BBC boss sees digital TV timescale slipping

When the analogue signal is switched off, all UK TV viewers will have to receive digital broadcasts, but the BBC's boss has warned that the timescales are slipping. The government's plan is for the whole of the UK to receive digital TV by 2010. A big incentive for this disruptive change will be the opportunity to auction off wavelengths, in the lucrative manner - the government will hope - of the 3G wireless licences. ...more

SCO website defaced in Thanksgiving attack

Controversial Unix company SCO suffered a series of outages and an embarrassing defacement of its website over the weekend. Over the extended Thanksgiving weekend, the company's www.sco. ...more

Google Maps gives Europe a good going over

Google has extended its street maps, driving directions and integrated local search service into mainland Europe. Google Maps now covers France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Street-maps have also been rendered for several other countries, though these have to be accessed via the countries listed above. ...more

IBM to offer E-mail Security Management Service to stamp on spam

IBM has gone into battle against the spammers with the announcement of its E-mail Security Management Services. Developed in conjunction with MessageLabs, the service aims to provide a 'first line of defence against' spam and virus threats. The service is claimed to scan and monitors both inbound and outbound email before it hits the customer's network, guarding against viruses via multiple scanners. ...more

Microsoft demos its new Pocket PC platform

The Microsoft take on PDA design has been revised, XP style, with Pocket PC 2002. With an official product launch date of 4 October, Microsoft is demo-ing Pocket PC 2002 at DEMOmobile 2001 in San Diego. As well as a new style of interface (pictured) there are three main thrusts to the development. ...more