UK techies: Long hours reap rewards
News Most IT staff are putting in significantly more than the 'average' 35 hours a week, but many of their salaries reflect the extra effort, according to a recent survey
Vodafone Mobile Connect Card
Review This GSM/GPRS PC Card and software bundle provides you with an Internet connection while on the move. Running costs may be an issue for some, but the Mobile Connect Card remains one of the best...
Filling the gaps in Windows
Comment Rupert Goodwins: Microsoft always has grand plans for Windows, but it's the little things that need fixing first
Livingstone and Blair scoop Big Brother awards
News London's congestion charge has won Ken Livingstone an award - but possibly not one he might have expected
Microsoft leaves standards group
News The software company has pulled out of a Web services standards group after disagreement about guidelines
Strong passwords a must for web apps
Feature Password security for a Web application is a no-brainer for seasoned Web developers. But should you force users to enter strong passwords?
Lawyers divided over Amazon iPaq case
News Customers who last week ordered a £7.32 iPaq from Amazon could fight their corner, but Amazon has more legal defences up its sleeve
Faster Athlon XP to arrive in weeks
News AMD is planning to improve the performance of its flagship PC processor in the next few weeks, boosting Athlon system performance
BT lays out broadband plans
News The telco has revealed plans for 1Mbps consumer broadband, more trigger levels, wider SDSL trials and longer-range 512Kbps ADSL
AOL swaps Real for Dolby
News AOL is set to announce that it is to use Dolby to provide the streaming technology for its Net radio service
Email server on a budget
Feature Here's a breakdown of the different software applications you will want to use for a killer email system running on Linux
Government faces grilling over rural broadband
News Sir George Young is taking his battle for wider broadband rollout to Westminster Hall, where e-commerce minister Stephen Timms will be on hand to defend the government's broadband policy
Intel adds Wi-Fi to mobile chips
News The XScale processor is being altered to integrate new features like Wi-Fi connectivity
Paid online content gaining ground
News The process of winning surfers over to paying for online content is slowly gaining momentum, but it remains a small market overall
Unisys revamps server tools
News The Server Sentinel management software has been upgraded, with new features such as the ability to move a computing task if a server is about to fail
QuickBooks Premier 2003
Review This year's QuickBooks offers more features, although perhaps not enough to convince upgraders from the 2002 version. However, it's a definite short-list contender for anyone new to small business...
Apple misses targets but rewards staff
News The Mac maker has awarded more than 200 of its top workers a bonus despite the fact that the company fell short of stated targets
Amazon blunder: e-commerce sites beware
Feature Amazon is hoping that the small print of its online contracts will save it from enormous losses caused by mispricing HP iPAQs. But things may not be so simple...
A beginner's guide to NDS
Feature If you're new to NDS and NetWare, you need to learn lot of new terms. In this article, we'll give you a basic introduction to NDS and the object types that belong to it
Amazon makes Web-ad patent bid
News The technology used to allocate display space on a Web page is the subject of a patent application by Amazon
2Mbps broadband on the way from Telewest
News The cable firm is keeping up pressure on broadband rivals with a service that's four times faster than BT's consumer ADSL product
Email flow can show company power structure
News HP researchers have been examining how patterns of email exchanges can provide a map of a company's power structure
Centrino to get Linux support
News A date hasn't yet been set, but Intel has confirmed it is working on Linux support for its Centrino family of chips
Keep pace with WLAN security developments
Feature Wireless security is a complicated topic, and one that requires much education and know-how. Unfortunately, this education is largely lacking, according to experts
Madonna sells MP3 single with help from friends
News Thousands of Madonna fans are taking part in a ground-breaking effort to distribute an unrestricted MP3 file of the singer's new single
Microsoft server exploit goes public
News A security consultant has published a program designed to take advantage of a recently discovered flaw in Internet Information Service servers
Al Jazeera launches Iraq site in English
News The Arab news agency is giving English speakers a very different point of view on the war from that offered by many Western news agencies



