More vendors report SP2 woes
Glitches between Windows XP Service Pack 2 and critical applications continue to emerge. More...

HP's 64-bit milestone: Itanium passes the Alpha
Hewlett-Packard's two major 64-bit processor families running the OpenVMS operating system - the aging Alpha and the emerging Itanium - have reached "the crossover point" in which the Itanium now surpasses the Alpha in most performance testing, according to a presentation given at HP World. More...

IE flaw affects Windows XP SP2 Systems
Another flaw in Internet Explorer has been uncovered by Danish security firm Secunia, which said that the gaffe left all users open to attack, even those who had updated Windows XP with the massive Service Pack 2 upgrade. More...

LAN switches market ebbs
The global market for local area network switches dipped by two percent in the second quarter, but sales for the year were still expected to be higher than last year, a market research firm said last week. More...

KDE launches 3.3 Linux desktop
The open source KDE Project updated its Linux desktop system to version 3.3 last week, adding several new minor applications, integrating its personal information management tools more tightly, and fixing over 6000 bugs. More...