Home Wi-Fi 'crucial' for wireless take-up
News The Wi-Fi industry is focusing its attention on the home as Myzones - which aims to make it easy to share bandwidth with neighbouring homes - is launched
AOL updates IM and email to halt decline
News In an effort to halt the steady decline in its subscriber base, AOL has started beta testing the latest version of its Internet service software
High and confusing prices 'hampering' Wi-Fi take-up
News Customers, especially corporations, are being put off from embracing Wi-Fi because the pricing is 'all over the place', industry figures have been warned
Wearable camera could store your life in images
News HP's Bristol laboratory is researching a wearable, always-on camera that could capture terabytes of images, and then select the most memorable ones automatically
IT salaries hit the floor, bounce back
News Salaries in the IT sector hit rock bottom in 2002, but a recent survey indicates they will be on their way up by the end of this year
New Intel chipset for the masses
Tech Guide Code-named Springdale, Intel's new 865 chipset includes a number of advancements for mainstream users.
Get ready for the post-PC, post-Web world
Comment Kevin Werbach: To understand where the technology industry is going, don't focus on the future - look to yesterday
Don't redesign your Web site blindly - analyse usage data first
Feature Don't be one of those managers and designers that rely on instinct or personal preference when making Web redesign decisions -- use actual data
Gates: Spam erodes trust in technology
News Bill Gates told a US Senate committee that spam costs businesses billions of dollars. He also made some suggestions about how to deal with the growing problem
New Intel chipset for the performance crowd
Tech Guide Code-named Canterwood, Intel's new 875P chipset includes a number of advancements for demanding users.
Sars hits PC sales, helps remote working
News Sars has been responsible for massive downturn in PC sales around China, but analysts expect the market to bounce back, helped by more remote workers
Database sales decline, SQL makes gains
News Sales of database licences fell almost 10 percent last year, but Microsoft's SQL Server significantly increased its market share
Gator 'spyware' investigated by Harvard
News Gator's 'pop-up advert' utility has been the subject of numerous court battles in the US. A recent investigation by Harvard University has provided insights into the controversial software
Nvidia banks on budget chip
News The Quadro 500 is the latest of Nvidia's FX chips for workstations, aiming to overcome the glitches that hit earlier versions
Broadband Britain booms with two million home users
News Adoption of broadband is speeding up, taking only seven months to rack up the latest million subscribers, but the UK still lags in some areas
Samsung SGH-V200
Review The tri-band GPRS SGH-V200 is a compact and well designed phone, with a built-in digital camera featuring a unique swivelling lens.
First Anti-Spam Day launched
News Surfers are urged to dump junk mail as Yahoo kicks off the first ever global anti-spam protest day
Playboy does mobile deal with 3
News UK subscribers to Hutchison's 3G service will now be able to access pictures and video clips from Playboy on their mobile phones
802.11g on track for finalisation
News The latest wireless LAN specification is nearly ready for approval as a standard, a step which could bring companies such as HP and Microsoft on board
Euro notes may be radio tagged
News Hitachi is rumoured to be in talks with the European Central Bank about embedding radio tags into euro banknotes
HP aims to encourage upgrades with new hardware
News Several factors are coming together to make business hardware upgrades a must, argues, HP - so companies might as well take the plunge now
InFocus creates Wi-Fi projector module
News Projector company InFocus has launched an 802.11b wireless module that enables virtually any projector to connect with a Wi-Fi-enabled computer
Web standards body finalises anti-patent policy
News A new policy from the W3C has shut out royalty-bearing patents, a compromise between open-source advocates and proprietary software companies - but critics say the policy is not foolproof
New act opens for Opera on the Mac
News Despite new competition from Apple's new Safari browser, Opera is to continue developing on the Mac platform, with a new release due on Thursday
Opera caterwauls about new MSN glitch
News The Norwegian browser company is accusing Microsoft of yet another misconfiguration of its MSN site that disproportionately affects Opera users
Amazon adopts Windows Media 9
News The e-commerce giant has struck a deal to use Microsoft's latest streaming media technology on its sites, adding to Microsoft's momentum in the media market



