Enter the Authority Network 2004 survey and WIN! Be in the running for $9,000 worth of great prizes from Mitsubishi Diamond Digital and HP just by completing our 2004 survey. Help us serve you better by sharing what is important to you and your business. Enter Now!

Microsoft puts out IE patch early
Microsoft has made good on recent promises to plug the hole in Internet Explorer that Russian hackers used last month by issuing a patch that fixed that flaw as well as two others. More...

Ericsson adds second enterprise distributor
Ericsson has signed a second authorised distributor for its enterprise line of products in Australia. More...

Citrix collects sale details in reseller reward scheme
Citrix has begun encouraging its resellers to register details about potential sales in advance, in an initiative it claims will circumvent drive-by shootings and help keep margins up. More...

Big time spammer shut down by CAN-SPAM
A US federal court last week shut down a big-time Florida spammer and froze his assets, using the CAN-SPAM Act to put a stop to his mass mailings. More...

Ballmer to Google: 'We will compete'
Microsoft upped the ante in its search-engine challenge to Google last week by demonstrating new technology that allows a user to search both the web and a PC's hard drive. More...

Windows-to-Linux migration hits speed bump in Munich
The proposed operating-system migration of the City of Munich's 14,000 desktops from Microsoft to Linux was placed in jeopardy last week, when a Munich alderman petitioned the Bavarian city's mayor to examine the status of software patents in the European Community. More...