Previous DayID cards: Do benefits outweigh risks?
News The government will struggle to bring in entitlement cards if the independent body overseeing data protection in the UK opposes them
Twilight of the proprietary systems
Comment As the proprietary systems disappear, should we miss them? Peter Judge is pleased to see IBM's iSeries has at least a bit more life to it.
Cisco sues Huawei over patents
News The Chinese firm is accused of infringing patents and illegally copying source code in a lawsuit brought by Cisco
AOL wins 'hostile code' ruling
News The ISP is not responsible for hostile code being sent by its subscribers, finds a US court
.Net demystifies encryption
Feature .Net makes cryptography a little simpler by putting everything into one SDK. Find out how to encrypt and decrypt a text file with the System.Security.Cryptography namespace
Insiders pose ID theft threat
News Disgruntled employees gaining access to customer lists and other information is proving a growing danger, says the US Federal Trade Commission
Oracle extends support for 10.7
News AppsWorld: Oracle has confirmed that it is to continue support for version 10.7 of its business software, but only at a limited level
Mac presentation software misses the key notes
News Users are voicing concerns that Apple's new Keynote software is buggy - and can even take down the entire OS X operating system
Three top tips for surviving open source projects
Feature Managing an open source project relying on volunteer programmers will keep you on your mettle and test your ingenuity
Tiny pipes deliver the big chill
News A government researcher in the US claims to have created technology that makes cooling laptops much more efficient
Dangerous CVS hole identified
News The tool used to allow developers to remotely update and modify the code of open-source projects has been shown to have a serious flaw
Australia launches biometric passport checking
News Biometric passport checking is to launch in Austrialia despite being trialled for only six weeks of the original six-month test
Sun shines on Linux desktop
News LinuxWorld: Ximian's Evolution software can now connect to Sun's Open Network Environment server software, a move that could help open source challenge Windows on the desktop
Real's open-source code lacks MPEG-4
News RealNetworks has released its Helix DNA Server code to the open-source community, but it doesn't spport MPEG-4
