Previous DayA beginner's guide to threading in C#
Feature Using multiple threads can help you achieve greater performance, scalability, and responsiveness in your applications -- but you need to be careful
Microsoft set to acquire Navision
Feature Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Navision on May 7. This comes on the heels of its purchase last year of Great Plains
KPNQwest network remains up while customers leave
News A skeleton team will keep KPNQwest running till its customers have alternative services. The company no longer expects to be sold
Sony VAIO PCV-RX301
Review The RX301 is a surprisingly affordable Sony desktop that can handle relatively undemanding multimedia content creation tasks.
When hacking competitions go wrong
News A hacking contest that promised $100,000 as first prize appears to have been weighted so heavily against competitors that some decided to hack the competition rather than the target server
Red Hat defends controversial patent applications
News The Linux distributor, known for its opposition to software patents, condemns patents in general, but still argues that it must build up its own defensive arsenal
Study warns of open-source security danger
News An upcoming study from a conservative US think-tank will warn that open-source software such as Linux could put e-commerce, air traffic control systems and national defence at risk
Compression box boosts network bandwidths
News Compressing wide area network traffic has always been technically possible, but has not been widely implemented. A new device from Peribit could help change that
UK broadband reaches two-thirds of population
News Two-thirds of the UK population can now get ADSL, according to BT, but many people in rural areas remain excluded
UnitedLinux won't tip Red Hat
News Four Linux companies are banding together to create a common base for business software, but analysts aren't worried about the impact on Red Hat
The interview: Strategies for fielding common questions
News Goofing up on an interview can not only cost you a job offer; in the worst-case scenario, it can also make you feel like a complete idiot
Creative ships tiny digital-amp speakers
News The portable speakers are the size of a slim paperback, and use digital amplification for better sound and more efficient battery use
Web firms 'must learn from cookie close shave'
News European politicians have backed away from bringing in tough restrictions on the use of cookies, but Web sites should strive to reassure users about online privacy
KPNQwest collapse threatens Europe's Net
News KPNQwest, which carries a quarter of IP traffic in Europe, looks likely to shut down today, taking its network and a large chunk of bandwidth with it
News Schmooze: Linux unites, partly
News Linux vendors joined forces, pirates ripped Eminem, and Carnivore went vegetarian
NEC MobilePro 300E
Review The MobilePro 300E is reasonably specified and well priced, and will only disappoint those who must have CompactFlash expansion built in as well as SD.
IR struggles after tax details leaked online
News The Inland Revenue cannot say when its self-assessment tax tool will be back online after it was shut down when individuals' tax details were exposed
Openwave gets to the source
News The wireless software maker is to release some of its source code through SourceForge
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Wednesday 29/05/2002 As Stephen Byers is transported to the Mandy Retirement Home -- or whatever it is that happens to blameless ministers that nonetheless feel it necessary to resign -- the...
BSA warns on downloading copyright dangers
News A survey of Web users indicates that more than half have downloaded software without paying, even if the product is copyrighted
Amazon sees value in used goods
News Secondhand goods are proving a moneyspinner for Amazon, and the e-commerce site is now to pay commission to affiliate Web sites
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment A new e-commerce minister is appointed, levitation gets technical and Dr Sbaitso is back in town...
The next hacker target: instant messaging
Comment Just as we're learning to guard ourselves against email viruses, hackers have found a new target: instant-messaging apps. How can you protect yourself? Stop using the usual IM clients - for starters.
Taiwan schools to enjoy free StarOffice 6.0
News Sun has donated StarOffice software to schools and universities across Taiwan
IBM data scrambler protects online privacy
News IBM's Privacy Research Institute has developed software to scramble customer data so that market researchers can gain information without infringing privacy
Slip on a bulletproof PC
News Wearable PCs are used by the US Army in noncombat positions - and now a bulletproof version is being developed for those in the field
IBM: Give hard drives the boot?
News Big Blue has announced the iBoot, storage technology that uses a network of remote disk drives rather than internal hard drives
Five years ago: End is nigh for Pentium Pro
News Last Friday may have been a black one for Intel but the firm remains bullish on acceptance of its new chips which have been appearing with the rapidity of machine gun fire this year
