Previous DayTax travesty a blip on the government's online radar
News E-envoy Andrew Pinder brushes aside concerns about the government's previously botched attempt at an online tax return form and defends Blair's choice of e-commerce minister
New research shows most of the top 500 global companies recruit online
News Recent research shows that more than three quarters of Global 500 companies now recruit online
PowerGen provides staff with cheap home PCs
News Tax breaks help the electricity company brighten up its employee's evenings with a home PC and Internet connection for £8 a month
Can Quartz crack Adobe?
Comment Is it safe? Like Laurence Olivier's evil dentist in "Marathon Man," I seem to have drilled straight into a nerve with my last column on Adobe Systems' relationship -- or lack thereof -- with...
E-envoy calls for end to broadband deadlock
News The chicken-and-egg situation inhibiting broadband growth in the UK could be bypassed if a cut-rate entry-level service was available, according to Andrew Pinder
Apple chief stresses education at NECC
News Apple chief Steve Jobs gave his first-ever keynote at the National Educational Computing Conference, saying the future for educational technology is wirelessly networked computers
StarOffice meets Star Wars
News In a big win for Sun, its StarOffice open source desktop productivity software was chosen as the Unix desktop solution for the US Department of Defence
UK government in breach of European employment law
News Freelance and short term workers look set to win rights to paid holiday leave in a landmark ruling
Napster signs Euro indie labels
News Controversial song-swapping company will be able to include songs by stars such as Paul Oakenfold and Badly Drawn Boy on its forthcoming pay-to-listen MusicNet service
Army to invest in cyberuniform centre
News Research and development at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies is expected to have far-reaching implications for civilian products
Power outlets may feed home networking
News Home networking through the use of electrical outlets has been made possible with the development of a new standard from the HomePlug Powerline Alliance
Chip wars: Now it's best of three
News Compaq's transfer of its Alpha chip technology to Intel means a shake-up in the competition for the high-end server niche. Eyeing the redrawn battlefield are the three remaining processor rivals:...
Oracle pins hopes on hosted software
News Oracle is expected to introduce a revamped model for its Oracle.com service for rental and usage of its software over the Web. Will hosted software ever catch on with customers?
Judges put end to Napster appeal
News A federal appeals court stymies Napster's bid to reopen the court order that led the file-swap company to start blocking songs. Now there's only the Supreme Court left
Feds warn of new worm threat
News A new malicious program - dubbed 'Leaves' - infects previously compromised PCs and seemingly prepares the machines to launch a DoS attack
Gang steals £3m worth of Nokia handsets
News A gang of thieves has snatched 10,000 of the latest mobile phones from a London warehouse
Palm to brave the storm at PC Expo
News The one-time darling of the day trader, Palm is now in the worst shape in its history, leading many to ask whether it has the right leader for the job
A Year Ago: Briton accused of Middle Eastern hacking
News Brit faces serious charges for alleged hacking in Arab Emirates
Microsoft to me: We're turning off your Office
Comment A funny thing happened on the way to PC Expo: Microsoft killed my copy of Office. Or at least that's what the error message said, threatening me with something called "Reduced Functionality Mode"...
