Previous DayMet officer fined for abusing access privileges
News The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) required the Met to take disciplinary action against an officer for the breaches of the Police Code of Conduct
Government urged to act on wireless broadband
News Building Broadband Britain: The broadband industry says it is desperate for 'appropriate' spectrum to be made available for high-speed wireless Internet services. It could be the key to getting the...
Dell slings its 'blade' server line
News The new PowerEdge 1655MC server is part of a larger effort by the company to expand into areas beyond the PC
Free-software gadfly takes on Net group
News A leader of the free-software movement is considering a move to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force with like-minded members to boost support for royalty-free standards
Olympus W-10 Visual Voice Recorder
Review If you like the idea of combining a more than adequate digital voice recorder with a simple digital camera, the W-10 will keep you happy.
Freeserve bids to help kids charity
News Freeserve launched a Christmas charity auction on Monday, one of the items up for grabs is a part in a Guy Ritchie film
Communications Bill clause could help extend broadband
News Building Broadband Britain: Local authorities across the Broadband Divide could soon be able to tempt telcos to offer services in their area by providing some of the network infrastructure themselves
Spam levels skyrocket in UK
News One in eight UK emails is now junk, according to MessageLabs. But things could be worse: in the US levels are more than twice as high
Could Dell services push get too pushy?
News Consulting companies are expected to get a boost by teaming with Dell, whose sales and corporate contacts have continued to grow despite an industry-wide slump
SAP denies report of stalled project
News Delays in a major SAP project at the German Federal Armed Forces have raised the ire of German bureaucrats
Wiring London's flagship
Feature Could you get a 500 person network up and running in time for a visit by the Queen? The GLA did, and built itself a future proof installation at the same time
Toshiba Satellite 5200-701
Review The Satellite 5200 has the power to be a realistic alternative to a home desktop PC, and for the most part the features it boasts -- good 3D graphics, decent audio quality, Bluetooth -- are the...
Amazon, Google lead new path to Web services
News Amazon and Google are leading the high-tech industry in Web services, turning a vague concept into a reality
HP in good hands with the law
News HP racks up deals worth $50m with US law firms
Home is where the computer is
News A new study has shown that more and more people consider the computer the most important device in the home
Online dating's new love: IM
News PalTalk, Match.com and DateCam.com have unveiled instant chat services for those looking to find dates online, but with anonymity
AOL tests standalone email product
News The software bundles a beefed-up version of AOL Instant Messenger and an address book with an email client that mirrors Microsoft's popular Outlook application in appearance and features
Court to decide Kazaa's US liability
News If a judge says Sharman can be sued in the United States, Kazaa will be sucked into the same legal maelstrom that has grabbed Napster, Aimster, Audio Galaxy, Grokster and Morpheus
Updated Macromedia tool goes old school
News Director MX is designed for putting together packages of sound, graphics, video and animation for delivery via CDs and other static media
Report: Keep hands out of nanotech
News Regardless of the dangers of nanomachines escaping from the lab and reproducing in the wild to wreak havoc, governments should adopt a hands-off approach to regulation
IBM to unveil new Web services tools
News New WebSphere server will feature additions designed to let developers more quickly build applications from multiple Java components
GPRS is 'bigger failure than WAP'
News Wrongheaded pricing systems for 2.5G data services have led to poor takeup, argues a mobile consultancy. It says European operators should learn from the example of Korea
Microsoft's server u-turn
News After years insisting that workload should be shared across large numbers of low-end servers, Microsoft is now talking up 'big iron'
RIM loses patent battle
News The maker of the Blackberry wireless devices will be queezed to the tune of £15m after its case. The company says it will appeal
