Microsoft pushes hybrid SaaS model
News The company has told partners customers will increasingly adopt hybrid models of on-site software and software as a service [09:05 BST]
Synchronised, multi-vendor DNS patches released
News Companies including Microsoft and Cisco have released patches for a fundamental flaw within the Domain Name System [08:21 BST]
Fibre broadband demands more bandwidth
News A study by the FTTH Council Europe has found households with fibre to the home currently drive three times more traffic than those with ADSL [09:42 BST]
Nokia urges users to recycle mobile phones
News Research by the company claims only three percent of users recycle their old mobile phones, with most devices left at home unused [09:35 BST]
Gov't ditches £10.8m e-passport scheme
News The Identity and Passport Service has abandoned plans for any further investment in the troubled EPA2 scheme [08:34 BST]
NXP sues university over 'Oyster crack'
News The company behind the Mifare Classic chipset is to sue Radboud University in an attempt to stop it publishing a paper detailing the alleged cracking of the Oyster smartcard [08 Jul 2008]
- Oyster crack - harpless
EU committee gives 'file-sharing' law go-ahead
News The Telecoms Package, which still needs to pass a September vote, could have its wording tightened to avoid being used for a copyright crackdown, experts suggest [08 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog airs Google Street View concerns
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said Google may be breaching data-protection legislation by showing people's faces on Street View [08 Jul 2008]
3 disables data roaming to avoid bill shock
News The operator's customers who want to roam in European countries other than Austria, Denmark, Italy and Sweden must now opt in to do so [08 Jul 2008]
Lords presses government for data-breach law
News The House of Lords has again urged the government to introduce a data-breach notification law, adding that banks should be liable for e-fraud losses [08 Jul 2008]
DWP attacked over delays to benefit-fraud IT system
News The Public Accounts Committee has accused the Department for Work and Pensions of failing to measure benefit fraud properly because of its tardiness in improving IT systems [08 Jul 2008]
Linux coder reportedly leads police to wife's body
News Reports say the Linux programmer Hans Reiser, who has been convicted of murdering his wife, has finally shown police where she is buried [08 Jul 2008]
Spammers gearing up for Beijing Olympics
News A Symantec report has highlighted a series of spam messages seeking to exploit interest in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games [08 Jul 2008]
NHS trusts face independent data-handling audits
News The Department of Health is pressing for independent audits of NHS trust data-handling measures, to replace self-assessments [08 Jul 2008]
Foreign Office overspend sees IT projects trimmed
News Overspending on two Foreign and Commonwealth Office IT projects has led to spending on other tech schemes being curtailed [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft, Icahn plot Yahoo takeover
News The software maker has said it may reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo, on the condition that Carl Icahn's board slate is elected in August [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attacks targeting Access
News A vulnerability in the ActiveX control for a feature in Office Access is being used for targeted but limited attacks, the company has said [08 Jul 2008]
- Microsoft warns of ActiveX attacks - ator1940
Resellers: Cisco not tackling counterfeit products
News The company is refusing to engage with resellers to tackle counterfeit Cisco products available through online auctions, according to some resellers [07 Jul 2008]
EU telecoms vote prompts file-sharing fears
News Experts suggest the wording of some recently added amendments to a parcel of laws might make it possible for EU governments to force ISPs to disconnect file-sharers [07 Jul 2008]
Cutting datacentre costs main driver for virtualisation
News IDC research claims 90 percent of European companies that have adopted virtualisation have done so to cut datacentre costs [07 Jul 2008]
PC World claims UK first with Atom netbook
News The retailer claims to be the first in the country to offer a netbook using the Atom chip — the Advent 4211, a rebadged version of the MSI Wind [07 Jul 2008]
- Too bad - dwr50
- Something's not quite right... - Mark
Google homepage link mollifies privacy campaigners
News Privacy bodies have welcomed the addition of a link on Google's homepage to the company's Privacy Center web page [07 Jul 2008]
O2: iPhone 3G to take enterprise by storm
News Apple's UK iPhone partner is confident the 3G device will receive a warm welcome among businesses both large and small, in every sector [07 Jul 2008]
- No 02 coverage at my work location - rickfry
India's BlackBerry dispute sparks privacy concerns
News The data-encryption row between BlackBerry-maker RIM and India signals the need to evolve an international data-security agreement, say experts [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband to spur fibre rollout
News The regulator says the popularity of mobile broadband may encourage fixed-line operators to distinguish themselves competitively by investing in next-gen infrastructure [07 Jul 2008]
