Previous DayDenmark urges govt support for open source
News Open-source software and open standards are vital for any attempt at e-government, argues a report from Denmark
Smart cards get heavy with goods vehicles
News Tachographs are getting hi-tech, with digital certificates and smart cards replacing the old paper disk systems
Ordnance Survey: Putting GIS on the map
Feature Ordnance Survey started mapping Great Britain in 1791. Two centuries on, the information its maps contain has swollen to fill a terabyte database, and new layers are enabling a whole new world of...
Europe speeds up electronic ID plans
News The EU may introduce a standard health insurance card for all member states next year, followed by passports containing a biometric ID chip
Motorola phones get Real with Linux
News RealNetworks' streaming-media software will be installed on Motorola handsets running Linux
TippingPoint to push into Euro security market
News European firms will soon have another vendor encouraging them to secure their networks with an intrusion prevention system
MP3 site 'just a search engine'
News A Web site at the centre of an Australian court case has denied hosting copyright-infringing files
Hackers steal easily guessed passwords
News Users remain the weakest link when it comes to IT security, according to a survey
Big Mac supercomputer heads for top ranks
News An inexpensive cluster built by Virginia Tech from 1,100 Macintosh PCs could beat all but a few of the world's fastest machines
Lucent ends 12-quarter run of losses
News The network-equipment maker has reported a profit for the first time in three years, though warns sustained profitability may be some way off
Intelligence for growth
Q&A Intel's Craig Barrett is not afraid to challenge the US status quo
Cisco and IBM join forces for storage
News Cisco is to sell switches that incorporate IBM's storage-management software
Rivals line up behind iPod
News Apple's competitors are readying portable music players for launch, as mini hard drives become more accessible
Intel applies chip tech to disease detection
News Technology that analyses the chemical composition of chips could help detect the early stages of disease
Virus spree keeps Symantec healthy
News The security firm saw sales and profits swell during the past three months, thanks to an epidemic of worms and viruses
Apple posts iTunes fix
News Apple has tweaked its version of iTunes for Windows to solve problems encountered by some users
SuSE Linux hones Exchange alternative
News An update of SuSE's Openexchange Server software takes it closer to direct competition with Microsoft's Exchange
Apple iBook G4: a first look
Preview Apple's mature iBook range of notebooks gets a shot in the arm.
EC unveils open-source guide
News New guidelines direct government IT managers through the decision to switch from proprietary software and offer hints on migrating systems
Jabber opens Windows messaging
News The software firm has released a version of its server instant-messaging product that runs on Windows
ScanSoft PDF Converter
Review Anyone needing to edit text distributed within PDFs should find PDF Converter invaluable. It needs to lose its umbilical link with Microsoft Word, though.
Microsoft shows code to 'trusted users'
News The software giant will extend a programme of sharing source code to include individuals contributing significantly to its online support community
Intel motherboard gets a box of secrets
News The Trusted Platform Module, a hardware component designed to store encrypted keys to sensitive information, is reminiscent of Microsoft's Palladium - although Intel denies any connection
