Information Technology

As expected, Microsoft has this week spelt out what system requirements are needed to take full advantage of the new features in its forthcoming Vista operating system

BT has teamed up with semiconductor giant Intel to start the UK’s largest rollout of Wi-Fi public access wireless LAN services

Researchers at Mitsubishi Electric, NEC and the University of Tokyo claim to have made a breakthrough in a new technique for very secure data communications

Computers in 11 UK universities and research laboratories have been employed in the fight against avian flu

A joint venture communications research centre between Nokia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will investigate the implications of the Semantic Web for mobile Internet applications

AMD aims to reduce power and cooling demands in computer data centres with the launch of the Green Grid Consortium

A computer expert believes there are changes which need to be made to the Internet to make it more useful as an information resource

A DTI-funded project is to be created to provide a UK-wide focus to address a number of important information security challenges, including cyber crime, identity management and biometrics

As Microsoft struggles to comply with the European Commission’s 2004 anti-trust judgement, the company is now facing the threat of further legal action over its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system

Lax control over Internet use and emails by UK companies is leading to security breaches, with the problem second only to viruses, according to a survey led by PricewaterhouseCoopers