Previous DayMost spam generated by botnets, says expert
News Spam expert Steve Linford says that 70 percent of spam now comes from botnets - networks of zombie PCs captured in previous security attacks
Security experts give charities a hand
News The Information Systems Security Association is urging information security professionals to offer their services free of charge to charities, and help is already rushing in
Bosses to track workers via their mobiles
News That two-hour kip in a lay-by may soon be a thing of the past. CAD pioneer Autodesk has developed a product that will let companies keep tabs on workers via their mobile phones
Microsoft releases VPN patch for SP2
News The update to Windows XP is being updated to fix a flaw that affected virtual private network connections
IPass gets onboard with train Wi-Fi
News Network aggregator iPass, which gives access to multiple networks through one account, has added Broadreach to its service
Computer Associates set to appear in court
News Update: CA will face an arraignment in a federal court, but it is reported that charges against the company will be deferred if it changes its ways
From chat to music: The evolution of IM
Feature Instant messaging may have started out as a way to chat to friends, but its scope is widening - and a challenge to Apple may be on the way
Guy Kawasaki on the upstart 'art'
Video The Apple-evangelist-turned-VC talks about how to make a success of starting up a business
IBM mulls blade desktops
News IBM already has the lion's share of the blade server market; now it is looking to bring desktops into the equation
Sun has its head in the clouds
Leader Sun's vision of utility computing faces two major hurdles and until those are cleared, the vision will remain just that
Laptop swiped at security show
News An identity management firm suffered a blow at Gartner's IT Security Summit - a thief stole one of its laptops
Could IBM-PeopleSoft deal stave off Oracle?
News PeopleSoft and IBM are signing what is being touted as the 'most ambitious deal from the enterprise applications business ever'
EU urged to rethink e-government
News The EU must harmonise its e-goverment systems to make the most of them, urges a report from the Dutch presidency that seeks to promote 'innovation' in the use of technology
Sun's plans...and how they could go wrong
Comment Sun's top brass recently explained to me their strategy for avoiding oblivion - but it's not entirely foolproof
VeriSign introduces authentication package
News Tools which allow multiple network-identification techniques can save companies time and money, says VeriSign
Utility computing is the future, says Schwartz
News Sun's utility computing service will initially target media, oil and financial industries, but general computing jobs will follow, says the company's COO
Microsoft to step up SP2 downloads
News At just 20 million copies, distribution of SP2 is way behind schedule so Microsoft intends to do something about it
AMD and IBM deepen chip commitment
News A chip-development deal between AMD and IBM that was slated to end in 2005 is to be extended
Sun: We've turned over a new leaf
News We didn't listen to customers, says Schwartz. Now, says the COO, Sun has had a change of heart
Online sales boost Tesco
News The success of Tesco.com. together with a foray into telecoms services, helped boost the parent company's results
