Previous DaySurviving self-inflicted disaster
News You may be able to recover data from a self-inflicted disaster, but will your career recover? One pro's experience-based tips can help you put things right after you do the wrong thing
RealNetworks takes open-source route
News The streaming software company is taking on Microsoft's dominance by unveiling an open-source version of its software, which supports Microsoft's file formats
Elcomsoft bypasses Adobe with bug report
News Following previous bad experiences with Adobe, the Russian software company chose to make public a flaw in Content Server 3.0 rather than report it to Adobe first
Five steps to secure your desktops
Feature If you are going to protect desktop and their data, get management support, and don't forget physical security!
Adobe updates video-editing software
News Advances in PC design means that desktops can now handle editing tasks that used to need a custom workstation, and Adobe's latest version of Premiere is taking advantage of the new functionality
UK scientists complete Grid foundations
News New specifications will make it possible for scientists to share the ever-growing mountains of data generated by research projects
IBM ThinkPad T30
Review The ThinkPad T30 is a powerful and fully featured notebook that oozes quality. The high screen resolution and absence of a floppy drive as standard might be issues for some, but the biggest...
Spammers hit by government fines
News Sending unsolicited emails in an attempt to encourage Web users to sign up for products and services proved a bad move for six Far Eastern companies
Turbolinux confirms investor woes
News The Linux company, which has a strong foothold in Asia, confirms it is reorganising US operations after a key investor pulls out of the latest round of financing
JPEG committee refutes patent claim
News The Joint Photographic Experts Group denies the validity of a claim that would see royalties charged on almost every digital imaging device
Royalties killed the Web radio star
News KPIG, the first commercial radio station to stream its programmes live on the Web, has pulled its Webcasts, blaming the cost of royalty fees
Danger: The IT ghosts of workers past are lingering
News When employees leave a company for any reason, their access rights to internal data leave with them - failure to set up appropriate systems can put your network in danger
IBM smoothes out server connections
News New interconnect technology from Big Blue will allow people to link up to 256 of its rack servers - cutting back on the tangle of cables and on costs, according to the company
Open-source rival to MP3 released
News The Ogg Vorbis project has released its open-source alternative to the MP3 format for audio files
Gaga for Google? When results don't count
Comment Dan Farber: How many times have you searched a topic and found disturbing few results? Don't panic. Search engines still only cover a small fraction of the information available.
MS/Apple: Can this marriage be saved?
Comment David Coursey: Apple is cutting hardware prices, raising software prices, building features into OS X that compete with MS Office, and placing ads urging Windows users to switch. Are these the...
'Star Wars' effects studio shifts to Intel
News Industrial Light and Magic shifts from SGI's RISC-Unix machines to lower-priced Pentium 4 systems running Linux. The move is part of a broad trend in the entertainment industry
IBM tests 'self healing' software
News The latest version of IBM's DB2 database software will help computers help themselves, in a bid to take market share away from Oracle
US law targets e-waste 'nightmare'
News As worries grow about the growing hazard of toxic waste from obsolete computers, a US legislator has introduced a Bill to set up recycling programmes
