Previous DaySQL basics: SELECT statement options
Feature In this article we cover the basics of the SQL standard and some additional functions and clauses you can use with the basic SELECT data query
Tablet PCs: a first look
Preview Pen-based computing is set to make a comeback this autumn, if Microsoft and its hardware partners get their way. Here's a preview of what's in store.
Bluetooth cometh
Comment Stop thinking of Bluetooth as a Wi-Fi alternative and you too can join me in the promised land. You have nothing to lose but your wires.
Public sector spending to boost rural broadband
News Regional broadband advisors, together with a team to help public sector bodies buy broadband, will boost high-speed Internet services, claims e-commerce minister Stephen Timms
TechXNY: Crusoe squeezes into Meta Pad spinoff
News Transmeta scores twice: Antelope's Mobile Computer Core will use the Crusoe chip, and Transmeta has signed up its first Europe-based laptop manufacturer
Networks Telecom: Voice over IP comes in by stealth
News Voice on data is quietly moving into the mainstream. A sign: new products are deliberately presented as dull but useful, rather than leading edge
Who trusts 'trusted computers'?
Comment Matt Loney: Microsoft wants you to trust it to build technology to ensure your privacy - but do you really want it policing copyright laws?
Arm wrestling with Microsoft tests Intel's muscle
Comment Rupert Goodwins: Intel and the handheld makers want us to buy into the XScale processor. But Microsoft's not playing ball, and perhaps it has a point.
Flat-screen iMacs starting to pile up
News After initially having trouble keeping up with the demand for flat-panel iMacs, Apple is now facing problems getting rid of them
TechXNY: Zeus forges 64-bit Web server for AMD's Hammer
News The UK server maker will release a version of its security-conscious Web server for the 64-bit server edition of Hammer
Gadgets keep execs working on holiday
News Electronic gadgets designed to keep executives in touch with the office mean that the vast majority keep on working while on vacation
Networks Telecom: Do you need a dedicated network monitor?
News If your network costs £100,000, Mutiny says you need a dedicated network monitor plugged into it
Warchalking: London Wi-Fi guerrillas take tips from hobos
News A new fad in London is taking the Internet community by storm: chalking runes on pavements and walls to indicate the presence of a wireless networking node
Networks Telecom: Cheaper SAN switch and HBAs
News QLogic sees a big future in Fibre Channel, but admits that other protocols will eventually prevail
TechXNY: Trying out the Tablet PC
News Microsoft's Tablet PC technology is proving popular at the TechXNY show in New York, but it may well be ahead of its time
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Beta
Preview Microsoft has retooled Windows XP to add some tablet-friendly features. How well those features perform will determine the success of future tablet PC devices. Here's a first look at the beta.
HP overhauls entire printer lineup
News Hewlett-Packard is to introduce 50 new printing and imaging products in a revamp for its entire consumer line
Acer TravelMate 100
Preview The TravelMate 100 has an impressive ‘convertible’ design, but there are some minor annoyances.
Let studios hack P2P networks, says US politician
News Cyberattacks by copyright owners on networks where their goods are traded illegally would be within the law if a new bill gets through Congress in the US
New HP regime prepares first PCs
News Hewlett-Packard is to spend the summer finding out what consumers want before releasing the first of its completely new post-merger PCs
Security overview? Read Internet Lockdown
Feature Book review: Internet Lockdown may be too general for some, but it is a valuable and clear overview of security administration, in nonbureaucratic language
MS opens source code to inspire trust
News Microsoft is to publish part of the source code for its Palladium security project, to help people 'believe in what is happening'
XScale-Pocket PC marriage lacks oomph
News Microsoft confirms that a generational mismatch between its Pocket PC 2002 operating system and Intel's XScale PXA250 chips results in disappointing performance
Sun to supercharge UltraSparc with Afara acquisition
News The Unix server leader will integrate the engineering team of start-up Afara Websystems to boost its chip technology. And Sun blasts Intel's Itanium as a '1970s' concept
WorldCom shaken by missing $4bn
News The beleaguered telecoms company fires chief financial officer Scott Sullivan after discovering improper accounting of almost $4bn in expenses. Financial turmoil may lie ahead
