Previous DayDell announces 17-inch notebook
News Dell has, as was expected, announced a laptop with widescreen 17-inch display in the United States
RightNow's revenue leaps up
News The subscription software maker has seen its revenues increase by 78 percent year-on-year, and has posted a profit of $1.4m for the third quarter
Hacker defaces 200 government Web sites
News Anti-government messages have been left on a large number of Web sites in Brazil
Dell and AMD: Will it ever happen?
Feature Dell, the worlds largest manufacturer of personal computers, only offer systems based on Intel chipsets. AMD has made advances over the past few years, but are they enough?
MySQL 4.1 moves in on Oracle
News The open-source database is edging closer to parity with commercial databases with functionality such as binary prepared statements
'Secure cloud' on the horizon for Microsoft
News Microsoft is planning a software release this December to help establish secure instant messaging as part of an integrated communications network
Companies increase IM surveillance
Feature As businesses become increasingly worried about the legal implications of what their employees are saying on IM, they are looking at technologies that can track what is going on within their network
EC approves Oracle-PeopleSoft merger
News Update: The European Commission has, as expected, approved the potential and much-talked-about merger between Oracle and PeopleSoft
'Big Mac' gets an upgrade
News The world's fastest Mac supercomputer has got faster, as Virginia Tech has completed its upgrade of System X's component units to 2.3GHz Xserves
Munich's Linux plans attract international attention
News The planned migration of 14,000 desktops in the City of Munich to Linux has attracted attention from as far away as Japan and Australia - and so far all they've switched over is the browser
Hackers use Google to defeat anti-spam measures
News Fraudsters running a phishing scam are using Google redirects to beat anti-spam tools and claim new Yahoo email accounts for themselves
IT services sector posts solid growth
News The IT services sector grew by 6.4 percent last year, according to Gartner, with defence companies growing faster than most
Take on the spammers with Aussie rules
Leader Spammers have one weak spot - the wallet. Australia hasn't hesitated to strike where it hurts, and neither should we
IBM goes retro to bridge the supercomputing divide
Feature Supercomputing had been moving from 'vector' to 'scalar' designs - but IBM has found a way to bridge the systems using its Power5 processors
Trojan Horse uses war as cover
News After a spat of celebrity-related Trojans that spread through social engineering techniques the latest one preys on potential victims' curiosity about the ongoing conflict in Iraq
eBay worm spreads
News The Myfip worm that was first noted in the wild over a month ago is beginning to spread, according to Messagelabs
Intel deal provides WiMax boost
News The chip giant is to make a 'significant' investment in Clearwire - owned by billionaire Craig McCaw - as it seeks to roll out WiMax networks
Cisco upgrades IP telephony security
News New privacy features have been added to CallManager, says Cisco, as the company attempts to tackle fears over VoIP security
HP has chips with everything
News Hewlett-Packard is still the world's largest buyer of semiconductors, although some rivals are catching up
Microsoft revamps Sender ID
News The anti-spam specification has regained some momentum - and the support of AOL - after changes which include the removal of patent claims
