Tens of thousands hit by ID theft ring
News Security firm has warned that a notorious identity theft operation is still running, having stolen a huge amount of credit card and banking details
Chips can be good for your health
Comment There are more checks in place when you buy a book from Amazon than in hospital medication administration - that needs to change according to Intel
BT woos Wi-Fi virgins
News BT is making it cheaper for new users to use its wireless hot spots; will slashing prices boost demand?
Intel puts flesh on Yonah
News IDF: No figures but lots of ballpark as Intel talks up its next mobile chip, which will be able to enter a 'deeper sleep' mode
Computer fault grounds aircraft
News Air traffic out of Heathrow was suspended for forty minutes this morning following computer problems at the National Air Traffic Control Services
Linux vendors ready Asianux 2.0
News Microsoft's dominance in the Asian marketplace could be threatened by the release of a pan-Asian Linux standard
Technology hype comes under scrutiny
News Collaboration tools, podcasting and desktop search are emerging as key technology themes but other once-fashionable technologies are stuck in the mud, says Gartner
SDSL needs a better sell
Leader Symmetrical broadband is the black sheep in BT's high-speed portfolio, and UK firms won't flock to it until things improve
Orange SPV M500
Review If you can live with a 2.8in. screen, relatively little on-board memory and no built-in Wi-Fi, then Orange's SPV M500 is a good choice of handheld/phone combo.
IBM to unwrap expanded top-end Intel option
News IDF: The xSeries 260 will be able to accommodate almost 4TB of storage space, as well as four Xeon chips supported by IBM's own chipset
Mac-centric Linux firm refocuses
News Yellow Dog Linux was one of the few commercial operations to marry Linux and PowerPC chips, and Apple's move to Intel has forced it to regroup
CRM market on the up again
News On-demand applications have pushed the market into growth again, with signs for the future looking very good
Xen masters Windows problems
News IDF: The virtualisation software firm has managed to boot Windows XP SP2 on one of its virtual machines
Skype launches IM developer tools
News Builder: The VoIP provider has launched SkypeWeb and SkypeNet in an effort to get coders to weave its IM services into other applications
Intel tools on the way for Mac coders
News The chipmaker is going to let coders play with test Mac versions of its compiler and performance libraries by the end of the year
Google makes IM/VoIP play
News The Internet giant has launched Google Talk, an IM service that supports voice calls between users
Windows XP 'vulnerable to Zotob flaw'
News Despite earlier reports to the contrary, Microsoft has confirmed that certain Windows XP set-ups are vulnerable to the plug-and-play flaw exploited by a number of worms last week
