Previous DayDelayed MOT computer system suffers crash
News A £230m computerised MOT testing system ran into problems this week, leaving some UK garages struggling to cope
Is your licence out of date?
Leader Your software licence fees help support the organisations who'll come after you if you displease them. Perhaps there are better ways
Hotel group cuts back on software tools
News Information Builders Summit: The company behind Radisson and Regent was able to slash its backlog simply by standardising business intelligence tools
EU unveils digital citizen action plan
News Governments are making progress on IT, but the likes of online procurement and invoicing could still save hundreds of billions of euros, according to the EU
RFID and tracking systems - the future of old age?
News Gadgets are replacing the support of an extended family for Europe's burgeoning elderly population
Business intelligence moves to the front lines
News Information Builders Summit: Companies believe the new users of business intelligence are people who couldn't care less about how to build a query
NASA: Keep feet on the ground for software success
News Information Builders Summit: The key for successful business intelligence projects is to consult with the users, according to the US space agency
Cleaning up a bad email reputation
Feature An industry has grown up around fixing the reputations of emailers and getting mail delivered to in-boxes, not junk-mail folders
UK government and IBM trial secure Linux
News The Central Sponsor for Information Assurance said the initiative in the North of England will show Linux can provide security in a complex environment
Schneier: ID cards will worsen ID theft
News Infosecurity 2006: The government's controversial ID card scheme attracted more criticism this week, this time from security expert Bruce Schneier and Lord Erroll
The new standard for software assets
Q&A Are you paying the right price for your software or are you paying too little or too much? We talked to a firm that aims to help companies get the right answers
IBM eyes programming for the masses
News Builder: The idea behind QEDwiki is that businesspeople can create their own Web pages by dragging and dropping components onto a pallet
Microsoft turns up heat in licensing push
News The software giant tells us it's gunning for people who are running unlicensed copies of Windows and Office, but won't deprive them of critical fixes
Hotmail's new address
Analysis Hotmail has gone through a long evolution to become Windows Live Mail, but can it compete with the sexiness of its rivals?
Ballmer: Innovation key to Microsoft success
News Internal memos produced in EU court this week may tell another story, but Microsoft's chief insists it is just making products people 'really like'
Microsoft buys asset-tracking firm
News AssetMetrix' technology is designed to allow customers to get a better handle on their non-Microsoft software
New government CIO appointed
News John Suffolk will lead the work of the CIO Council, moving up from his role as Criminal Justice IT director-general
MySQL praises Oracle and takes it to task
News Oracle's entry-level database was labelled 'crippleware', while MySQL remains dependent on technology Oracle acquired last year
BBC unveils major online revamp
News The move towards a more tech-savvy BBC is prompted by the broadcaster's fears it may be failing a younger audience who are shunning TV in favour of spending time on the Internet
Patched Oracle database 'still vulnerable'
News The latest update for Oracle 10g Release 2 does not plug a hole that allows published attack code to run, according to a security researcher
Apple MacBook Pro (17in., 2.16GHz Core Duo): photos
Photo Apple adds a 17in. version of the MacBook Pro to its lineup. Here's a photo gallery.
