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  • 16 June 2006

  • News: Gates will leave Microsoft in 2008

    Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said yesterday he will step out of his daily role at Microsoft in July 2008 so he can take on a full-time role at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

  • 15 June 2006

  • Opinion: Detention to be proud of

    One of the more popular topics for complaint among PCA readers is spam. And, given the level of spamming that we suffer ourselves, we can’t say we’re surprised.

  • News: CEO of NHS software supplier quits

    A major software company involved in the government's overhaul of its health care IT system has seen its chief executive officer resign.

  • News: Microsoft flaws exploited within 24 hours

    A day after the release of patches for 21 Microsoft vulnerabilities, attack code has appeared on the internet, according to warnings from security firms.

  • News: ITC investigates Apple in patent case

    The US International Trade Commission will investigate claims that Apple's iPod infringes a patent claimed by Creative, the so-called 'Zen patent'.

  • News: AOL starts testing AIM workplace version

    AOL has begun publicly testing AIM Pro PE (Professional Edition), a version of its AIM instant-messaging service for workplace users, the ISP announced yesterday.

  • News: ActiveX reprieve for some customers

    Users who are unprepared for changes that Microsoft has made to the way its Internet Explorer browser handles ActiveX can get a reprieve, the company said yesterday.

  • News: Criminals make more use of malicious code

    Drive-by downloads have become the tools of ever more organised professional criminals, who typically use networks of thousands of otherwise innocuous websites to plant malicious code on users' systems.

  • News: Netscape morphs into 'social news' site

    AOL has repositioned its Netscape.com portal as a "social news" website where users and Netscape.com staffers can post, vote for, tag and review articles.

  • News: Virus count drops in email, Sophos says

    The proportion of email messages that contain malware has fallen for the first six months this year compared to the same period last year, Sophos PLC said yesterday.

  • 14 June 2006

  • News: Manage appointments with Outlook's calendar

    Here's how to manage business appointments using Outlook 2007's calendar.

  • Opinion: eBay finds a use for Skype

    Ebay is integrating VoIP provider Skype, which it it bought last year, into its auctions.

  • News: Elonex may yet live on

    Elonex Computers may be in financial difficulties, but it’s not necessarily beaten yet according to official information the company’s administrators released this afternoon.

  • News: The hard-labour truth about iPods

    Low-paid workers toil long hours at Hon Hai's Longhua, China, plant to produce Apple's popular iPod nano music player. The monthly salary of these workers is around £27.

  • News: Google adds photo Web Albums to Picasa

    Google has added a new online photo-sharing feature to Picasa, the free software that lets users organize digital photos on their computers.

  • News: Unpatched PCs face massive risks

    In one of the largest security updates since moving to a monthly patch release cycle, Microsoft yesterday issued 12 bulletins detailing fixes for 21 separate vulnerabilities in a wide range of products.

  • News: eBay adds VoIP facility

    eBay will begin its integration of Skype's VoIP service with its US auction site next week, giving sellers the option to add a 'Skype Me' button alongside their product listings, eBay announced today.

  • News: Low-cost 3G phone contest

    This weekend the number of GSM mobile-phone users worldwide is expected to reach 2 billion and the GSM Association is making plans to ensure that a healthy portion of the next billion customers will use third-generation phones, the organisation said this week.

  • News: Windows Live gets more lively

    Microsoft officially launched its developer site for its Windows Live services at Tech Ed in Boston this week.

  • News: Microsoft leaves 98 to the hackers

    Microsoft has defended its decision not to patch a critical security flaw in Windows 98.

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