UK jumps to third in list of ICT-savvy countries

Briitish business is becoming 'increasingly sophisticated' in its use of ICT according to The Department of Trade and Industry's International Benchmarking Study 2004. The UK is now said to be level pegging with Ireland and just behind Sweden in the survey of eleven leading nations in ICT. The 'sophistication index' is an aggregate of 50 indicators of attitude, awareness and deployment within each of the countries. ...more

Richard M. Stallman: GNU's not Linux

SCO's contract dispute with IBM has been accompanied by a smear campaign against the whole GNU/Linux system. But SCO made an obvious mistake when it erroneously quoted me as saying that "Linux is a copy of Unix." Many readers immediately smelled a rat--not only because I did not say that, and not only because the person who said it was talking about published ideas (which are uncopyrightable) rather than code, but because they know I would never compare Linux with Unix. ...more

Survey: men hog Internet access shock

A survey has shown that nearly two-thirds of those polled thought men hogged computers to access the Net. Presumably with the TV remote in hand.. ...more

NEC Computers launches the Versa T400

NEC Computers has launched its new Tablet PC - the Versa T400 - in the UK. Weighing 1kg and measuring 15mm in thickness, the machine also supports Voice over IP (VoIP). This enables mobile users to make calls and transfer voice data. ...more

Pentium 4 rides forth faster this Hallowe'en

Intel has announced the release of its P4 processor in late October at higher speeds than originally predicted. The Pentium chip will launch at speeds of 1.4 and 1. ...more