BT acts to combat broadband slowdown
News BT Wholesale wants users to tweak their settings in an attempt to help keep their broadband speeds up
UK scientists take first steps towards leukaemia vaccination
News In the year in which the founder of the Anthony Nolan Trust dies, scientists working at the trust are on the brink of a breakthrough in the fight against leukaemia
Yahoo! to buy Inktomi
News Yahoo! will pay £147m for the search engine firm, which supplies search services to MSN.com and About.com
Microsoft, Adobe in document showdown?
News Microsoft's XDocs technology was originally hailed as major threat to Adobe's PDF format. But now, Adobe is fighting back
Warming PC sound with vacuum tubes
News AOpen is hoping to replicate the 'warm' sound of traditional tube-driven audio equipment inside PCs
Sendo sues Microsoft over 'stolen' secrets
News The handset maker, formerly one of Microsoft's staunchest allies in the smartphone business, is accusing the software maker of attempting to remove proprietary technology
Porn on your console, failed DVD pirates and a merry Christmas to all
Comment News Schmooze: Turmoil in the approach to the festive season, with Microsoft under scrutiny, mobile phones under attack and the UK government keeping an eye on everything
Users warned over IE clipboard exploit
News If you thought the contents of your Windows clipboard were secure, then think again
BT fixes broadband glitch
News The telco has solved a technical glitch that meant broadband didn't work properly at several local exchanges that had only just been added to BT's ADSL network
Hollywood targets DVD-copying upstart
News Major movie studios have filed a countersuit claiming that 321 Studios is violating the DMCA by selling its DVD Copy Plus and DVD-Xcopy programs
Linux maker Mandrake: We need cash
News For the second time this year, the company has exhorted loyal customers to help it raise the funds to overcome a cash crunch
US government database spy site fading away
News Growing controversy around the US Defense Department's shadowy Total Information Awareness project may be the cause of the steady decrease in the project's virtual presence
Internet villain nominees revealed
News Nominations for the year's most infamous award - Internet Villain - have been announced. Privacy issues feature highly, but telecoms troubles have also produced a few surprises
Iona sets sights on Web services
News The software maker is developing a product designed to exchange information between applications using Web services standards and XML
IBM plans open-source storage strategy
News The collaborative approach around IBM's 'Storage Tank' technology is the most recent example of IBM trying to capitalise on the momentum of the open-source movement
Get the most from XML in .Net with these tips
Feature Although they work well, .Net's XML classes are sufficiently different from what most developers are familiar with to make them difficult to use effectively
Pop-ups add new twist
News A new technique can direct users to another Web site if they simply move their cursor across the pop-up ad - no clicking necessary



