IPod row: MPs rush to Apple's aid
News Apple has certainly got friends in high places -- rather than criticise its iPod battery policy we should apparently be hailing the 'revolutionary impact' it has made, MPs now say
Sun owes it all to Scott McNealy
Q&A Despite some analysts calling for the resignation of Sun's chief executive, the head of Sun in the UK is standing by his boss
The lights go out for UnitedLinux
News Once touted as a way to standardise the open-source operating system, UnitedLinux has now given way to the OSDL
Forget Bagle, the real threat is home users
News The recent Bagle worm was small fry compared to what some security experts are expecting, and home users will take much of the blame
Brent fever hits Microsoft UK
News The Office's David Brent has gone down a storm at Microsoft UK, where staff are said to be queueing up for management training just so they can get a glimpse of the videos. Just don't tell Bill
North-East England to get blanket broadband
News Tony Blair popped into a local exchange to see a DSLAM in action on the day that over 100 local communities got the promise of broadband within 12 months, thanks to a £10m project
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Thursday 22/1/2004You may not have noticed it amid the crashing space probes, terrorism scares, global warming fears and other minor worldwide issues, but two of the things that really worries the...
Amazon details Linux usage
News The e-commerce giant is continuing to roll out Linux throughout its business, and has explained in some detail how it is being used
Sun plans 'computer free' HQ
News Sun has been suffering financially but the company claims it is continuing to innovate and recently won its largest ever UK contract.
Future of wireless broadband is in the air
Comment A battery of standards are vying for the wireless broadband - the wired providers are curiously silent
Network Associates releases anti-spyware tool
News McAfee AntiSpyware takes a 'proactive' approach to protecting users from unwanted software
Build your own PC: a buyer’s guide
Buyer's Guide Sometimes, the only way to get the exact PC you want is to build it yourself. It’s not that hard, or excessively costly either. Our guide has the details.
HP urges European debate over outsourcing
News Getting protectionist in an attempt to block the flood of IT jobs overseas might not be as bright an idea as discussing how to bolster Europe's position as a knowledge powerhouse
Rivals link up on Zip standards
News The problem of incompatible security standards for Zip files has been resolved with a licensing deal, ending interoperability issues that have plagued the technology
CERT casts doubt on security find
News Experts at CERT and Microsoft have questioned whether a security flaw found by researchers is actually a new problem
Microsoft faces the music at LinuxWorld
News A Microsoft presentation at LinuxWorld surprised some, but others felt it left many unanswered questions



