Free digital signatures for all

The Post Office will begin issuing free digital signatures to members of the public later this year. The move will increase the security of online communications, and allow recipients to verify that e-mail messages were really written by the apparent author. Wide use of digital signatures would mean an end to hoax messages seemingly sent from Tesco, Bill Gates and others. ...more

IBM leads HP for server market share

IBM leads the way when it comes to making money out of servers, according to analysts. Both Gartner and IDC research groups place IBM at the top of the revenue pile for the third quarter of 2006. Both use slightly different metrics for measuring performance. ...more

Microsoft Produces PowerPoint 2003 add-on

Just in time for the launch of Office System - with its six editions, eleven applications and four servers - comes the final release of another Office add-on, Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint 2003. This is a free add-on for adding audio and video to PowerPoint presentations that can be viewed over the Web via a browser. Although there is integration with Windows Media 9 Series technologies, Microsoft claims there is cross-platform support for Mac and Netscape users. ...more

Proposals for .xxx domains neutered

Prospects for the proposed .xxx domain have drooped. At an international meeting of ICANN's governmental advisory committee in New Zealand, plans to create an 'adult' content domain have been scotched, reports Australian IT. ...more

New laptop chip from ATI

The Radeon 9000 graphics processor will now appear in mobile form... ...more