Let's go Nutch... Some of the net's self-appointed guardians have launched a project to develop an open source search engine. Apparently there's a fear that Google is or could become too powerful. In fact, it faces tough competition from Yahoo, Microsoft and others.
Schofield column
Guardian Online


The Blaster worm, uploading files to a PC from an iPod, spam, and accessing secure Web pages.
Ask Jack

How to beat Blaster
A step-by-step guide to removing the MS Blast worm from your PC.
Guardian Unlimited

New strain, old refrain
The latest version of the SoBig virus may be the precursor to something far more destructive.
Guardian Unlimited

Challenge-response systems could beat spam. They are a terrible idea, but at the moment, it doesn't look as though there is going to be a viable alternative....
Schofield column
Computer Weekly