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  • Security problems open Microsoft's Wallet

    The company insists that its Passport authentication system can keep customers' financial data safe. But an open-source programmer is pointing out holes in that assertion.

  • Microsoft tests Web news service

    Microsoft has started testing an international news search service in competition with Google's, upping the ante in the hotly contested Web search market.

  • The Internet: Saviour of the planet?

    The revolution in communications, sparked by the Internet, might be experiencing growing pains but its one-to-one commerce points to a greener future.

  • 10 myths of wireless

    If modern wireless mythology is to be believed, it won't be long before everything in the business world will be linked to the Internet and remotely controlled via mobile phone. It's time to come back to reality.

  • Net revolution poised to pounce on TV

    The Internet revolution is moving to television, forcing companies to adopt interactive strategies for a medium that for the first time merges advertising, entertainment and electronic commerce into a single platform.

Features and Case Studies (15)

  • Mobile comms: can you predict the future?

    Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.

  • Microsoft eyes ads as consumers close wallets

    Although Office and Windows continue to produce vast revenue and profits for Microsoft, some of the company's other well-known consumer titles are generating only a trickle of business.

  • Criminal gangs turn to blackmailing the average user

    While criminal gangs are more widely associated with threatening denial of service attacks unless they get a kickback of thousands of pounds, it seems some are taking a more small-scale approach to extortion: now average PC users are being targeted.

  • Stopping spam at the source

    New anti-spam technology standards are on the way that promise to hit spammers where it hurts the most -- their wallets.

  • Longhorn could be tough sell for Microsoft

    After five years without a major update to Windows, Microsoft will find plenty of willing buyers for Longhorn next year. Or will it?

Reviews (12)

  • O2 Xda Atom Exec

    An incremental upgrade to the Atom, the Atom Exec is an incredibly feature-rich, well-designed smartphone.

  • Norton SystemWorks 2006 Premier

    The core utilities in Norton SystemWorks 2006 Premier lack newer options found elsewhere; some older utilities are simply deficient; it leaves Windows 98 and Me users out in the cold.

  • Nokia 6220

    The Nokia 6220 is a lightweight, average looking mobile phone that will appeal to users looking for function over a flashy form. Read our Australian review.

  • Nokia 6800

    The Nokia 6800 is a very stylish phone with the best embedded keyboard we've ever seen in a mobile. Check out our Australian review.

  • Dell's 3Ghz monster

    What do you get when you put every high-performance component you can find into a sleek, charcoal case and top it off with an 18-inch digital monitor? Dell's Dimension 8250.

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