Canalys predicts smart phones to usurp PDAs

Research company Canalys has predicted that next year will see smart phones outselling handhelds by half a million. In the company's latest report, EMEA Mobile Device Trends 2003, Canalys predicts markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to see 3.3 million smart phone devices shipped, compared with 2. ...more

Malaysia gets tough on hackers

The Malaysian government is planning to get tough with hackers after its Web site was wiped out after Christmas. The hacker, known only as "topeira", wiped out the entire Malaysian government site at parliamen.gov. ...more

Firefox 2.0 alpha due next month

An alpha version of Firefox 2.0 should be released as a public beta next month. Although part of the long standing roadmap for the open source browser, the timetable was confirmed by the publication of the minutes of the Mozilla. ...more

BT to unwire 12 UK cities

BT has announced the deployment of five new city-centre Wi-Fi networks, taking the number of UK Wireless City installations to 12. The company plans to have the the first phase of all 12 deployments working by the end of March 2007. The five new cities are Sheffield, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Bristol and Glasgow, joining the seven named last year: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Westminster. ...more

Court decision buys Microsoft way out

Yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court to send the Microsoft antitrust case to a lower court first will give the software giant time to expand out of its core OS and application business. This is a key tactical victory for founder Bill Gates as it reduces the likelihood of a ruling to split up the company. The US Government wanted arguments on breaking up the company heard this winter, but justices voted against this by eight to one. ...more