Where on the horizon is Vista?
Analysis Analysis: Analysts will be looking for answers from Microsoft this week, but a firm ship date for Vista may not be among the details they are given
Why India said no to the $100 laptop
Leader Although other countries have already started to place orders, India wants nothing to do with the One Laptop Per Child project. They may have learned something already
Topping the hype curve — mobile TV and IPTV
News Meanwhile, HDTV, Wi-Fi and others are making their way up the slope of enlightenment
India ditches 'potentially harmful' $100 laptop plan
News India's education secretary called the project "pedagogically suspect", saying the money would be better spent on teachers and classroom
Upstart could shake up networked storage
Feature ATA over Ethernet provides a cheap way to network servers with a large pool of storage — but it's got some catches
US voices openness to private Net control
News Despite assertions last year to the contrary, a US Commerce Department official says the US is exploring privatisation of the DNS
Security experts voice IE7 push concerns
News Microsoft's decision to push IE7 to customers via Automatic Updates has been criticised by some security experts and rivals
BT results defy analysts
News BT has beaten analysts expectations and announced Wi-Fi phones, improved LLU rollout, and renamed The Project Formerly Known As 21CN
No let-up in smartphone frenzy
News Motorola was able to beat RIM for the first time after shifting more than 1 million Linux-based units in China
Euro satellite navigation takes to the skies
News The new satellite system could deliver benefits of up to 74bn euros, and could be 'essential' to the future of transportation
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop on foreigners
News Current regulations make it almost as hard to spy on foreigners as Americans, agencies complain
Microsoft coughs up for health care software
News The company has acquired Azyxxi, database software for patient records
IT gets a seat on the board
News But IT professionals are losing out on the top jobs because they lack broader business perspectives and capabilities
GNER's on-board Wi-Fi arrives early
News GNER has already kitted out all 30 of its electric trains with Wi-Fi and is now putting the finishing touches to its diesel trains
SugarCRM polishes interface with AJAX
News Builder: Open source applications company SugarCRM prepares an August release and plans to expand into new product areas
UK failing to fight Internet fraudsters
News A government review has criticised the police for failing to take online fraud seriously, leaving criminals free to target Internet users
IBM DB2 9
Review DB2 9 has significantly raised the bar for database development with a pure XML solution and a free Express-C edition. Enhancements to administration features and functionality could make it a...
Are storage-server hybrids the future?
Analysis Analysis: The latest server products from IBM and Sun suggest that the barriers between data processing and storage are being broken down
Firefox hit by Trojan
News The FormSpy Trojan pretends to be a Firefox extention and takes advantage of PCs that are already infected
IE7 will be 'high-priority' update
News Microsoft will push out Internet Explorer 7 over its Automatic Updates service, but upgrading won't be compulsory



