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Asus Transformer Pad TF300T

The Transformer Pad implements a number of cost-saving measures and consequently lacks the sparkle of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. Still, the Pad is significantly cheaper than the Prime, so you may well be prepared to accept the trade-off. Read more

22 May, 2012 13:01 by Sandra Vogel

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4G brawl: O2, Vodafone square up to watchdog over 'fundamental errors'

O2, Vodafone and other industry parties have lodged complaints with Ofcom over Everything Everwhere's application to refarm spectrum for 4G use before the end of the year Read more

23 May, 2012 17:32 by Ben Woods

FBI quietly sets up surveillance tech unit

US authorities have created a secretive surveillance unit that is working on inventing technology that will make it easier for police to eavesdrop on internet and wireless communications Read more

23 May, 2012 17:32 by Declan McCullagh

Google digs in heels over EU antitrust ultimatum

Google has asked for a precise list of the laws the European Commission thinks it has broken in response to a deadline given by regulators, chairman Eric Schmidt has said while maintaining the company has done nothing wrong Read more

23 May, 2012 17:29 by Tom Espiner

Ariba buy parks SAP on Oracle's cloud turf

The multibillion-dollar acquisition of Ariba will put SAP into head-on competition with Oracle as the two rivals work to strengthen their grip on business-process cloud computing Read more

23 May, 2012 15:22 by Jack Clark

Google warns DNSChanger victims via search results

Google is warning around half a million users that their computers or routers are infected with the notorious DNSChanger clickjacking malware. The... Read more

23 May, 2012 14:05 by David Meyer

Microsoft takes German Bing Streetside imagery offline

Microsoft has temporarily removed the street imagery feature from Bing Maps in Germany, following complaints. The company launched the Bing... Read more

23 May, 2012 13:05 by David Meyer

Rivals asleep at the 4G wheel, says Everything Everywhere

Mobile operators have failed to invest in new 4G technology, contributing to the UK lagging behind other countries in rolling out high speed 4G data services, according to Everything Everywhere Read more

23 May, 2012 13:44 by Ben Woods

Pefias web ID plan 'one of the most dangerous schemes of the past decade'

Privacy International says the upcoming EU electronic identification system poses the most significant threat to online freedom of recent times Read more

23 May, 2012 13:25 by David Meyer

TalkTalk: Don't force ISPs across porn-filter Rubicon

The UK government should not force ISPs to mandate opt-in porn filters, according to Google and Talk Talk. Government plans to legislate for... Read more

23 May, 2012 12:05 by Tom Espiner

1,000-node big data workbench to crunch analytics' toughest problems

EMC launches Greenplum Analytics Workbench to analyse petabyte-scale datasets and pave the way for future big data platforms Read more

23 May, 2012 12:56 by Nick Heath

Open Data Institute will act as biz incubator

The government has detailed its plans for the institute, led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt, which aims to get industry and government to share data that others can use to generate new businesses Read more

23 May, 2012 12:33 by David Meyer

Facebook malware works across major browsers

Researchers at Kaspersky Labs have detected an example of a breed of malware that uses a cross-browser plugin to create a worm that works across... Read more

23 May, 2012 11:05 by Jack Clark

GitHub for Windows targets enterprise devs

The GitHub hosting service for software development revision control has released its first official Windows client, a year after a similar client for... Read more

23 May, 2012 09:05 by David Meyer

Salesforce pushes collaboration with Chatter update

Salesforce.com has added messaging and screensharing to its Chatter social enterprise tool, putting it in competition with collaboration vendors Read more

23 May, 2012 09:00 by Larry Dignan and Andrew Nusca and Rachel King

Smartphones run HTML5 a lot slower than PCs

Benchmarks run by Spaceport.io show that HTML5 runs "six to ten times slower" on smartphones than on "a modern laptop" -- in this case, a MacBook Pro... Read more

22 May, 2012 17:05 by Jack Schofield

Google closes Motorola buy

Google has completed its $12.5bn purchase of Motorola's mobile business and immediately replaced the chief executive of the company with a Google executive Read more

22 May, 2012 16:20 by Ben Woods

Primed for 4G: Everything Everywhere ends 3G work

The integration of Orange and T-Mobile's 3G network services is now finished, parent company Everything Everywhere has announced, as a decision from Ofcom on its bid to launch 4G nears Read more

22 May, 2012 16:11 by Ben Woods

ITC: Apple and RIM blameless in Kodak patent dispute

The US International Trade Commission rules that Apple and RIM are not violating a Kodak patent Read more

22 May, 2012 15:30 by Josh Lowensohn

Salesforce: UK datacentre, Amazon-free Heroku coming

When Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff visited London for the company's annual Cloudforce conference back in 2012, he promised it would set up a UK... Read more

22 May, 2012 15:05 by ZDNet UK News Network

EMC gets 'Mavericks' with Isilon file system

The next version of OneFS, code named Mavericks, drastically cuts access times as well as adding data protection and recovery features to complement the Isilon storage OS Read more

22 May, 2012 14:47 by Nick Heath

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apexwm

All of the feedback regarding using a touch monitor for a desktop PC is right on. Several months ago, we installed a "demo" multitouch all-in-one...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
191706

anyone wanting to triple boot *their* own Mac

4 hours ago by 191706 on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
SoapyTablet

Cont.. Biggest Bugbear: Win7's stop-animate-go approach to work, you develop a staggered (not in the above alchohol sense of the word) approach to...

4 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
SoapyTablet

Ah the joys of Windows 8 Consumer Preview... If Windows 7 was 'Vista with Lipstick', whats Windows 8? Vista with Lipstick, the morning after?...

4 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
daveveej

Though the metro look is quite cool on the windows mobile platform I think that think that microsoft ARE MESSING THINGS UP because what has they...

5 hours ago by daveveej on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Custonian

I agree, we have a few touch screen monitors in work but as Windows7 and the applications we use are not touch screen friendly (the size of the...

5 hours ago by Custonian on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
archerthom

I find it amusing that Microsoft added the mouse, which was deemed awkward, but people were forced to use it so it stuck, and now they're saying,...

8 hours ago by archerthom on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
BrownieBoy

Agree with other comments. Nobody's going to start reaching out to start tapping their desktop monitors with their fingers. Their arms would tire...

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Random_Error

The only way a touch monitor would be any good is if it were horizontal on the desk, with a virtual keyboard so you could do away with that as well...

22 hours ago by Random_Error on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
JBDragon

This is just dumb! Forget that I think Windows 8 will bomb, but really, people are going to go out and buy touch Monitors now??? Just pretend...

24 hours ago by JBDragon on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jake Rayson

@Andy Bolstridge > Unfortunately, we need the majority to work 9-5 And therein lies the lie. I work very hard indeed for my idleness, early starts...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on The Idle Self-employed
Burn-IT

What happens when one hosting platform "acquires data" from another? If I forced the first one to remove it, who is responsible for chasing the...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Google picks holes in EU's 'right to be forgotten'
JohnTalich

iSpring Pro is a nice tool, that allows PowerPoint to SCORM conversion. They also have free tool, that also generates SCORM compliant courses.

1 day ago by JohnTalich on How To Convert PowerPoint To SCORM Compliant Course
aaron.sloman

I think the answer to the question requires a deeper analysis of where the income can come from who else is now competing for it, who else will be...

2 days ago by aaron.sloman on The three big questions about Facebook's IPO
Brent Pieczynski

Your correctness about Government websites not being compliant with their own websites is correct. Most criticism of other people takes so many...

2 days ago by Brent Pieczynski on Privacy watchdog to chase big companies over cookie law
Kelvyn Taylor

802.11ac does promise some tricks to improve range & reliability, but not sure how these will work in practice until I get real products to play...

2 days ago by Kelvyn Taylor via Facebook on Next-generation 802.11ac routers
mrudang009

My wife and I love our new Kindle Fire. It's lightweight, easy to use and has a great interface. The first thing I recommend anyone with a new...

2 days ago by mrudang009 on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers
mrudang009

It basically unlocks all the Android marketplace apps and unlocks the device. I am one very happy Kindle owner!

2 days ago by mrudang009 on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers
Burn-IT

Skittles with tapes and coffee cups. Old tapes so we didn't have to rewind them afterwards.

2 days ago by Burn-IT on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Fraud_fighter

What is mildly amusing to me is when someone thinks a strong password is as strong as one may need, when the truth is usernames and passwords are...

2 days ago by Fraud_fighter on Passwords are here to stay: get used to it

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