under tight control
Skype's backers walk away with awards
News As if selling Skype to eBay had not paid enough dividends already, the backers got a little extra kudos at the annual UK Technology Innovation & Growth Forum Awards ceremony last night
Google loses image search copyright case
News A site selling pornography has successfully claimed that Google image search's thumbnails violate its copyright
PodBop wins MashupCamp
News An mp3-downloading, gig-finding service won the inaugural Web mash-up contest in Mountain View
Google release enterprise version of Desktop 3
News A centrally manageable version of the latest Google Desktop is now out
Windows Defender Beta 2
Review With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free anti-spyware application with a new name, scanning engine and tools.
Windows takes full-year server market lead
News 2005 finally saw Windows pass Unix in the server sales stakes

