Previous DayWireless standards are 'a complete and utter mess'
News Industry groups backing competing wireless standards have admitted that they must start cooperating more for users' sake
Microsoft slammed over XML patent
News A software patent granted to Microsoft in the US has been labelled an 'abomination'
Open source's lessons from userspace
Comment Open source has proved the power of its community. Now it must open channels, technical and cultural, to other communities if it is to fulfil its potential
Tiscali unbundling promises better services
News The ISP is turning to Huawei to help break BT's dominance, with the increased competition bringing promises of better and faster broadband services
Stallman makes Taiwanese source code plea
News Free software advocate Richard Stallman has pledged to promote Taiwanese companies within the GNU community if they release their driver source code
EU to invest in open source
News €660,000 has been earmarked by the EU to promote open source research and collaboration across the globe
Another BitTorrent hub bites the dust
News EliteTorrents.org has the dubious honour of being the first BitTorrent hub to be forcibly taken off the Web by US law enforcement
IBM announces hosted application plan
News ISVs and developers who focus on hosted applications are set to receive a boost from IBM, which sees an opportunity in the burgeoning market
Witty 'probably an ISS inside job'
News Ground-breaking research into the spread of the worm has revealed it probably began spreading in Europe, and specifically targeted certain US military systems
Nokia branches out with Linux tablet
News Two firsts with one product for the Mighty Finn: its first product that's not a phone is also its first to use the open source operating system
Who can meet the terabyte challenge?
Leader Fitting a terabyte onto a DVD is clever. Finding what to do with it will be cleverer still
Netscape 8 'breaks' IE
News Following a problem in IE with XML rendering after Netscape 8 has been installed, Microsoft is advising users to uninstall Netscape
Interfering with the revolution
Q&A Skype's emergence has shaken the phone market to its foundations, but now the VoIP provider is being rocked by complaints and quality of service problems. We talk to Niklas Zennström about the future
Letting go of your security worries
Feature Hosted applications and outsourcing could give your small business the sort of security only large firms can normally manage, but are you ready to hand over the keys?
AMD releases virtualisation details
News The full details of Pacifica have been released by the chipmaker. The new technology should be available early next year
Iomega eyes 800GB DVDs
News A rival to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD could be on the horizon if Iomega can commercialise a newly patented DVD technology
Netcraft extends phishing protection to Firefox users
News The Internet services firm has made its anti-phishing toolbar available for Firefox
FBI investigating ID theft at Stanford
News A security breach at the leading US university that put confidential information about nearly 10,000 people at risk is being investigated by the FBI
Nokia makes Linux patent pledge
News The Finnish mobile phone giant has said that it will allow free use of all its patented technology in the Linux kernel
Microsoft Live Meeting 2005
Review Live Meeting 2005, with its Office hooks, one-way VoIP audio, and improved PowerPoint features, is a big step up from its 2003 predecessor. But given its steep price, we'll take WebEx Meeting...
