Previous DayHacker gets what he wants at Burger King Web site
News You want it? You got it - only what this customer wanted was to hack Burger King's Web site
Jane Wakefield: Uncovering the heart of technology
News On a visit to MIT, Jane Wakefield discovers not a bunch of machine-obsessed geeks but a group of people dedicated to making technology human
Carphone Warehouse and Centrica tipped for One.Tel takeover
News Senior management at One.Tel UK have told staff that several companies are interested in buying the business, but the two most likely buyers are keeping quiet
Palm fights to keep lead in enterprise PDAs
News Revenue forecasts slashed, share prices scraping the barrel at $4 - it doesn't look good for Palm, but UK managing director Bill McKay is putting a brave face on it
Microsoft .Net to support Linux
News Beta testers and developers say the writing's on the wall. There's evidence that Microsoft may ship a smaller version of .Net for operating systems other than Windows
Cashing in on employees' knowledge
News The secret's out: a lot of large companies are starting to recognise the substantial value of a resource right under their noses: employees' collective knowledge.
EU agreement on communications snooping 'unlikely'
News Talks on controversial plans to store all electronic communications for up to seven years are unlikely to reach agreement at a key meeting in Brussels today
Microsoft's XP: Hardware changes a turnoff
News Some XP users are complaining about Microsoft's new product-activation technology, which can deactivate unexpectedly, rendering the software useless
Yahoo!'s chief reaches out to Hollywood
News New chief exec gets pointers from his friends, while Yahoo!'s old guard move into new positions
Hacker tracking site falls prey to ThePike
News A hacker going by the name of ThePike yesterday defaced Alldas.de - a site that tracks Web site defacements...
Interactive TV: It's watching you
News 'Vacuum' technology is being created by large companies with the intention of sucking up your data - but no privacy safeguards are yet in place to protect users
Compaq, IBM augment server offerings
News Compaq rolls out two new servers with memory improvements while IBM trumpets its new machine featuring 'software rejuvenation'
New IBM monitor is detail-oriented
News Superior resolution is the selling point of Big Blue's new monitor, but don't expect to nab one unless you are a doctor, a meteorologist or a millionaire
Microsoft faces second patent claim
News InterTrust will use a newly-awarded patent to make a claim against Microsoft in an ongoing intellectual property lawsuit that centres on anti-copying technology
Palm chief extends his hand to corporations
News Carl Yankowski, head of handheld company Palm, woos the corporate world in a keynote address
Open source mogul joins Apple
News Apple hires Jordan Hubbard, leader of the FreeBSD Unix effort, to work on the open-source underpinnings to OS X. Both sides look like they'll benefit
Crypto flaw allows email shenanigans
News Digitally signed e-mails have a flaw that allows them to be furtively forwarded to another person, an encryption expert says. The problem, however, can be easily avoided
A Year Ago: Government backtracks on Internet surveillance
News Government offers to weaken cyber-snooping bill, but some say the changes are only superficial
