Producing the Producer for PowerPoint

An add-on tool for Office XP helps take PowerPoint to the Web... ...more

New worm exploits ancient IE flaw

Sophos yesterday alerted users to the presence of a new worm, under the name of Gibe-F or Swen.A@mm. The worm exploits a vulnerability in MIME components of Internet Explorer, for which a patch was first issued in March 2001. ...more

AIMing for ICQ

The next version of AIM will be able to communicate with ICQ, the first time both these popular instant messenger's have been able to talk to each other. This is hardly unexpected as both are owned by AOL and it will strengthen AIM as it faces increasing competition from Microsoft's MSN Messenger. AIM has traditionally been strong in the US, while ICQ, the original messaging software, is more established internationally. ...more

Geek chic on the catwalk

Charmed Technology, a California-based spin-off of the MIT's Media Lab, has held a fashion show in London to promote its "wireless everywear" range of tech-accessories. The London show debuted prototypes of wearable computer products, such as jewellery endowed with discrete information capabilities. Examples included an infra-red enabled badge that would upload your business contacts to a Web page, saving you from laboriously typing them in to your PDA, and earrings that notify you when you receive email. ...more

Plans put on hold for pro SCO website

It's a no show for the proSCO.com website.. ...more