Security
Worms, botnets, phishing, DRM fights and the people who chased them.
4 explainersBrowse
Topics
Every explainer, guide and tool on vnunet belongs to one of these topics.
Open source
Linux, licences and the long argument about who owns software.
2 explainersBrowsers
From Internet Explorer’s dominance to Firefox and the second browser war.
1 explainerMicrosoft
Windows, Office, antitrust and the company’s changing view of the web.
2 explainersApple
The Mac’s comeback, the iPod years and the hardware that set trends.
2 explainersGoogle & the web
Search, portals, Web 2.0 and the services that came and went.
2 explainersMobile
Phones, networks and the health and privacy scares that followed them.
3 explainersHardware
Laptops, netbooks, chips and the reviews that tracked them.
2 explainersGreen IT
Energy use, recycling rules and greener devices.
UK government IT
Large public-sector IT projects, identity cards and digital policy.
1 explainerSoftware
File formats, utilities and the downloads people relied on.
1 explainerEnterprise IT
Servers, outsourcing, storage and how businesses bought technology.