Microtek ScanMaker 8700
Review The ScanMaker 8700 work faster than parallel or USB scanners, but operator speed remains a key factor.
Software links mobiles to LAN
News Mobile Communications Center adds faxing, attachments
Internet users will have control of Big Brother cameras
News Ground-breaking technology will be used in the next series of the Channel Four television programme that will give Internet viewers more control than ever before
First Itanium to have short shelf life
News Itanium servers for the telco market will be largely symbolic until the arrival of the chip's successor
AOL raises rates in the States
News Time to cut back on online chatting? Beginning in July, Internet giant America Online plans to hike its US subscriptions rate by $1.95 for its monthly unlimited use plan
NCR displays Bluetooth cashpoint
News Next-generation cash machine would have no screen or keyboard - just a Bluetooth connection to your PDA
Corporate porn filters mean big business
News Surfing for porn at work could become a thing of the past
Activation problems hit Palm.net
News Customers complain that you can buy Palm's product but you 'can't really use it'
Spammers -- are they stupid, or is it us?
Comment "Is snoring ruining your life?" -- I was asked in this morning's email.
Super-gaming fragging-listic, Xbox is audacious
Comment They say it will be the ultimate games machine. Maybe. The one thing we don't know, yet, about the Xbox -- is whether you'll be able to get one; and the next thing we don't know, is whether it will...
Global software piracy on the rise
News A BSA study puts the tab on piracy at $11.4bn, but worldwide governments keen to grow their technology sectors are stepping up efforts to curb the trend
Iomega chief Albertson resigns
News Another nail in the coffin for ailing maker of computer hardware
Election 2001: Tory manifesto embraces freedom of the Net
News Web veterans will approve of the Conservative approach to monitoring Internet activity
Motorola debuts new PowerPC chip
News Motorola's PowerPC 7440 is a low power version of the chip used in Apple Macs -- but it won't appear in Steve Jobs' computers
Decoding Microsoft's open source argument
News Red Hat chief technology officer Michael Tiemann deconstructs a column by Microsoft's Craig Mundie outlining software giant's shared code philosophy
Linux looks good on server
News But operating system's future on client remains cloudy
How to stake out a domain-name claim
News Even though Icann is gradually releasing new domains - think .biz, .pro and .museum - it's as hard as ever for ordinary folks to nab a corner of cyber real estate
2001 is not the 'Year of the Penguin'
Comment Despite Microsoft's new, questionable, licensing schemes, 2001 is not going to be the year of the Penguin for home or business users that have yet to adopt Linux.
Hacker trackers throw in the towel
News While e-business may have slumped, online vandalism has been booming, so much so that Attrition.org can no longer keep up with the number of Website defacements
The taming of a generation as MP3.com is bought
News Vivendi Universal's acquisition of MP3.com is further evidence that online music's era of raucous, market-shaking experimentation is fading
Will Unix roots help Apple grow?
News Will Unix be enough to grow a new crop of Apple customers?
A Year Ago: Netimperative.com bites the dust
News Another dot-com startup calls in the liquidators as speculation mounts as to who will be next
Sony CLIE PEG-S300/E
Review Disappointing for a Sony device, despite the pleasing design. Wait for the colour version.



