Subsidy boost for business broadband
News The Welsh Development Agency is reaching into its pockets in a bid to ensure that Welsh businesses don't lose out because they cannot afford a high-speed Internet connection
Dell Opteron sale 'an anomaly'
News Dell's placement of AMD Opteron processors for sale on its Web site has fuelled yet more rumours of a deal between the two companies, but that is all it is, say sources
Microsoft set to appeal EC ruling
News Mario Monti and the European Commission have made their decision - but Microsoft's fightback could take several more years
The remedy that wasn't such a bitter pill
Analysis As another decision goes against Microsoft, an examination of the remedy imposed on it by the federal lawsuit in the US finds it may not have had the intended impact
3.4GHz broadband ready for action
News Nine months after the government's auction of 3.4GHz licences, trial services are about to launch in an undisclosed part of Britain
A tale of two cases
Analysis The EU's case against Microsoft is based on the same basic principles as the DoJ case, so why were the outcomes so different?
There's something about Mario
Analysis The former economics professor is known as a tough enforce who does not bow down to verbal agression. But what really makes the man who said 'no' to Steve Ballmer tick?
.XXX: The new home for porn?
Comment A British entrepreneur is trying to get an .xxx top-level domain up and running as a home for adult content - 'sex is a very big area on the internet', he says
How the EC's ruling will affect Longhorn
Analysis The EC ruling may have a minimal immediate impact, but it calls into question new features that Microsoft plans to integrate into Longhorn
Google set to woo non-Internet users with voice search
News Google has grown from a small research project at Stanford University into a global company and a household name among Web users, but the next step in the company's evolution could even take it...
Starbucks goes large with Wi-Fi rollout
News Coffee drinkers across Britain will soon have more options when they want to surf the Web or access corporate networks on the move
EC ruling 'will speed up future actions'
News The fine handed down to Microsoft by the European Commission is the biggest ever, but Mario Monti says this is small change compared to the value of having a framework for future actions against...
Novell: The comeback kid
Q&A BrainShare: Novell's chief executive and chairman Jack Messman says contrary to popular belief his company learnt a lot from its mid-nineties tussle with Microsoft – and now it's got the Linux...
Monti's verdict on Microsoft - blow by blow
News The EU competition commissioner Mario Monti's ruling contains three crucial demands
EC: A Q&A on the Microsoft decision
News A Q&A from the European Commission on its ruling on the Microsoft competition case answers one interesting question: where does the money go?
Adobe takes Macs out of the Frame
News There will be no version of FrameMaker for OS X, says Adobe, in another blow for the Macintosh platform
Monti to Microsoft: Guilty as charged
News Update: Mario Monti issued his ruling against Microsoft today, fining the company €497m and instructing it to change the way it does business in Europe
Security breach delays Gnome 2.6 release
News An intrusion by a 'dumb cracker' may set back the release of the latest version of the open-source Gnome desktop environment
BEA takes WebLogic on service-oriented path
News The next version of WebLogic will launch BEA on a path towards service-oriented architecture: that is, tuning it to better match business processes
IBM to make aspect-oriented development a reality
News Aspect orientation aims to make software development a more modular process, and IBM is to roll out the technique into its commercial products
Scripting flaw hits Hotmail and Yahoo
News The Web-based email services are vulnerable to a script-based attack discovered by a security researcher, but Microsoft says it has plugged the hole
Windows XP Service Pack 2: a first look
Preview The forthcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is actually a significant upgrade for Microsoft's OS, delivering much-needed security enhancements. We highlight the key changes.



