Previous DayNo dot-com for son, says China
News A programmer in China has been prevented from naming his baby son Zhao.com
Patent intervention gives Poland the popular vote
News More than 25,000 people have registered their signatures on a Web site to thank Poland for stopping the EU from ratifying the patent directive last week
Microsoft settlement deadline approaches
News Companies and consumers who want their share of Microsoft's settlement with California have a week left to make their claims
LocustWorld: Swarming over the traditional telcos
Feature UK start-up LocustWorld could take on the traditional telcos using innovative mesh networking technology
Tech support for your parents
Buyer's Guide Visiting the parents at New Year? If you're likely to get a request for technical support, read our handy guide first.
Migrating to desktop Linux? Take a look at Norway
Feature Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has demanded evidence that desktop Linux is gaining ground: Norway's second city Bergen has the answer
Tsunami tragedy: World turns to the Web
News Charities are using the Internet to bring in donations quickly, as bloggers bring eyewitness accounts from the disaster area
Smartphone virus code published online
News The source code for the Cabir virus has been posted on the Web, leading to concerns that we may soon see the virus in the wild
eBay brings down the hammer on Microsoft Passport
News Microsoft Passport is no longer welcome at eBay, as the single sign-in service continues to lose partners
Linux distro tackles spam
News Astaro claims to have added sophisticated spam-blocking features in the latest version of its distribution, but security experts say it's nothing new
Spammers undeterred by Can-Spam Act
News Despite the federal law that came into being at the beginning of 2004, US spammers show no signs of slowing down
JVC trials Blu-ray/DVD combo disc
News As the DVD format battle contines, JVC has entered the fray with a combination disc that has a capacity of 33.5GB
Gartner gobbles up rival
News Brief: The research firm has paid $162m for Meta Group, a move it says will help it boost profits
Windows XP flaw opens door to Trojan attack
News The 'Phel' program works through Internet Explorer's 'Help' controls to allow an infection passed from a Web site to open up an infected computer to external control
Win three AMD Athlon 64 CPUs
News Day eleven of ZDNet UK's Twelve Days of Christmas mega competition gives you a chance to win one of three AMD's high-end 64-bit processors
