Previous DayBeijing rekindles Microsoft flame
News Beijing has bought software from Microsoft despite being pressured into cancelling a previous deal with the software giant
Virgin Retail plans major technology upgrade
News The UK high-street retailer is boosting its online presence amid increasing competition from Web-only competitors and supermarkets
BA goes virtual with Vanco network deal
News British Airways has joined the likes of Virgin Retail and Avis cars in opting to outsource the management of part of its telecommunications network
Mandrakesoft makes acquisition
News The French Linux vendor has acquired its Brazillian equivalent in a €1.79m all-stock deal
Microsoft contemplating 'sharing' source of SQL Server
News SQL Server 2005 is a candidate for Microsoft's shared-source programme, according to senior Microsoft sources within the unit responsible for the database product
US spam scams slammed
News The Office of Fair Trading claims that the United States is responsible for 90 percent of criminally fraudulent spam
Iranian blogger given 14 years
News An Iranian newspaper editor has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after comments made online criticising his government's treatment of bloggers
Government launches cybersecurity service
News A new advice and alerts Web site aimed at individuals and SMEs has been launched by the Home Office
Mesh networking takes to the skies
News LocustWorld's mesh product has risen to new heights thanks to a mesh-enabled microlight
Dell sued over fraud allegations
News The Texas-based PC maker is the subject of a class action lawsuit alleging fraud, systematic deceit of customers and breach of contract
Microsoft says sorry for AntiSpyware error
News A Dutch Web site has accepted an apology from Microsoft after it was blacklisted by the software giant's anti-spyware tool
Paid search booming
News The amount companies pay to have sponsored links inserted into search results is set to more than double between now and 2009 to $5.5bn
Hackers attack Japanese government
News Brief: Hackers have launched denial-of-service attacks against two Japanese government Web sites
Warning issued over fake FBI emails
News The American law enforcement agency has issued a warning that emails purporting to be from its 'Internet Fraud Complaint Center' are actually virus-laden scams
Do video games make children violent?
Feature Legislators in the US are pushing for computer games to have stronger age-restriction legislation than movies and books, arguing that games act as a 'learning tool' that is pushing up juvenile crime
RFID luggage tags mooted
News Airlines claim that the costs are still too high, but admit the benefits could be huge
Server problems beleaguer Hotmail users
News Hardware problems are restricting access to users' inboxes, as well as randomly deleting messages, according to reports
Intel reveals more upgrade details
News Intel's latest roadmap shows where the company's focus is - multicore chips
Big Blue remains top of the server heap
News IBM has cemented its position as the market leader for server sales, but Dell is starting to make up ground on Sun and HP
Dell dashes AMD's hopes
News The world's largest computer maker is going to remain an Intel-only firm for some time to come, according to its CEO
