Vietnam's communications sector is going through rapid change.
Infotech: counterfeit Cisco equipment seized in raids
You think you can trust the name on the box but raids by two US agencies have shown that you need to be sure of the source of your kit, not just what it declares itself to be.
Comms: after bendy glasses and buses, here comes the bendy phone
We are getting closer to the truly wearable computer as Nokia shows its flexible phone.
IT Security: data sticks a growing menace
It used to be easy: all you had to do was install a PC on a desktop and not put in a floppy drive or a CD writer. Then it was physically impossible for employees to steal your data without it passing through your network monitoring devices. But...
Infotech: The Net's not working as expected.
The whole design of the internet was supposed to make it so that a break in one place would mean that communications continued to work. After recent cable breaks disrupted global traffic, YouTube says that its latest problems arose with an ISP i...
ICANN ("Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers")'s system to help consumers is being exploited by fraudsters and others, r...
Infotech: UK plans to ban illegal downloaders
It's a good way to get headlines, but surely the British government's plan to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet is unworkable.
Infotech: Yahoo yoyo continues
MS says it's made a knockout offer for Yahoo! Yahoo says "get lost, big boy - the price ain't right." MS expresses dismay. Confused? Yo...
InfoTech: will two losers make a winner?
The only surprising thing about Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! is that it has taken so long.
Tech: MySQL sold to Sun
Sun Microsystems has tightened its hold on the internet and open source software with a deal that gives heart to developers, but concern to users...
