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  • News: Vista Premium makes a hit in first week

    Early sales figures suggest that consumers are purchasing the premium versions of Windows Vista rather than the most basic version of the OS

  • News: US hospital loses computer records

    Johns Hopkins university and hospital has announced that backup tapes containing payroll data on 52,000 workers and medical information on 83,000 patients were lost last month, and are thought to have been destroyed.

  • News: New Firefox 3.0 version released

    Mozilla has released the second alpha release of Firefox 3.0, with the new Gran Paradiso build of the internet browser now available for web application developers to download.

  • News: First look: Windows Mobile 6.0

    Microsoft's recently announced Windows Mobile 6.0 software for smartphones is a step forward for the company, offering some important improvements over previous versions of the software. But just how good is the new software?

  • News: Toyota unveils iPod-compatible cars

    Toyota's Scion brand has unveiled its 2008 models, and announced that iPod connectivity is now standard across the product line.

  • News: Watford Electronics bought out

    Watford Electronics, which owns the PC brands Aries, Carrera, Demonite, Time and Tiny as well as the Savastore.com website, has been bought out by Globally.

  • News: Third 'iPhone' alternative launched

    Samsung Electronics has become the third company in almost as many weeks to show a handset with an iPhone-like touchscreen display. In unveiling the F700, Samsung joins Apple and LG Electronics - which announced its K850 Prada handset – in hitting the market.

  • News: Vodafone & Orange deal to boost 3G coverage

    Vodafone and Orange plan to boost high-speed mobile internet access coverage across the UK by merging their 3G networks.

  • News: Lycos launches video & social-networking tool

    Lycos is set to go after a portion of the popular online-video and social-networking spaces today by launching a service that lets users create video playlists composed of footage from several websites.

  • News: Weak passwords really do help hackers

    Four Linux computers with weak passwords were hit by some 270,000 intrusion attempts - about one attempt every 39 seconds, during a 42-day period, according to a new study.

  • News: Web host runs Windows & Linux concurrently

    Netfirms, a Canadian web-hosting company, said yesterday that it would begin letting customers build and host websites running both Windows and Linux applications at the same time. The company said its decision was based on increased demand for such sites from web developers and their clients.

  • News: Banks could pass on phishing losses to customers

    The failure of customers to secure their own money during internet transactions could potentially lead banks to pass off the responsibility of financial losses back to the customer. User education for online banking customers on how to avoid phishing scams has failed, according to Paul Henry, senior vice president of Secure Computing. This form of commonsense defence has failed to work time and time again, he added.

  • News: Windows Mobile 6.0 to get Office

    Windows Mobile 6.0, the upcoming version of Microsoft's mobile operating system will be unveiled next week. Aiming to make it a must-have upgrade, Microsoft is to include Office on the OS.

  • News: Microsoft tackles IE7 phishing flaw

    Microsoft has quietly released a patch aimed at improving the performance of Internet Explorer 7's phishing filter ahead of the company's regular patching schedule, which occurs on the second Tuesday of every month.

  • News: iPhone posturing planned for 3GSM

    Mobile phone companies are set to pinpoint weaknesses in Apple's iPhone at next week's 3GSM World Congress

  • News: iPods to be banned from NY streets

    Planned legislation in New York could ban people from crossing the road while listening to an iPod.

  • News: Entry-level mobiles hit $30

    Handset makers continue to drive down the cost of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) handsets, making them more affordable to customers in developing markets, such as India and China.

  • News: Flexible phone screen to launch next week

    If you're one of those wireless users who like small handsets but detest small displays, you'll like this: a mobile phone with a rollable display.

  • News: Gaming improves your eyesight

    Playing high-action video games for a few hours each day can improve your vision, according to researchers in the US. But an eye expert in the UK has called their findings into question.

  • News: Vodafone to put MySpace app on phones

    Vodafone is counting on the MySpace.com to drive its UK customers to use its mobile phones for more than just talking. The two companies have struck a deal today to distribute software for updating a MySpace user profile from a mobile phone.