Previous DayUnions pour scorn on Vodafone layoffs
Others As Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin downplays the loss of 400 jobs, the unions hit back
NHS IT 'still on budget', but not at £6.2bn
News The NHS National Programme for IT is likely cost more like £20bn than £6.2bn, but the government insists that doesn't mean it's over budget
China battles rejection of wireless encryption algorithm
News The rejection of China's WAPI algorithm has sparked allegations of foul play
Microsoft bug-checking tools promise fewer crashes
News PreFast for Drivers and Static Driver Verifier can help fix flaws in driver source code, avoiding 'blue screens'
Qualcomm plans 'universal' mobile TV chip
News The Universal Broadcast Modem should help the interoperability of mobile technologies, even though it doesn't support one of the most popular standards around
Anger as UK government promotes US back-up firms
News A UK company was so unhappy that the government's Get Safe Online Web site only recommended US online back-up services that it forced a change of policy
Vodafone banks on cost cuts and convergence
News After announcing the biggest corporate loss in UK history, Vodafone is trying to reassure its investors with money-saving measures and plans for converged services
Court outlaws EU-US passenger data transfer
News The European Court of Justice judgement follows six pleas by the European Parliament, but it only goes so far
Microsoft considers taking admin rights from employees
News As the company fine-tunes Vista's User Access Control feature, it is experimenting with putting more limits on the access privileges of its internal staff
Enterprise-level Ubuntu Linux due this week
News The milestone release will be officially supported by the project for a longer period than previous versions, and will be billed as suitable for enterprise use
Tech giants get behind Byte Night '06
News The annual fundraising event will see representatives from tech giants CA, Dell, HP, Intel, Sun, Vodafone and many others supporting the cause
Microsoft investigating fake security email
News An email pretending to come from Microsoft appears to be infecting the credulous
DTrace reaches prime time on FreeBSD
News An effort to bring one of Solaris' most advanced features to FreeBSD has begun to pay off
Ubuntu coming soon to Sun's Niagara
News Canonical is also porting Ubuntu to Sun's hypervisor, which will allow Ubuntu and Solaris to run side-by-side
