Users locked out of Google Mail
News The search giant admits its Web mail service has been hit by outages
BT to show Premiership on broadband
News The telecoms giant's upcoming IPTV offering has been given a boost
Salesforce.com pushes new model for AppExchange
News The company that famously claims software is dead is selling pay-as-you-go versions of its application sharing service to software vendors
FAST should be taught a lesson
Leader The Federation Against Software Theft thinks the education sector needs a wake-up call. In fact, it's the other way around
Lord vows to fight cybercrime laws
News The Home Office has admitted it is 'considering the precise legal balance' of its updates to the Computer Misuse Act, after experts warned that it could criminalise IT pros
Telcos could lose out on mobile IM
News Instant messaging has a bright future on mobile phones, analysts say, but handset vendors and existing IM giants have a big lead on the telcos
NetApp boosts revenue
News The boom in storage means bigger numbers for NetApp, which is now a $2bn company
Mozilla: we'll pay developers where we can
News The not-for-profit organisation says it is looking at how to share its newfound Mozillions (well, millions) with the volunteers who work on Firefox and Thunderbird
Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow
News The Office maker has taken a swing at the open source format, but the ODF Alliance says Microsoft's Open XML is not yet supported by any application so its performance can't even be measured
The world of server virtualisation
Feature Running multiple instances of an operating system on a single server can bring savings on both hardware and software, but requires careful thinking on issues like configuration, migration and...
Schools face software licensing clampdown
News Update: FAST has vowed to take primary and secondary schools to court for unauthorised software use, in what has been billed a 'disastrous' move
Microsoft aims for multiple Origamis
News A range of mini-tablets dubbed 'Vistagami' will succeed the expensive and sceptically received first generation
Black Frog hops into spam battle
News The open-source project aims to replace Blue Frog's opt-out email campaign designed to crash spammers' servers
Microsoft's JPEG alternative: WIMP?
News Developers of Windows Media Photo claim it beats JPEG quality at half the file size -- but the new format faces an uphill battle for acceptance
$100 laptop takes shape
News The One Laptop Per Child crusade has unveiled Linux-based prototypes as work continues on an accompanying lightweight distribution of the OS
Moviemakers hit by Torrent hacker claim
News Torrentspy.com is claiming the Motion Picture Association of America hired a hacker to pilfer confidential information on the company as part of its effort to stop Torrent sites distributing films...



