Toshiba launches new 2.5in HDD drives

Toshiba has introduced two new high capacity 2.5 inch hard disk drives at 40 and 80GB. The drives have a claimed density of 64. ...more

Microsoft fills holes in big April security fix

Microsoft has released five patches covering multiple security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer in addition to flaws in Windows Explorer, Outlook Express, FrontPage Server Extensions and Data Access Components. The patches includes a cumulative fix IE which addresses the high profile 'CreateTextRange' flaw. This particular fix will be welcome to many businesses worried about tales of exploits circulating ever since the bug was publicly disclosed in March. ...more

Microsoft starts legal clampdown on counterfeiters

Microsoft is clamping down on counterfeiters and illegal sales of its products filing 10 suits in states across the US. Seven of the suits centre on the abuse of the Microsoft Action Pack Subscriptions (MAPS) programme, which gives retailers access to Microsoft's products in order to test them internally. However, it transpired that these products were being sold on to consumers through online auction sites such as eBay. ...more

European Commissioner denies Microsoft vendetta

The European Commissioner in the front line of Europe's battle with Microsoft has said she is not 'pursuing a vendetta' against the company. Nellie Kroes, Europe's Competition Commissioner was replying to a letter published in the Financial Times from a Microsoft business partner who accused the EU Commission of 'playing games' with the software giant. 'Far from pursuing a vendetta against Microsoft, the Commission's actions are guided by the desire to create the most innovation-friendly business climate in Europe to the ultimate benefit of European consumers,' Kroes wrote in response, to the same paper. ...more

Latest broadband dates announced

BT Wholesale has names 25 exchanges scheduled to be ADSL-enabled on 7 July. ...more