Given how many different gadgets we all use, dealing with the rats nest of cables and chargers around your desk could be well worth the £40 price tag Read more
30 July, 2010 19:22 by
First Take
Campaign group Privacy International has said that the Information Commissioner's Office was premature in giving Google the all-clear over its Read more
30 July, 2010 17:24 by
Tom Espiner
The US Department of Justice has joined a whistleblower suit that accuses Oracle of defrauding the US government by not keeping government discounts pegged to commercial discounts Read more
30 July, 2010 17:24 by
Jack Clark
Under the new agreement, HP and Dell will resell Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM on their x86 platforms, but the future of OpenSolaris remains in doubt Read more
30 July, 2010 16:41 by
Matthew Broersma
The 15.6in. Samsung P580 has a decent specification, including a nice keyboard, and delivers respectable performance. Battery life could be better though. Read more
30 July, 2010 15:36 by
Sandra Vogel
Britain's largest residential ISP plans to add mobile voice and broadband services to its existing home packages via a MVNO deal with the mobile operator Read more
30 July, 2010 15:21 by
Ben Woods
The utilities metering firms Elster, Landis+Gyr and Secure say their open-standards-based collaboration will speed up the rollout of gas and electricity smart meters in the UK Read more
30 July, 2010 14:44 by
David Meyer
Bath-based wireless company Picochip has done a multi-million pound deal with Indian R&D company Rancore Technologies. Rancore is developing 4G Read more
30 July, 2010 12:41 by
Rupert Goodwins
Citrix has reported second-quarter earnings that improve upon Wall Street's predictions, thanks to its XenDesktop software Read more
30 July, 2010 12:20 by
Larry Dignan
Michael Hayden, former head of the CIA and the National Security Agency, has said countries should develop international agreements over what grids are off-limits if attacked Read more
30 July, 2010 11:52 by
Declan McCullagh
IBM has bought the private company, which focuses on data compression, to help it make data available to analytics applications Read more
30 July, 2010 11:27 by
Larry Dignan
The Identity and Documents Bill, which includes scrapping ID cards and the National Identiy Register, is planned to pass Parliament at the end of the year Read more
30 July, 2010 10:53 by
Kable
Security issues in critical infrastructure like Scada and smart meters are 'ticking time bombs', according to a security expert at the Black Hat conference Read more
30 July, 2010 09:00 by
Elinor Mills
A security researcher has demonstrated how he gained access to cash machines during a speech at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas Read more
30 July, 2010 08:41 by
Declan McCullagh
The difficulty of typing on smartphone touchscreens is driving a resurgence of interest in voice recognition but desktop dictation and control has Read more
29 July, 2010 12:27 by
First Take
Given how many different gadgets we all use, dealing with the rats nest of cables and chargers around your desk could be well worth the £40 price tag Read more
30 July, 2010 19:22 by
First Take
Campaign group Privacy International has said that the Information Commissioner's Office was premature in giving Google the all-clear over its Read more
30 July, 2010 17:24 by
Tom Espiner
Bath-based wireless company Picochip has done a multi-million pound deal with Indian R&D company Rancore Technologies. Rancore is developing 4G Read more
30 July, 2010 12:41 by
Rupert Goodwins
The difficulty of typing on smartphone touchscreens is driving a resurgence of interest in voice recognition but desktop dictation and control has Read more
29 July, 2010 12:27 by
First Take
A High Court judge has ruled that copyright law does not prevent the copying of programming languages, interfaces or program functions, but has asked Read more
28 July, 2010 17:11 by
David Meyer
Dell has cut the online shopping choices it provides to users searching for a laptop pre-installed with Ubuntu.
The company now only offers one Read more
26 July, 2010 17:51 by
Jack Clark
Apple has today issued an update on the status of the white iPhone 4, informing that it will not be available until later in the year.
The statement Read more
26 July, 2010 17:07 by
Ben Woods
Chipmaker Qualcomm is looking to sell off MediaFLO, its mobile television platform.
MediaFLO supports Qualcomm's FLO TV mobile television service, Read more
23 July, 2010 17:40 by
Jack Clark
The BBC Trust has approved plans for the broadcaster to release smartphone apps, and the first app is to be offered immediately.
The BBC News iPhone Read more
23 July, 2010 11:53 by
David Meyer
Motorola is suing Huawei for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets, according to an amended complaint filed in a US district court on 16 Read more
22 July, 2010 16:27 by
David Meyer
If you thought there were quite enough smartphone operating systems doing the rounds at the moment, then you might wonder what on earth Samsung is Read more
22 July, 2010 12:49 by
First Take
Nuance's Dragon speech recognition tools are well known on PC, but in the mobile world the company's probably best known for its work on extended T9. Read more
21 July, 2010 22:57 by
First Take
VeriSign SSL customers can now receive visual warnings about site safety from their search engine, and have their site crawled every 24 hours for Read more
21 July, 2010 17:45 by
Jack Clark
HP looks set to be launching a tablet device running Windows 7 Premium under the moniker of the Slate 500 and in related news has also applied for a Read more
21 July, 2010 17:24 by
Ben Woods
I have owned a Victorinox USB flash drive for several years now - long enough that it is only a 512MB unit, and it was considered "typical" at the Read more
21 July, 2010 11:05 by
J.A. Watson
I've spent the last few days using, rather than cursing at, my netbook.
My thoughts on the Nokia Booklet 3G have been documented already, so I won't Read more
20 July, 2010 17:15 by
David Meyer
Right on schedule, openSuSE 11.3 was released yesterday (15 July). As usual, it is available as a "full download" DVD, and as KDE and Gnome LiveCD Read more
16 July, 2010 14:01 by
J.A. Watson
Rugged Tablets PCs have a niche set of markets, but in those markets they perform vital jobs. The rugged nature of the devices means they can be taken Read more
15 July, 2010 14:57 by
First Take
FaceVsion may not be a familiar name, but its parent, Quanta, is a Fortune 500 company that claims 30 percent of the world's notebook market share, Read more
15 July, 2010 14:42 by
Charles McLellan
HTC has been busy of late with flagship devices the Desire and Legend, but the latest addition to its line-up is a budget device, the Wildfire.
For a Read more
15 July, 2010 09:38 by
First Take
The US Department of Justice has joined a whistleblower suit that accuses Oracle of defrauding the US government by not keeping government discounts pegged to commercial discounts Read more
30 July, 2010 17:24 by
Jack Clark
Under the new agreement, HP and Dell will resell Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM on their x86 platforms, but the future of OpenSolaris remains in doubt Read more
30 July, 2010 16:41 by
Matthew Broersma
Britain's largest residential ISP plans to add mobile voice and broadband services to its existing home packages via a MVNO deal with the mobile operator Read more
30 July, 2010 15:21 by
Ben Woods
The utilities metering firms Elster, Landis+Gyr and Secure say their open-standards-based collaboration will speed up the rollout of gas and electricity smart meters in the UK Read more
30 July, 2010 14:44 by
David Meyer
Citrix has reported second-quarter earnings that improve upon Wall Street's predictions, thanks to its XenDesktop software Read more
30 July, 2010 12:20 by
Larry Dignan
Michael Hayden, former head of the CIA and the National Security Agency, has said countries should develop international agreements over what grids are off-limits if attacked Read more
30 July, 2010 11:52 by
Declan McCullagh
IBM has bought the private company, which focuses on data compression, to help it make data available to analytics applications Read more
30 July, 2010 11:27 by
Larry Dignan
The Identity and Documents Bill, which includes scrapping ID cards and the National Identiy Register, is planned to pass Parliament at the end of the year Read more
30 July, 2010 10:53 by
Kable
Security issues in critical infrastructure like Scada and smart meters are 'ticking time bombs', according to a security expert at the Black Hat conference Read more
30 July, 2010 09:00 by
Elinor Mills
A security researcher has demonstrated how he gained access to cash machines during a speech at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas Read more
30 July, 2010 08:41 by
Declan McCullagh
It may not be efficient to open-source some cloud functions, and large vendors will 'dominate' cloud computing in 2020, according to Mimecast's Nathaniel Borenstein Read more
29 July, 2010 16:17 by
Jack Clark
Even without reaching maturity, the cloud still has the power to change the very fabric of computing, says Lori MacVittie Read more
29 July, 2010 11:33 by
Lori MacVittie
Because we have to operate across many platforms these days, we need applications that excel regardless of operating system, says Jack Wallen Read more
29 July, 2010 09:17 by
Jack Wallen
The privacy lawsuit against MTV, ABC and others centres on the use of tracking cookies that are revived even if the user has deleted them so that data can still be collected Read more
29 July, 2010 07:10 by
Sam Diaz
SecureWorks researchers have told a Black Hat audience that they uncovered a Russian criminal operation that uses digital techniques to aid in old-school cheque counterfeiting Read more
29 July, 2010 07:05 by
Elinor Mills
The 15.6in. Samsung P580 has a decent specification, including a nice keyboard, and delivers respectable performance. Battery life could be better though. Read more
30 July, 2010 15:36 by
Sandra Vogel
Apple's iMac remains firmly grounded as a productivity device. Few all-in-ones offer comparable performance and none looks as pretty, which makes it easy to recommend for general-purpose computing and for the design conscious. Read more
28 July, 2010 11:22 by
Rich Brown
Dane-Elec's MyDitto is a competitively priced 1TB NAS box offering impressively straightforward remote access, although it lacks one or two common features. Read more
26 July, 2010 14:23 by
Mary Branscombe
Seagate's FreeAgent GoFlex Desk is the largest single-volume external hard drive on the market and has arguably the best combination of design, performance and storage capacity. Read more
23 July, 2010 16:09 by
Dong Ngo
Gateway's DT70 is a well-designed business desktop that's energy efficient, quiet in operation and powerful enough to handle mainstream business tasks without breaking stride. Read more
22 July, 2010 15:41 by
Charles McLellan
The Xperia X10 Mini Pro is surprisingly usable considering its small size. It can be challenging to type on the cramped keyboard and browse the web on the 2.55in. screen, but we're impressed nonetheless. Read more
21 July, 2010 12:10 by
Sandra Vogel
NEC's 27in. MultiSync PA271W performs superbly, but may be too expensive for what it offers. Read more
12 July, 2010 16:21 by
Eric Franklin
HP's EliteBook 8540p has a superb keyboard and is packed with top-notch features, including a couple of USB 3.0 ports. It's expensive, but you're paying for top-quality components and solid build. The standard battery is unlikely to see you through a full working day though. Read more
7 July, 2010 15:49 by
Sandra Vogel
With impressive flexibility, a small footprint and good performance, Lancom's L-320agn is suitable for a wide range of deployment scenarios, particularly where low visibility is required. Read more
6 July, 2010 12:00 by
Kelvyn Taylor
Dell's Latitude 13 is an affordable ultraportable notebook that has sacrificed a lot to slim down. Suitable for immodest people with modest computing needs, it lacks power and expandability but is a good fit for many enterprise tasks. Read more
5 July, 2010 12:00 by
Rupert Goodwins
There's nothing not to like about the ProCurve 1410-24G, which will prove a highly useful addition to any SME network that requires a zero-admin device. Read more
2 July, 2010 07:37 by
Manek Dubash
The ThinkPad T410s is a well-built ultraportable with a good specification, including a touchscreen. However, you may need to replace the optical drive with a second battery to get a day's work away from mains power. Read more
29 June, 2010 10:55 by
Sandra Vogel
Dell has shoehorned 4-way processing into the 2U PowerEdge R810, bringing all the benefits of Intel's latest Nehalem EX processors and adding Dell's unique FlexMem Bridge memory-access technology. Read more
25 June, 2010 16:07 by
Alan Stevens
With the iPhone 4, Apple again shows that it's a powerful smartphone player. It won't be for everyone, but the handset's striking design, loaded feature set and satisfying performance make it the best iPhone yet. Read more
24 June, 2010 14:25 by
Kent German
The J3500 is a well-specified slate tablet with a stylus- and finger-friendly touchscreen, and a powerful vPro-equipped Core i7 CPU. It's a pricey ruggedised system with an impressive range of options and accessories, but there are still one or two missing features. Read more
24 June, 2010 08:34 by
Charles McLellan
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California are attempting to demonstrate that laser fusion is possible Read more
29 July, 2010 14:14 by
Daniel Terdiman
ZDNet UK attended the first ORGCon, an Open Rights Group conference featuring panelists who discussed topics ranging from copyright to content distribution Read more
28 July, 2010 16:34 by
David Meyer
Intel has brought together six years of silicon photonics research into two chips, combining ultra-fast optics with silicon production techniques in the hopes of making very fast networking very cheap Read more
27 July, 2010 18:30 by
Rupert Goodwins
Every Monday, @ZDNetUK_News will tweet a link to a wilfully obscure picture of some vintage technology. Tell us what it is to win a piece of the Large Hadron Collider Read more
26 July, 2010 15:44 by
ZDNet UK
Microsoft gave ZDNet UK a hands-on demonstration of Windows Phone 7, the chief mobile operating system successor to Windows Mobile Read more
21 July, 2010 14:28 by
David Meyer
ZDNet UK takes a look at version 1.0 of a netbook-centric Linux distro that includes a launcher written in HTML 5, built-in cloud synchronisation and a smartphone-like app store Read more
20 July, 2010 13:10 by
David Meyer
The Android 2.1-based Racer is the first UK smartphone to be launched by ZTE, which is best known for its low-cost mobile broadband dongles and Skype phones Read more
16 July, 2010 14:58 by
David Meyer
The Canadian phone manufacturer RIM has posted another short demo video of its upcoming BlackBerry 6 platform, showing off the touchscreen merits of the system Read more
14 July, 2010 15:15 by
Ben Woods
These web-surfing gadgets didn't last long, but provided simpler and more specialised on-ramps to the internet for future generations Read more
8 July, 2010 12:07 by
Ina Fried
Take a tour of Cern's operations and control centres, both the underground and above-ground, that make up the LHC site in Geneva Read more
7 July, 2010 12:25 by
Stephen Shankland
The company intends to roll out 10 new Android-based devices over the remainder of 2010 in a bid to aggressively grow its share of the global smartphone market Read more
6 July, 2010 12:21 by
David Meyer
The company's Android-based tablet PC will integrate with Cisco's enterprise collaboration and communication applications, including full Telepresence interoperability Read more
6 July, 2010 09:29 by
Natasha Lomas
The company's platform for future projects showcased robots that recycle, cameras that give you recipes and tablets to help you cut carrots Read more
1 July, 2010 10:48 by
Erica Ogg
The Vivaz Pro is distinguished from its 'standard' counterpart by a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. How did we get on with this Symbian S60 smartphone? Read more
30 June, 2010 16:29 by
Sandra Vogel
ZDNet UK took a tour around one of the datacentres that is used to run the Venetian and Palazzo casino resorts in the US gambling mecca Read more
30 June, 2010 15:28 by
David Meyer
Manufacturers have shown off their netbooks, slates and tablets to consumers in an effort to create the best iPad alternative Read more
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Apple has included FaceTime video-conferencing software with its new iPhone 4 to accompany the smartphone's forward-facing camera, though it may not be what the fanboys wanted Read more
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The networking firm's LTE-connected car hooks up sensors and high-definition video feeds Read more
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The Israeli design firm is using Access Linux Platform for its thumb-based smartphone user interface Read more
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