The Ultimate Reference Suite is the latest digital edition of the Britannica. Consisting of three encyclopaedias, numerous dictionaries, thesauri, timelines and even an atlas, it's just as exhaustive as its predecessors, covering mountains of topics in impressive detail.

Sex-related spam increased 180 percent in February, according to a recent spam index.

Japanese electronics giant lines up lawyers in LCD-related dispute.

Nvidia was responsible for almost half the Vista crashes reported to Microsoft in in a graphics-related crash report.

The top 10 virus threats during May were all worm-related, according to a survey from security company Trend Micro.

Not content with pitching Core i7's power to PC enthusiasts, Intel is taking the message to the general public. On scooters.

A global anti-piracy lobby group has claimed that bringing down software piracy would boost local software development and that local ISPs should be roped into stopping online pirates.

Not thought to be related to a number of celebrity voicemail hacks, includingLindsay Lohan's.

Facing charges related to hacking into the computer system of an Australian ISP, a 17-year-old from Brisbane was expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court later next month.

First in next wave of Office-related products available for testers.

A new interface delivers significant improvements, but the bundling of separate apps for related tasks raises concerns.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Hitachi, Canon and Matsushita join forces.

Time change causes problems for vendors.

The Minister for Communications, IT and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, has called for greater professionalism in the IT community, especially around insurance-related issues.

It's not big, but it's brave - powered by the Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz processor, the classy looking Beyond Avrora was not afraid to show its muscles, scoring very well in office related tasks.

Again, SharePoint and XML support separate Access 2003 from its predecessors, and Access can now import and export XML data using custom Schemas. Exports can employ XSLT transforms to match data formats to other custom Schemas, and you may include related data such as look-up tables so you export structured data.