Previous DayIT vendors exposed over 'sweatshop' factories
News An investigation has uncovered harrowing tales of unacceptable working practices in the developing world where major technology firms have outsourced their manufacturing
Space age planning brings problems down to earth
Comment NASA's remote Mars debugging tricks have lessons for earthlings
BT unit adds to RFID momentum
News BT has created a business unit to target the technology while companies such as Michelin and Woolworths call for increased cooperation on standards
Microsoft steers away from object orientation
News When Longhorn ships, it will signal a full-scale move away from the object-oriented world of COM and DCOM, as Microsoft prepares to increase the pressure on Java
Solving the world's problems
Comment A more humble digerati will take the stage this week in Davos, Switzerland
Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
News The UK Unix users' group is unhappy about Bill Gates receiving an honorary knighthood, saying that Microsoft's licence fees negate any contribution the company's chairman has made
Mobile standard comes in from the margins
News A temporary cellphone standard has found its way into the heart of many networks
Wi-Fi Week: Should all hot spots be free?
Analysis BT is allowing free access to its Openzone Wi-Fi network this week, but is it really sensible to charge money for wireless networks? One operator believes it has evidence that very few Wi-Fi users...
Social networks start to charge
News Tickle, previously known as Emode, will start levying fees for some of its services
OmniPage Pro 14 Office
Review OmniPage Pro 14 Office clearly remains the OCR application to beat, especially in office environments that require automated batch processing.
Prescott makes play for living room
News Intel wants its new desktop chip to push PCs' multimedia capabilities
Data storage worlds collide
Feature SAN and NAS are getting together for more efficient data storage
Napster founder scales new peaks
Feature Shawn Fanning's new venture, called Snocap, aims to help record companies make money from peer-to-peer networks
Gates takes a side-swipe at Apple, Linux security
News As the MyDoom virus spread rapidly across the Internet on Monday, Bill Gates extolled the value of such attacks and warned against other operating systems' complacency
Microsoft opens door to India
News India is the latest country tipped to gain access to Windows source code
Winamp's creator turns his back on AOL
News Justin Frankel, who made millions at the age of 20 by selling Nullsoft to AOL, has resigned from the media giant
XML patents 'of no significance' - Microsoft
News Microsoft says its applications for numerous XML-related patents are merely routine
Encore DVD
Review Adobe's Encore DVD is powerful authoring software with a friendly interface, but professionals will want more.
HP puts AMD in servers
News Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce that it will release servers incorporating AMD processors
Microsoft ventures into business intelligence
News The software giant is releasing a reporting application for its SQL Server database
Spreading virus takes aim at SCO
News A virus that primes PCs to attack SCO's Web server is multiplying rapidly
Broadband project shrugs off BT delays
News FDM Broadband has launched its high-speed Internet access service in rural Hampshire, after series of BT-related backhaul problems that could have scuppered the local scheme
