Previous DayPublic-private partnership boosts rural ADSL
News The pace of BT's broadband rollout can be accelerated if local councils and development agencies help by boosting awareness and demand
DSL makes surprise gain in broadband battle
News The number of people signing up to broadband via cable is lagging expectations, while DSL subscribers beat forecasts
Living with desktop Linux
Analysis We examine whether SuSE Linux Desktop is really a sensible Windows replacement for enterprises
Sun shines on Web services spec
News A Sun-lead consortium has developed a new Web services specification that aims to coordinate financial transactions across many machines in complex business transactions
American surplus blocks Web overhaul
News North America's giant cache of Internet addresses may hamper plans to upgrade the global system
BT to make waves with mobile re-entry
News Having spun off mmO2 in 2001, BT is leaping back into mobile - and is rumoured to have some innovative plans
UK tech job market ‘cautiously optimistic’
News The UK’s IT job market has improved in the past few months, with London bouncing back from its slump, though permanent jobs remain scarce in other areas
Thursday
Blog Thursday 24/07/2003According to the BBC, a study from New Zealand looking into online sex offences has revealed one of the most unexpected and surprising effects of new technology: young men 'adept...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Rupert has problems getting served this week, what with annoying telcos, insecure Windows and the Internet Cannibal getting hauled up
Robotic cars to race from LA to Vegas
News The US Defense Department is offering a $1m prize in a bid to generate new ideas for off-road, robotic combat vehicles
PayPal settles gambling allegations
News The online payment service will pay the US government $10m to clear itself of transferring funds to illegal gambling ventures
Malaysians divorce by text message
News A Malaysian Islamic court has ruled that a text message can be valid as a statement of divorce
Gates hints at Microsoft version of iTunes
News Microsoft's chairman says a digital music store should be offered by the company, which would not aim for significant profit from the feature
Corel shareholders to vote on takeover
News Corel's shareholders will meet next month to decide the Canadian company's future
Thailand proposes ID cards for game servers
News A curfew for online gaming aimed at students is also shutting out older players, and a Thai minister has an unusual suggestion for solving the problem
Borders founder hawks old magazines online
News Magazine archives are underexploited Internet goldmines, according to Louis Borders
Singapore cracks down on cartoon piracy
News A new anti-piracy body will focus on eliminating illegal sales of Japanese drama serials and cartoons, in an effort to strengthen ties with the West
Let the markets rule on open source
Comment Cost-cutting and anti-proprietary motives prod governments to consider legislating preferences for open-source software. But there's much more than meets the eye
US moots parental consent for P2P
News File-swapping services would need parents' permission before allowing children online
Unisys mainframe gets Web services, speed boost
News The new ClearPath Plus Libra 185 comes with faster processors, more capacity for transferring data into and out of the system, and support for .Net and Java
IBM launches Linux counterattack on SCO
News The computing giant has mounted its strongest defence of the open-source operating system yet, charging that SCO has no right to demand Unix licence payments
Flaw threatens major worm attack
News Code released by a hacker group could provoke chaos on corporate networks
SuSE Linux Desktop
Review Can you use a Linux system successfully in a Windows-dominated environment? That's what SuSE's Linux Desktop is designed to facilitate. We find that you can, although there are plenty of glitches...
