Entertainment industry 'trying to hijack data retention directive'
News In a move a digital rights group is calling 'a gross affront to civil liberties and human rights', media firms want to amend the proposed data retention directive so they can bring criminal...
UK heading for a record e-Christmas
News Businesses who have built up a decent online presence can look forward to cashing in this December
Fury over ID card 'cover-up'
News The UK government has been accused of hiding details of its plans to bring in ID cards, by opponents who claim the scheme will be a disaster
Hotmail's cold shoulder
Leader More people complain to ZDNet UK about Hotmail than any other email system. How well will Microsoft run other online services?
CRM throws spotlight on full moon's effects
News Are police medical emergencies influenced by the phases of the moon? Apparently so — it's one of the more unusual discoveries to emerge from early UK testing of Microsoft CRM 3.0
Google turns Heathrow into testing lab
News Google Space aims to entertain passengers waiting at Heathrow, and will also allow the search firm to road-test new products
Grid computing to solve Big Bang queries?
News The world's biggest grid is in production, with the hope of confirming some unexplained theories of the universe
Hotmail complaints keep flowing in
News The drip-drip-drip of user dissatisfaction suggests that all is not well at Hotmail, although Microsoft insists otherwise
Desktop Linux for small business
Group Test Is your business ready to take the open source plunge? We test five leading desktop Linux distributions and come up with one winner.
Ubuntu Linux 5.10
Review Ubuntu is a well integrated, practical and absolutely free Linux distribution. There may be worries about support, but the Canonical organisation is building a good reputation and the head of steam...
ZyXEL ZyWALL 35 UTM
Review The ZyWALL 35 UTM appliance combines all the basic security tools required to protect a small business network, and deploys them at the Internet gateway where they are most useful. Professional...
TiVo goes mobile
FAQ The finer details of TiVo's new downloading service, which brings TV shows to PSP and video iPods
BlackBerry delays hamper RIM's growth
News Research In Motion has cut its new-subscriber forecast for the third time this year, after suffering delays shipping new models
Apple launches Office offer
News Brief: Apple is trying to woo more Windows users with discounts for Microsoft Office with new systems
Amazon 1-Click patent decision upheld
News Brief: US Supreme Court has backed the e-commerce giant in a battle over its online check-out system
Google Base became porn emporium
News Google's foray into online listings took an unsavoury turn this week, when an error in the filtering technology exposed users to masses of adult content
Windows grabs server market lead
News Customers want volume servers, yet Linux's growth in the market is slowing
