Previous DayConsortium to push Debian to the fore
News The Linux Core Consortium may be sidelined as one of its core members focuses all its resources on a new consortium
Russian spammer found dead
News A known spammer who has previously incurred the wrath of Russian government officials has been found dead in his apartment, apparently the victim of a vicious assault
Risks of outsourcing highlighted again
News Even when they do go through, almost two-thirds of outsourcing deals fail, according to recent figures
IBM to push up mainframe power
News The mainframe is getting a tune-up as IBM launches a new zSeries box which will be its most powerful yet
Vodafone dreaming of a 3G Christmas
News But the UK market is still sluggish, and sales of handsets are outpacing mobile data cards
Comet beset with e-commerce problems
News A major computer upgrade has wrought havoc with hundreds of orders that were placed through the electrical retailer's Web site
The thousand-fold game of leapfrog
Leader The supercomputers of tomorrow seem unthinkably powerful, but it's really business as usual
Japan aims for world's fastest computer by 2010
News Japan wants to reclaim the processing laurels from the US with a supercomputer 75 times faster than today's champion
Time closes stores but keeps running
News Time Computers closes 78 retail outlets 'for now' because of issues with its bankers, but its mail order business continues
Parliament to discuss child porn regulations
News ISPs may be forced to reveal whether or not they are blocking paedophilic Web sites
Yahoo launches Developer Network with widget buy
News Builder: The Internet firm's purchase of Pixoria, maker of JavaScript runtime engine Konfabulator, should kick-start its developer programme
ISS Proventia M10
Review The Proventia M10 appliance provides impressive and comprehensive network security at a surprisingly affordable price. However, it’s not as easy to deploy and manage as some of the alternatives...
Opterons push AMD past market-share milestone
News 89 percent growth in Opteron sales means that AMD now seems to have more than 10 percent of the x86 server market
Blogging sites harbouring cybercriminals
News Free hosting services of all sorts are increasingly being used by hackers to hide their wares
Microsoft mandates 'piracy' checks
News Anyone downloading non-security updates to Windows will now have to verify their OS is genuine
Police ask for more Internet powers
News Senior UK police officers have asked the government for sweeping new powers to take down Web sites and obtain private encryption keys
