IBM boosts group working for Notes, WebSphere and Workplace

To coincide with its annual LotusWorld conference in Florida, IBM has announced new software and services for its range of collaborative solutions. The highlights are increased interoperability which, IBM says, are based on open standards and better performance as well as a host of new features. IBM offers three product families for group working: - the tried and trusty Notes and Domino, the e-commerce solution WebSphere Portal and finally Workplace. ...more

EU states drag feet over implementing anti-spam laws

Many EU powerhouses behind the spam legislation have failed to make it national law. The E-Privacy Directive, which sets rules on the use of spam and cookies among other issues, has been ignored by eight EU countries, despite the EU setting a deadline of 31 October last year for it to be brought into national law. And it's not the more far-flung or recently-joined territories that are at fault, but rather Belgium - home of the EU and where the legislation was formulated - as well as France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Finland. ...more

Major EU countries ignore EU Directive deadline

The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against member states that failed to meet the 25 July deadline for implementing the Electronic Communications directive into national law. You might expect the culprits to be made up of recently acceded nations, such as Poland or the Czech Republic. Not so. ...more

FairADSL for a fiver

FairADSL is offering the first month's connection to its business service for ?5. The pocket-money opening gambit from the company is to entice new signups to its business services in the expected rush to broadband from businesses taking advantage of BT Retail chopping the costs by more than half. FairADSL's no-frills 512Kbit/sec business offerings are ?25. ...more

Lebreat virus author threatens stronger sequels

A virus author has threatened future versions will prove even more deadly. The latest version of the Lebreat worm has left a message within the code lambasting rival authors and promising to fine-tune the worm so that it is even more effective. The author says he will introduce a new engine into the virus, which has already seen multiple variants in its relatively short lifetime. ...more