Previous DaySobig.F lingers as cure backfires
News One of the IT sector's biggest threats in 2003 is still out there. The blame lies partly with PCs that don't know the time, but also with action that was taken to minimise damage done by the worm
Internet Explorer 6 scripting flaw discovered
News A new IE bug could allow attackers to invade a user's PC, but a fix is not yet available
Shareholders bring down axe on Baltimore
News Baltimore shareholders have agreed to sell the company's core security business to US-based beTrusted. It means the end of Ireland's dot-com darling, and an end to the hype around public key...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 28/11/2003Sony has big ideas, some of which are scary. The Playstation 3, for example, will most likely have a built-in camera: the optional one for the PS2 has been a stunning success and...
Chip implant aims to replace cashcards
News Worried about losing your cashpoint card? A US company is trying to persuade consumers that having an RFID chip implanted under your skin is the answer
Debian attacker may have used new exploit
News An as-yet-unknown security hole allowed the recent hack attack on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system project
PeopleSoft: And the bid goes on
Q&A Craig Conway explains why he thinks Oracle is buying time in its attempt to acquire PeopleSoft
Baltimore's death spells gloom for PKI
Analysis The final slide of Baltimore from a £7bn software powerhouse to a company whose only asset is £25m in cash, signals the failure of PKI technology to match the hype of the past few years
Humans beat AI in robot wars
News Virtual robots created by computers have taken on human-designed opponents in an online experiment
Foot-dragging firms slow down e-Britain
News Too many UK companies are holding back from going online, or not doing enough once they get there
Can StarOffice 7 compete with Microsoft Office?
Video CNET's Brian Cooley looks under the hood at the latest version of Sun's StarOffice 7, touted as a leaner and less-expensive alternative to the widely adopted Microsoft Office suite
ABO aims to out-compress JPEG
News Adaptive Binary Optimization claims to be able to compress files far smaller than methods like JPEG and MPEG, without losing data
Vietnam jails online activists
News Vietnam has been criticised by Amnesty Internation for the jailing of at least 10 'cyberdissidents'
