Previous DayOpen source gains ground in Brazil
News The South American state of Parana has nibbled at eGroupWare
Linux firms adopt open-source media player
News Red Hat and Novell will include RealNetworks' media player with their operating systems
AOL and Microsoft secure ruling against spammer
Analysis AOL and Microsoft's success in obtaining a range of remedies against a French spammer illustrates the continued significance of 'old' law in combating spam
Public sector spends up on outsourcing
News Outsourcing has increased massively in the public sector, due to IT contracts, according to new research
Microsoft proposes Sender ID to jam spam
News Microsoft is proposing a new integrated email standard in the battle against spam. But experts fear organised criminals will soon find their way round it
Software giant seeks search
News Microsoft will start to improve its search technology in a bid to compete with search-engine specialists such as Google, says Bill Gates
New Wi-Fi spec approved
News The latest Wi-Fi security specification has received final approval, as expected
PeopleSoft and Oracle 'talked often'
News Merger talks between the two software firms had gone some way before Oracle launched its hostile bid
German labour eyes online authentication
News Germany's pensions agency and labour department will provide staff with electronic smartcards and set up a centre for verifying online transactions
What the future holds for corporate voice telephony via WLAN
Feature Integrating your strategies for wireless LANs, wired LANs and IP telephony makes sense. But if you choose to deploy voice over WLAN technology, you will face extra costs and complexities
Plextor PX-712SA
Review Plextor's latest multiformat DVD rewriter is fast, flexible, and reasonably priced. Serial ATA doesn't yet deliver any advantage over EIDE, but this is still a very good drive.
Gates promotes isolation
News Keeping systems separate is the most important security technique, says Microsoft's chairman
Musicians attempt to harness the Net
Feature Internet music stories are hoping the iTunes boom will help them forge the popstars of the future
Intel recalls faulty controllers
News An error in two chipsets released last week has led to their recall
'Windows' toughest competitor is pirates' - Gates
News Microsoft's chairman says pirate software is more of a threat to Windows than open-source alternatives are
Nearly 900,000 notebooks flawed - HP
News A memory problem may affect as many as 900,000 of Hewlett-Packard's notebooks
HP merges security into desktop
News A new range of PC-related products includes a PC with security technology and software for printing from wireless devices
Intel's Nocona ready for release
News The first 32/64-bit chip from Intel will be launched this week
Web attack disarmed at source
News A Russian server harbouring malicious code that turned major Web sites into vectors of infection has been shut down
EC freezes Microsoft's punishment
News Microsoft will not have to start offering Windows without a media player this week, after the European Commission temporarily suspended its order
Sun shares a portion of Java
News Some of Java's source code will be made freely available as part of an experimental desktop user interface
