How to get a supercomputer for free
News If NEC's trial, which began on Monday in the UK, to give away brand-new free supercomputers sounds too good to be true, it is - almost
BT's ADSL rollout keeps up momentum
News Local demand means that broadband will soon be available in another 20 parts of the UK
Lovgate worm starts to spread
News An email with a random selection of subject lines tries to get email users to 'take a look at the attachment' - and setts off a mass-mailing worm when they do
Sun set to redesign UltraSparc
News An analyst conference will be the forum for Sun's discussions on the future directions of UltraSparc and its datacentre management initiative
Cisco to give away Wi-Fi technology
News The network equipment maker is to share technology designed to make Wi-Fi networks safer, hoping the move will promote their use by corporations
UK tech 'not ready' for terror attack
News Work on a computer network designed to enable coordination of responses in the event of a terror attack has stalled, leading to some fears about how the UK would cope
Wales gets high-tech jobs boost
News A new factory opens in south Wales, creating 300 jobs with many working in research and development
Does Intel still matter? Yes, but...
Comment David Coursey: Intel no longer dominates the PC landscape the way it once did. But that doesn't mean the company's irrelevant...yet. Here's what I think the company's got to do to stay in the game.
Reports predict IT security spending will skyrocket
News Recent reports indicate that the IT security market is making huge gains in spending. See what this could mean for IT pros
Long-range broadband 'will not be slower'
News BT believes it can increase ADSL's range without slashing its bandwidth, meaning that another 600,000 homes should be able to get a 512Kbps service after all
Apple aims to hush recent Power Macs
News UK buyers of the mirrored-drive door model of the Power Mac who have found the machine too noisy can now exchange its fan and power supply
Is it boom time for IT security?
Feature Reports from analysts suggest that growth in the IT security markets is only just beginning
Blades help Intel evolve into a better species
Comment Peter Judge: They might look like boring boards in a chassis, but blades are an IT evolution as great as the PC. They will finally put IT managers in control of their Intel processors. Or could...
Egg wants to crack the US market
News After announcing narrower losses for the previous year and profits for its UK operation, the Internet bank is setting its sights on the American market
Is Linux as vulnerable as Windows?
Feature Counting viruses is simplistic, but there is evidence that Windows is becoming more resistent, and Linux is becoming more of a target
DoCoMo phones get Flash
News I-mode phones from DoCoMo are set to include Flash player software, opening up Macromedia's application to a potentially huge new market
Sony VAIO PCG-GRX616SP
Review This is a technical tour-de-force, including a dual-mode DVD-RW/+RW drive, a 2.4GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and a huge 16.1in. screen. However, the enormous price tag is likely to deter a lot of...
Microsoft fires back at Sun in Java case
News The software giant is attacking Sun over 'unfair competition', the latest twist in the two companies' bitter Java dispute
Opera refuses to perform on Microsoft smartphone
News As the Norwegian browser company prepares a freely available version of its mobile browser for download, it says there is one platform on which it will never be available
Microsoft sets Windows Server 2003 RTM date
News The release to manufacture date for the seven flavours of Microsoft's latest server operating system means gold code should be just weeks away
IBM speeds up low-end Unix server
News IBM is upgrading its least expensive Unix server with its newest Power processor in an effort to keep pressure on longtime leader Sun Microsystems
Windows Server 2003 gets 'Big Brother'
News Microsoft new rights management technology for Windows Server 2003 will restrict copying, printing or forwarding of confidential data
'Honest Thief' waves pirate flag
News Update: Dutch company PGR says it 'will become to file sharing what the Swiss are to banking'
Starfish point the way to better nanotech
News Scientists at Bell Labs have created intricately patterned crystals they say could one day improve networks and nano-devices - and it's all down to starfish
Danger wraps shades for Europe
News The start-up has added a colour screen to its Hiptop in a bid to sign up European mobile operators for the combination mobile phone-handheld device and its software

