Leader: Tis the season to be litigious
As the world of mobile and wireless teaches us

AT&T; webcast alert system has eye on security
Be in the know, 24-hours per day...

Microsoft gets email injunction from Visto
'You want the patents, you got to pay for them'

BUPA bets £5m on .NET web services
With the help of SI Edenbrook

Re:Viewing 2005: Mobile and wireless
'Look to the future now, it's only just begun'

Google to buy Opera?
'Take that, IE 7'

Is fraud being beaten by the e-tailers?
Little growth as online shops tighten the security screws

CIO Agenda: The 2006 IT shopping list
IT governance and compliance steal security's top spot

Hunt is on for new government CIO
Ian Watmore gets new job as Prime Minister's "key" adviser

Opinion: Don't forget security when you wrap up for Christmas
Time for a government campaign?

File tax return early to beat "heavy web traffic"
Another last-minute online filing rush predicted

Video: Meetup CEO on the web's "power to organise"
Pleased to meet'cha dot-com...

Gates tops list of most-admired business chiefs
And the runner-up is...

How helping hands from the IT industry are giving something back
A children's hospital is transformed...

Photos: Art work by students at Chelsea Children's Hospital School
Animation, animation, animation...

IT pros help educate London kids
Case study: Lilian Baylis becomes a technology specialist school

Adobe opts for put-it-in-your-diary patch days
Now where did they get that idea?

Apple buries hatchet with 'Tiger leaker' trio
Peace at last?

Google Music: Search for songs, artists, CDs...
... then buy tunes from iTunes, Amazon and others

Orange embraces wi-fi
3G, wi-fi and GPRS combo as New Year's resolution

Tech recycling laws delayed yet again
The government says the latest delay is 'regrettable' but claims more time is needed to get the process right

Orange promises cheaper, simpler roaming
Roaming Rip-Offs: Following ZDNet UK's campaign against extortionate data roaming charges, Orange promises to make it easier to understand and cheaper, though it cannot yet say by how much

Google's enterprise credentials talked up
The search firm fears that it's not seen as a serious player in the corporate search market thanks to its deep consumer roots

OneCare runs into tracking trouble
Microsoft still has to get the hang of the 'black art' of ensuring its security software plays well with others

Massachusetts continues OpenDocument debate
Microsoft, IBM and Sun have locked horns in an open debate about the definition and purpose of open standards

Google releases customisation APIs
In part of its ongoing push for mindshare among Web users and developers, Google has expanded the customisation options available for its personalised homepages

Predictable patching on the way from Adobe
Customers 'don't like to be surprised', according to an Adobe executive

Apple settles final Tiger suit
The legal brouhaha over leaks of details of Apple's OS from earlier this year has finally come to a close

Sun attacks Microsoft's 'open' efforts
Sun's chief open source officer has lambasted Microsoft's effort to have Office 12 'rubber stamped'

Seagate invests in nanotech
The storage manufacturer is putting £170m into developments including thin film technology

IBM lures VCs and their start-ups
The 'Ventures in Collaboration' programme aims to lower licensing costs and aid start-up companies with ambition

New service aims to help developing world in research
Time Equals Knowledge, the joint development between MIT and Elsevier, plans to give scientists in developing nations better access to research

RFID may become a $3bn business by 2010
It has taken a while to get here, but RFID is a technology now ready for take-off, say analysts Gartner

Microsoft begins testing Exchange 12
The latest version of Microsoft's flagship email and calendar software has been released to 1,400 corporate customers

Ariba and Am Ex launch procurement product in UK
AP Plus benefits both suppliers and buyers, eliminating the need for third party point-of-sale systems

Photos: Honda robot runs circles around competition
The second-generation Asimo can now run around at up to 6km per hour and even push a trolley

Intel to start New Year with new chip
Processor giant plans to kick-off 2006 with the release of the Yonah notebook processor, following with a focus on PCs for the living room

HP on the road to recovery
Chief executive Mark Hurd spells out strategy for recovery and key growth areas for Wall Street

Microsoft patches serious IE flaws
Microsoft has provided a fix for a 'critical' security flaw in Windows that allows an attacker to take complete control of affected systems

$100 laptop to be built in Taiwan
Quanta has won the contract to manufacture the laptop for Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop per Child organisation