Winners: PalmOne Treo smartphones
News We have four winners for the PalmOne competition, and our 2004 Christmas competition is now closed after generating 40 winners of some of the hottest tech kit around
Patent directive adoption just days away
News The software patent saga continues, with adoption of the CIID now scheduled for next week
Thunderbird gets phishing detection
News The next version of Thunderbird should give users extra protection against online fraud
'Confidential US security documents' flaunted online
News Information from the US Department of Homeland Security appears to have reached the public domain via Google's Web cache
IBM-Lenovo deal faces security investigation
News Fears of possible industrial espionage by the Chinese have prompted a US investigation into the national security implications of the planned sale of Big Blue's PC division
Winners: AMD Athlon 64 processors
News We have three winners, each of whom will win an AMD Athlon 3500+ processor
Security organisation's Web site hacked
News The Information Systems Security Association's UK Web site was defaced earlier this month after a server upgrade
Google to enter VoIP arena?
News The search giant has placed an online job advert which has led many to believe that it is planning to launch a free VoIP service
Microsoft AntiSpyware: Is it worth bothering with?
Analysis We have done a head-to-head test of Microsoft's new anti-spyware program with another free-to-download application - Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. Want to know which came out on top? Read on…
IBM to release low-end Linux server
News It appears that the two-way OpenPower 710 will be IBM's latest Linux-powered server
Symantec to release email security appliance
News The security giant is expected to announce that it is to release a plug-and-pay email security appliance, bringing it into competition with some of its current partners
SCO's outlook is a bleak house
Leader SCO has gained access to two billion lines of code in its wrangle with IBM. This may be a costly battle to have won
Does IBM's success herald a software comeback?
Feature IBM's software divisions' success in 2004 is being hailed as a sign of recovery in the software industry as a whole by some, but many analysts are being more cautious
Outsmart spyware
Tech Guide Want to detect spyware and delete it from your system? Read our expert tips.
Transmeta's woes continue
News The chipmaker, which is considering ceasing production entirely, has announced that it is to discontinue two chip lines and has warned of massive staff cuts if it does not find a strategic partner...
Cisco routers open to DoS attacks
News The operating system used on Cisco's routers has a flaw which could open the company's Internet telephony services up to attack
HP adds software partitioning to its server arsenal
News Itanium servers have hardware partitioning technology built in, but HP should have integrated software-based partitioning into its Unix servers by the end of the year
Tsunami charity Web site escapes attack
News A man has been arrested in connection with a failed attempt to hack into the Web site of the Disasters Emergency Committee's Tsunami appeal
Firefox gnaws further into IE's lead
News Firefox is approaching five percent market share, with its gains being at the expense of Microsoft's much-maligned Internet Explorer, according to statistics from WebSideStory
Virtualisation firm reshuffles
News With a new CEO, new people in other senior management positions and a new name, it's all change at the virtualisation start-up formerly known as Katana Technology, and now known as Virtual Iron
Samsung SyncMaster 910T
Review The SyncMaster 910T is a sharp-looking 19in. LCD with good image quality, lots of adjustability options and a decent price.
Grids go corporate
News Major industry players such as IBM, HP and Intel are putting their combined weight behind the Globus Toolkit in an effort to get grid computing moving in the enterprise space



