Vista still insecure, says security vendor
News PC Tools has released research to back up its claims that Vista is less secure Windows 2000, following Microsoft criticism [13:44 BST]
Gov't planning centralised communications database
News Privacy and security experts attack a scheme under consideration by the Home Office that would see a centralised database of all UK internet and telephony usage established [13:33 BST]
Coverity reveals common open-source code flaws
News A US Department of Homeland Security-funded project has listed some of the most frequent open-source coding errors [17:35 BST]
UK WiMax company buys Wi-Fi roaming firm
News Freedom4 has picked up Bozii, giving customers of the company formerly known as Pipex Wireless around 40,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to roam [17:03 BST]
Vendor warns of 'Chinese' website attacks
News Security vendor ScanSafe has warned IT professionals of a fresh wave of SQL injection attacks [16:54 BST]
Gartner: IT services market to grow despite recession
News Despite talk of a recession, the IT services market is doing just fine, according to an upcoming Gartner conference and report [15:15 BST]
The next move for Microsoft and Yahoo 
Video CNET News.com's Dan Farber and Charles Cooper discuss what the near future might bring for each company and ask: could Microsoft be interested in Facebook too? [13:15 BST]
WorldWide Telescope puts the universe on your PC 
Photos Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope software that lets amateur and professional stargazers explore the universe from their computers [12:54 BST]
Tech visionary foresees mobile-phone revolution
News At a RIM conference, inventor Ray Kurzweil predicted the changes coming to mobile phones, from speech-translation engines to hovering virtual displays [12:39 BST]
Google Health beta test launched
News The company has launched in the US a beta test of its Google Health service for archiving medical records and finding medical services [11:45 BST]
Gov't unveils Google Earth climate-change tool
News Using information from the Met Office and British Antarctic Survey, two new layers added to Google Earth predict the effects of climate change [09:05 BST]
SAP denies reducing SaaS investment
News The company says it is continuing to invest in software-as-a-service product suite Business ByDesign, but at a slower pace [08:47 BST]
SAP: Businesses to adopt 'collaborative' SOA
News Co-CEO Henning Kagermann has said collaborative working through service-oriented architecture tech represents the future for businesses [08:39 BST]
Lloyds TSB to offshore 450 IT jobs
News The bank is planning to offshore up to 250 permanent and 200 contractor IT posts to India, a trade union has warned [08:34 BST]
Developers launch anti-Phorm 'noise' tool
News A privacy group has launched an anti-targeted-advert tool in the shape of AntiPhormLite [19 May 2008]
- Not a true anti-Phorm Tool - Frank Rizzo
Dell names new CFO
News Brian Gladden, a former executive at General Electric, will become Dell's chief financial officer in mid-June [19 May 2008]
Motorola CTO and strategy chief leaves
News Rich Nottenburg, who was with Motorola for years as strategy chief and, more recently, chief technology officer, has left to 'be with his family' [19 May 2008]
Flaw found in power-plant software
News A vulnerability found in Wonderware SuiteLink could open a third of the world's industrial plants to a potential denial-of-service attack [19 May 2008]
First release candidate of Firefox 3 arrives
News Firefox 3 RC1 boasts user-interface enhancements, as developers get one of their last opportunities to ensure add-on compatibility before next month's final release [19 May 2008]
Developers snub Vista in favour of XP
News A survey has found a large majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system [19 May 2008]
- What is it about UAC that makes Vista so difficult? - Chris Rankin
- Developers snub Vista in favour of XP - ator1940
- What's so bad about Vista? - harpless
Nato staff get cyber-defence training centre
News The Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, based in Estonia, has been set up to carry out research and training in how to combat cyberwarfare [19 May 2008]
NHS IT leaving doctors 'thoroughly disillusioned'
News The National Audit Office and British Medical Association say an unachievable timetable for patient e-records has damaged confidence in NPfIT [19 May 2008]
Google Android developers push location-based apps
News Location-based apps featured prominently during the first round of judging for Google's Android Developer Challenge [19 May 2008]
Microsoft proposes alternative Yahoo deal
News The software maker is proposing a fresh transaction that would not involve the acquisition of all of Yahoo's assets [19 May 2008]
IBM introduces new hybrid blade
News The QS22 uses a mix of cell processors on blade technology to bring high-performance computing to small and medium-sized businesses [16 May 2008]
