1. Viruses plague British businesses

Computer viruses are the single biggest cause of security problems for UK businesses, a survey by the Department of Trade and Industry shows.
The study found almost 50% of the biggest security breaches suffered by companies in the last two years were due to infection by malicious programs.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Feb 28 2006


2. Microsoft to offer 6 versions of Windows Vista

Microsoft Corp. plans six core offerings of its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, targeting how people use computers instead of PC hardware specifications, the company said on Monday.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Feb 27 2006


3. Open-Source 'Higgins' Project Takes on Microsoft's InfoCard

IBM, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Novell and Parity Communications on Feb. 27 announced that they are contributing code to an open-source initiative, code-named the Higgins Project, which will help give people more control over their personal online identity information.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Feb 27 2006


4. Smooth Talkin’

At Magellan Health Services, the nation's largest managed behavioral health-care company, our goal is to provide our nearly 60 million members with fast, efficient and expert service that connects them with the behavioral health-care help they need. Magellan covers one in four Americans, including health-plan enrollees, corporate employees and their dependents, and Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.

For more on this:
- read full story from cio.com


5. Cisco Launches Next-Gen Switches

Cisco Systems has expanded its carrier access offerings by launching a new platform that could help service providers launch next-generation services. The Cisco ME 6524 Ethernet Switch is the second in Cisco's new line of Metro Ethernet switches. The switch is intended to let carriers leverage their fiber infrastructure to deliver new services such as consumer triple play (voice, video and data), as well as business-class VPN services over Ethernet.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Feb 27 2006


6. Yahoo! link confirmed in second Chinese dissident case

Court papers about cyberdissident Li Zhi confirm that Yahoo! collaborated with the Chinese authorities, according to media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. Yahoo! and local competitor Sina both provided evidence that allowed the Chinese to imprison Li.
For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Feb 27 2006


7. BT plays down 'free broadband' report

BT has played down reports that it is planning to offer its punters "free broadband" when its new 21st Century Network (21CN) is rolled out over the next couple of years. The Mail on Sunday ran a story saying that once 21CN was up and running punters would get a "broadband dialtone".

For more than this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Feb 27 2006


8. Telcos collaborate for IMS

NetEvents Monday will see a big shot in the arm for the "old guard" of telecoms, as the great white hope of the legacy services, IP Multimedia System (IMS), gets its chance to prove it might actually work. The proof of pudding will come in October, under the flag of the MultiService Forum, which will unveil plans for its "plugfest" next week, according to BT MSF president Roger Ward.

For more than this:- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Feb 24 2006