2006 - The most popular news stories

We present the news stories that drew the greatest traffic across the course of the year, month by month. They might not have been the most significant or insightful stories, but they were the ones that were the ones that garnered the most clicks, according to the stats ground out and sifted by our hosting company's very own super computer. January 1. ...more

HP gives a hand to SMBs over security worries

HP is tackling the small business sector over security, publishing a blueprint through which businesses can deploy tried and tested solutions to shore up their IT infrastructure. As part of the Smart Office for small and mid-sized businesses, HP has built up a five-layer tool-kit with the help of its partners that sets out just what businesses need to do and how to accomplish it. First up is the issue of allowing access to IT resources. ...more

Hitachi creates worlds smallest IC

Hitachi has debuted what it describes as the world's smallest integrated circuit. The chip is part of a newly emerging generation of wireless IC chips that one day may replace bar codes on packaging. Measuring just 0. ...more

Mozilla 1.7 moves out of beta

The Mozilla Organisation has announced the Release Candidate 1 version of its eponymous, standards-based combined Web browser and email and chat client. Mozila 1.7 is described as the next stable version, and will form the basis for new versions of the Firefox and Camino browsers and Thunderbird email client. ...more

Newspaper body threatens Google News

An organisation of newspapers is howling with rage that its members are being featured on Google News. The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is to examine how they can assert their rights regarding copyright and compensation, and have threatened to take legal action over copyright infringement and brand enforcement. At root, the WAN wants 'fair compensation' to copyright holders. ...more