Previous DayBlind man faces prosecution for listening to child porn
News The case, which has legal experts scouring the statute books, could set a worldwide precedent in Internet law
IBM paves way to 100GHz chips
News New super-fast transistors are not the fastest on the planet, but because they are silicon-based they can be made using standard production techniques
Linux makes the move to China
News Tuxia, the embedded Linux company, forms a partnership with Beijing Orient Electronics
Security pros set up defence front
News A group of security, software vendors lays out a vulnerability reporting map to fix security holes and vulnerabilities before the damage spreads
Researchers develop mobile phone cancer theory
News An Australian research group led by a reputable physicist has come up with one of the first - and so far the best - hypotheses for how mobile phones cause cancer
Napster lifts some song-swapping limits
News A new version of Napster's software lets users find many songs that recently vanished from its service
Alexander warned over broadband complacency
News AOL is one ISP that is less than impressed with comments made by the new e-commerce minister
Open source versus free software debate rages
News In an interview with ZDNet, Caldera chief Ransom Love hits back at free software founder Richard Stallman, denying that he is a 'greedy capitalist' or a 'parasite'
Bulger injunction ridicules British Internet law
News Outdated laws make the worldwide secrecy order unenforceable outside the United Kingdom
Google is urged to go public
News The highly successful search engine is considering a flotation that could value it at £170m
Intel to buy Alpha chip operation
News Intel gains valuable intellectual property from Compaq for use in its chips, while eliminating a competitive threat to its Itanium processor
Digital music focuses on fight over keys
News Let battle commence: Technology companies get in the ring to win the antipiracy battle
Electronics makers to launch recycling study
News US electronics makers are getting increasingly resourceful in the bid to collect, sort, refurbish and recycle obsolete electronic devices
ISP launches monitored chatroom for kids
News Supanet will help shield children online, but suspected paedophiles will be kicked out rather than reported
IBM turns up the transistor heat
News Big Blue lays claim to the creation of the world's fastest silicon transistor, which works 80 percent faster than current technology on only half the power
Microsoft: Audit, or there'll be trouble
News Letters sent to corporate customers are demanding they conduct an internal audit of their software licenses and submit their findings to Microsoft within 30 days
Red Hat digs its own database plan
News The Linux shop on Monday will release Red Hat Database, a move that could put pressure on other open-source companies. Why did other project partners opt out?
Transmeta to keep 'em coming
News Despite the fact that its current chips aren't selling as well as expected, Transmeta is still cutting deals and forging ahead on plans for future processors
MS lawyers join open source fray
News Taking the war of words up a notch, Microsoft's legal team calls open source software 'viral' in the licence restricting what code developers may use in connection with its programming tools
A Year Ago: British-led scientists map human DNA
News Project as significant as landing on the moon and splitting the atom
