Previous DayRyanair Web site row takes off
News Ryanair is attempting to discover the identities of pilots said to have made remarks about the airline on a Web site
Can Hurd fix HP?
Comment Investors want improved results, and they want them now. Does HP's new chief have a realistic chance of turning the IT behemoth around?
HP: New chief, new era?
Analysis Round-up: Incoming CEO Mark Hurd worked wonders in his stint at NCR. Now he has to put that magic into play at a post-Fiorina HP
Torvalds advocates daily kernel performance tests
News Linus Torvalds wants the Linux development kernel to be put through its paces more frequently
European tech market facing consolidation
News IT giants from Asia and the US are likely to spend much of 2005 scrapping over European RFID, VoIP and Web services firms
Should the UN administer the Internet?
Q&A We talk to one of the key advocates of UN involvement in Internet governance about what might come out of the UN World Summit on the Information Society
Phishing attacks ease off
News Scammers appear to have slackened off bombarding people with identity theft emails
BT to miss 21st Century Network target
News With negotiations with telecommunications vendors still ongoing, it appears that BT won't be able to announce the companies who will power its massive network upgrade as soon as hoped
Siebel updates pay-as-you-go offering
News Brief: Siebel has integrated technology obtained in recent acquisitions into release seven of its CRM OnDemand software
Juniper makes $67.5m VoIP acquisition
News The networking firm has bought Kagoor Networks, whose technology should help telcos and enterprises switch to VoIP
Anti-patent campaigner hangs up his gloves
News NoSoftwarePatents.com's Florian Mueller is bowing out of the battle against software patents - the FFII will continue the struggle
Hurd choices at HP
Leader Mark Hurd is much more in HP's style than Fiorina ever was. This may help him make hard decisions that she deferred
Analysts: Hurd unlikely to split HP
News The votes are in, and the consensus is that Hurd will keep HP whole - though analysts aren't discounting the possiblity of an IBM-like sell-off of the PC division
HP's new CEO gets $5m for signing up
News A $2m signing bonus combined with a 'relocation allowance' of nearly $3m all serve to sweeten the deal for Mark Hurd, whose base salary at HP will be a mere $1.4m-a-year
Xerox WorkCentre C2424: a first look
Preview Xerox has launched the first solid-ink-based colour multifunction device, aimed at workgroups of up to 20 people.
Who is HP's new CEO?
Feature He's not that well known in the industry, but Mark Hurd seems to be a man of varied talents - he's even written a book
Lost: Data from 270,000 bank accounts
News Brief: A Japanese bank has mislaid the account details of 270,000 customers, after apparently struggling to integrate its systems
Is HP's new CEO the right man for the job?
Analysis Analysts are divided on the matter: the ex-NCR chief's record has given some faith, but others are questioning his credentials
Best practices for network security
Feature IT security is key to the financial sector. We look at the best practices for banks and see what the average user can learn from them
Why you should forget about customer satisfaction
Help/HowTo The idea of customer satisfaction is misleading for IT departments. A key to success is realising just how flawed that idea really is
Microsoft bankrupts the Spam King
News Scott Richter has filed for bankruptcy protection for his email marketing firm OptInRealBig.com, blaming a Microsoft lawsuit
IT fault cripples Barclays
News The problems that plagued Barclays' customers trying to use ATMs, phone banking and online services over the weekend have been blamed on a hardware problem
Further Norton embarrassment for Symantec
News Two new flaws in Norton AntiVirus have surfaced, adding to the beleaguered program's woes
HP refreshes server lines
News The x86-based server market leader is no longer going to sell eight-processor machines, as it believes they will be eclipsed by the next generation of four-processor servers
New mass-mailer on the march
News The Mytob mass-mailing worm looks to be both spreading and evolving rapidly
Revamped top-end Xeons unveiled
News Intel has been showing off its new top-of-the-line server processors in San Francisco. They use 64-bit technology and are intended for multiprocessor servers
WorldMate 2005 Professional Edition
Review If you're a frequent business traveller, WorldMate 2005's travel-management tools can help to make your trip a smooth one.
HP picks new leader to follow Fiorina
News Mark Hurd has accepted the challenge of transforming HP's fortunes, and making it a bigger player in the IT services and software market
