Previous DayEurope catches up on e-learning
News An e-learning group has been established to work with the European Commission and national governments to help academia and business take advantage of online learning tools
3Com puts firewall on a NIC
News Firewalls built into network interface cards help offload work from the processors of desktop PCs, and aid centralised security
Lack of reporting hits cybercrime fight
News Police and industry are caught in a catch-22 over reporting of cybercrime; to break the cycle, police are introducing confidentiality agreements and online tools
Toshiba Pocket PC e310
Review The e310 is good handheld for budget- and style-conscious users, although if you have plenty of money to play with there are better options available.
Network Associates pulls McAfee bid
News The parent company has withdrawn its attempt to increase its stake in McAfee.com, citing accounting inaccuracies
NetScreen firewall ups the speed stakes
News An enterprise firewall from NetScreen, unveiled this week, is fast enough to handle up to 10,000 simultaneous clients, according to the manufacturers
Web animation: Do you watch it or skip it?
Comment Animated Web site introductions and promotional ads continue to infuriate many usability experts. The fact is, Web users generally know what they want to find, and they will place a premium on...
Help & HowTo: Klez.H
Help/HowTo The latest Klez worm is continuing to spread fast across the Internet and attempts to disable antivirus software when activated
Hackers turn tables on file-swapping firms
News Fed up with file-swapping companies that include advertising and other features within their software, hackers are releasing 'clean' versions onto the Internet
Installing network protocols in Windows XP
Feature TCP/IP is installed more or less by default with Windows XP, but you'll still need to know how to install other protocols. Especially if you want to pass Microsoft's XP exams
Let Windows Grep do the searching
Feature Windows Grep is a text-search utility that works like the UNIX/Linux grep utility but runs on Windows machines.
Ignorance hampers e-government drive
News The National Audit Office warns that one in six government departments still aren't online, and urges the e-envoy to focus on e-government implementation
More cybercrime laws will be counter-productive, says thinktank
News An influential thinktank says current cybercrime law is in urgent need of updating, but this time the industry must be involved
Web slump hurts Macromedia earnings
News The software maker has lost less than analysts expected, but has been hit by the downturn in the Internet economy
Airline launches in-flight text messaging
News Singapore Airlines is to launch a built-in messaging service to allow passengers to text and email while airborne
End of an era as Sanders leaves AMD
News Having made the chipmaker a force in the PC industry, W.J. Sanders steps down as chief executive this week
Gates: Custom Windows could run on PCs
News Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates acknowledges that an existing version of Windows that lets companies drop included components such as a browser could be configured to run on everyday computers
IBM launches new blade server
News The new high-performance blade server will be based on Intel's Xeon processor. Meanwhile, IBM has discontinued an agreement to use RLX blade technology
Klez variant strikes unprotected PCs
News More than a week after it first started spreading, the modified Klez worm continues to infect PC users that haven't taken steps to protect themselves
AMD 64-bit chips get Windows support
News AMD's newly named Opteron server processor will get its own 64-bit version of Windows, and the 64-bit desktop Athlons will not be forgotten either
Intel debuts Symbian mobile designs
News Intel's PXA250 processor is designed to operate faster than previous chips for mobile devices
Five years ago: Gateway sees more jam from Pentium II, mobiles
News Gateway 2000 continues to make strides in Europe with best-ever numbers making a healthy contribution to another strong quarter
