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Archive - 01 Feb 2007

Why Google is (mostly) right about tags and labels

Blog US organisation Pew Internet and American Life Project released a report this week saying that 28 percent of internet users have tagged or categorized ontent oline such as photos, news storis of...

Dell may diversify into console market

News In its search for new revenue streams, Dell may choose games consoles as a possible route, according to reports

RE:When Goliath manipulated Goliath

Blog Comment As the lead author of the report, I should point out that in all our public interactions as well as the press release at www.flossimpact.eu, we have made clear that the report does not necessarily...

To Dell and back

Leader They've had their differences, but Michael Dell could still learn something from comeback kid Steve Jobs

Can some one tell Microsoft

Talkback I wish some one would tell Microsoft they are a dead format. What fun it was digging out an old drive and playing hunt the work disc, just so I could install Window XP on a new SATA drive.

Reinvention time for Michael Dell

News The tech entrepreneur is in charge once again, so can he perform the turnaround that his company needs?

The problem with PageRank (and one alternative)

Blog A search double whammy yesterday: with the launch of the latest Google Mini search appliance in the morning followed by a meeting with a start-up you won't have heard of called Ultraknowledge, who...

Biscit denies cash flow problems

News ISP's chief executive has disputed reports that the company is suffering financial difficulties, and says bounced refund cheques were accidental

Go with the flow. Chart.

Blog Here's one to whip out next time someone asks you if they should upgrade to V*sta...

Civil servants 'lack security awareness'

News Key Cabinet Office advisor has warned that civil servants have little grasp of the scale and breadth of information security threats

Windows Vista is in sync with your files

Tech Guide Need to synchronise files and folders with local mobile devices or remote servers? Our guide explains how Windows Vista users go about it.

BT buys consultancy firm to aid US push

News The telco will add 900 staff to its services arm through acquisition of INS

Vista users get free Wi-Fi access

News The Cloud is offering three free months of access for Vista early adopters

Becta: Educating Microsoft

News Stephen Lucey, Becta's executive director of strategic technologies, reveals why the agency is pressuring Microsoft over its licensing programmes, and how it's happy to embrace open source

A farewell to floppies

Comment Who is General Error, and why is he reading my Drive A? Now, we shall never know

Video blogging from Vista launch...

Blog As well as the usual scribbling diligently onto a trusty reporter's notebook, ZDNet UK also took along a hand-held camera to record some of the highlights of the Vista launch event in London's...

Video blog: Small business reaction to Vista

Video Microsoft hired entrepreneur and ex-Dragon's Den panellist Doug Richard to quiz some tame small businesses about adopting the OS

The BT Crowd

Blog Our esteemed national incumbent has just sent out a press release detailing the ten stupidest things customers have allegedly told their IT helpdesk services. Some of these (the second in...

Vodafone breaks 200m customer barrier

News Mobile operator now has 3G penetration at around 7 percent after adding more than two million users in the quarter

Skype deal to boost workplace security

News Partnership with instant-messaging security specialist is designed to help companies gain control over usage of the net telephony tool at work

Oracle unveils global business suite

News Company has released E-Business Suite 12, a financial-information suite designed for worldwide deployment, plus other new applications

Google sees profit almost treble

News Fourth-quarter revenue has beaten analysts' estimates thanks to continued strength in the company's paid-search business

Michael Dell takes reins as Rollins resigns

News Kevin Rollins has stepped down from his position as chief executive, and company founder Michael Dell is CEO once again

Open source vs commercial software - is there a third way?

Blog I spoke with some guys at the AlwaysOn show yesterday who have an interesting business model aimed at tech support professionals. Spiceworks have a radically different take on free software. They...