Previous DayRedmond proposes piracy amnesty
News Microsoft has offered to exchange people's counterfeit copies of Windows XP for the real thing in an attempt to reduce piracy
Italian Senate hit by hack attack
News Italian politicians were confronted with gay pornography as hackers took control of the monitors throughout the senate building
South African TV show evangelises open source
News A South African organisation has produced what it claims is the first television series dedicated to promoting open-source software
Microsoft called back to court over Novell settlement
News The judge presiding over Microsoft's appeal of the European Commission's antitrust decision has called the software behemoth's lawyers back for an 'informal hearing'
CIOs bullish about hiring in 2005
News Nearly half of chief information officers are planning to take on staff in the new year, according to a survey
Sempron 3000+ to make mobile debut in Europe
News Notebooks received a silicon shot in the arm on Tuesday, in the form of new chips from two major manufacturers
Oracle gets PeopleSoft green light in Australia
News The Australian competition regulator will not block Oracle's proposed takeover of PeopleSoft
CCIA chief pockets $10m from MS settlement
News Half of the $20m settlement from Microsoft that led to the CCIA dropping its Windows XP antitrust suit went straight into the pocket of CCIA's president
Time for IBM to choose sides
Leader IBM may have been able to take a pragmatic approach to Linux up until now, but the battle for the desktop is going to be fierce and bloody
Austrian politician joins the anti-patent movement
News A senior Austrian politician has told the Austrian Minister of Commerce and Industry that the draft directive on software patents could cause 'lasting damage' to small and medium-sized IT companies
iPod 'halo effect' boosting Apple's hardware sales
News Market research has picked up a small but significant trend that could be very good news for Cupertino
E-commerce sites making moves offline
News Many online retailers are discovering that moves into the 'real world' are helping their businesses
Microsoft emphasises security problems
News Security is 'the biggest threat to the growth of our company and our industry overall', according to a senior Microsoft executive
Skype bundled with Kazaa 3.0
News The file-sharing program has included Skype's VoIP software in its latest release, so users can make free Web-based phone calls
Citrix buys in to the VPN market
News The already crowded VPN market has a new player, as Citrix buys up Net6, which makes appliance gateways
Maxtor OneTouch II (250GB)
Review Maxtor's OneTouch II external hard drive makes a good thing even better, with 250GB or 300GB of one-button backups. But be warned: it eliminates any excuses for not backing up a computer.
Java flaw opens Windows, Linux to attack
News A Java plug-in vulnerability could allow viruses to spread through both Windows and Linux systems through browsers such as IE and Firefox
Intel puts weight behind desktop Linux
News The chipmaker has made deals in China and India that will see it supporting desktop Linux on 'white box' equipment sold in those countries
IBM looks for Workplace desktop success
News Big Blue has signed up 100 software partners as a move to increase the takeup of its desktop package - a step that will see it going head to head with Microsoft for some customers
IBM pulls away from server rivals
News The server market is continuing to grow - and IBM is staying on top for now as its rivals lose ground behind it
