Robots head for the sun

We've had robots that look like dogs, robots that look like cats, robots that even look like people. There have also been big robots that make cars and small robots that can pirouette on a ten-penny piece. Now there's a range of solar-powered bots for those of you who fancy a dabble in the world of robotics. ...more

Eclipse shadows 8meg Net rollout

Eclipse Internet is the latest ISP to tweak its high-speed broadband offering. It is offering two different up-to-8Mbps packages designed to allow Net users to allow to choose the type of service that best suits their needs. The Evolution service combines unlimited monthly traffic with varying degrees of what the ISP describes as 'sensing and adapting to busy service conditions' designed to optimise performance during peak hours. ...more

Microsoft acquires managed email security company

Microsoft has announced an agreement to acquire managed email security company FrontBridge. California-based FrontBridge is privately held, and financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal complements Microsoft's earlier acquisition of security company Sybari, meaning Microsoft can now go to the enterprise offering them both in-house and managed security solutions. ...more

Egg and Ebookers defy dotbomb clich

Despite many glitches and a still ropey tech market, online bank Egg is showing strong growth. The firm, an offshoot of the Prudential that was floated in June 2000, increased its customer base by sixty per cent in the last year as the Egg credit card became increasingly popular. It now has 1. ...more

Linux prospers from peer-review of code

Experience is the key to secure code finds a company reviewing the Linux kernel for security. Code analysis specialist Coverity has published the results of four year's of investigation into the source code and found that bugs and breaches continue to decline in the core components of the kernel code, despite a growing code base. Most of the serious breaches now occur outside of the key Linux technologies in areas such as drivers. ...more