Previous DaySkype Hires New COO - from Motorola
Blog Skype announced today that they have created a new position, Chief Operating Officer, and hired someone from Motorola for that position. Considering the performance of Motorola in the cell phone...
don't hold out on it!
Talkback It is typical (and aparently not illegal) for companies to exagurate the effectiveness of their products. It is also typical of them to bash an old product in an effort to get us to buy the new...
RE:Mandriva Linux - Wonderful and Maddening
Blog Comment Hi there, and thanks for the positive review! Just a few comments: not including Windows in the bootloader list straight away isn't intentional, I think it's a bug that shows up in certain cases...
Are business focused social networks delivering what we want?
Blog The results of a survey conducted by BNI amongst its members shows three quarters network to get new business. But are business focused social networks delivering what people want? It's no...
Microsoft's new licensing may not fly
Blog Microsoft's new Select Plus licensing scheme is an intriguing modification to an increasingly problematic arrangement: the exchange of large amounts of enterprise money for the right to use...
Lords questions gov't over web-data retention laws
News The government has been asked how it will phrase a law requiring ISPs to retain internet-traffic data for up to two years
IT guy busted over insider trading
Blog An IT professional has been fined £85,000 for insider trading, Management Today reports. The fine was imposed by the Financial Services Authority on John Shevlin, who used to work at the Body...
Netgear launches open-source Wi-Fi router
Blog There's been a long history of unauthorised open source Wi-Fi on Linksys' WRT54G router. Now Netgear's jumping in with an official open source router. There's nothing too unusual about...
Techies reveal their creative side for charity
Photo A 'Virtual Rucksack' was just one of the entrants in a Microsoft-run competition asking IT pros to come up with innovative technology projects to help a charity of their choosing
Nokia E71 vs HTC Touch Diamond
Blog I have been an apologist for Windows Mobile for a long time, having used MS-powered handsets for the last three or four years. I liked the comprehensive synchronisation, and quite enjoyed having a...
A new twist - NBC online Olympic coverage for Vista only
Blog I just picked up this bit of news. NBC are partnering with M$ to provide full online coverage of the Olymic Games in Beijing this summer but, wait for it, only for Windows Vista users. Windows XP...
IBM launches Cognos 8 for System z mainframe
News The company's Cognos division has produced a version of its business-intelligence tool that will run on the System z mainframe
Gateway, Server, Firewall... The difference is location of u...
Talkback Think about it, if the court finally figures out that no AV can work unless in a hardware appliance, IMO it's a mute point. Whether the AV is located in a gateway, firewall, of gee, how many of...
And Matusow says that Microsoft is still pushing for OOXML.....
Talkback Agreed. Another interesting thing from Jason Matusow's post is the assesrtion that Microsoft is still pushing ahead just as hard for "standard OOXML", even though it is delayed till the next...
At least one government department knows how to use encrypti...
Talkback It's not great that they're still losing disks, but that's almost impossible to prevent. At least if an encrypted disk gets lost, it's alomost b*****r all use to anyone who finds it - unless...
Microsoft boosts licensing options with 'Select Plus'
News The company's latest licensing option is targeted largely at medium-sized firms and intended to offer greater flexibility than the Select scheme
The third strike finally landed. Debbie got hit.
Blog I've run out of things I can do to fix her. I keep getting the same error message, #100. I still haven't found a way to manually or automatically patch what's busted with dpkg, apt-get, aptitude...
Return to the dark side?
Blog Microsoft’s Virtualisation Strategy concerns me. We’re about to see the release of Hyper-V. Around this release will the usual amount of marketing and razzmatazz that Microsoft usual bring to...
BT signs £160m outsourcing deal with Nationwide
News The telecoms and IT giant will manage the building society's networked IT services for the next seven years
Mandriva Linux - Wonderful and Maddening
Blog Well, since I've gone through both Ubuntu and openSuSE Linux, and my curiosity about Unix systems in general has really started to kick in, I've decided to go through a few more variants to see...
Gartner: Hardware market to defy economic slump
News The hardware market in general is still growing, with the main areas of growth being low-end Linux systems and high-end mainframes, says the analyst house
Femtocells may usher in next-gen mobile networks
News The Femto Forum believes femtocells could help speed the arrival of next-generation mobile-broadband networks, such as WiMax and LTE
Microsoft blogger defends standards expertise
Blog Attending a session at the Red Hat conference in Boston recently, I got to witness a Microsoft exec brave, or with enough front, to step into what can only be seen as enemy territory for any...
Businesses told: Beware multi-component malware
News Sophos and Fortinet say increasingly complex malware is being designed, with multiple components that target different enterprise weaknesses
Adobe helps uncover 'invisible' Flash web content
News The company has given Google and Yahoo technology to help them better index dynamic web content and rich internet applications
Toshiba Portégé G910
Review The Portégé G910 is a feature-packed clamshell-format handheld with a reasonably usable QWERTY keyboard. However, its functionality when closed is limited, and many users may prefer a more...
Mobile operators warn EC over termination rate cuts
News Any move to speed rate reduction could force operators to make cuts in services, increase prices or end handset subsidies, says industry body GSMA
Presentation Layer Cake
Blog Don’t you just love the presentation layer? Back at Microsoft PDC (professional developer conference) 2005 Bill Gates received rapturous applause for the Windows Presentation Layer (WPF) demos he...
Google, Tele Atlas to share mapping data
News The deal will see Google granted access to maps and dynamic content from Tele Atlas, which will be able to use the search giant's user-input tech
NHS trust loses 21,000 patient details on laptop
News The patient details were stored on an unencrypted laptop stolen from the car of a Colchester hospital trust manager
Logitech Alto Cordless Laptop Stand
Blog There was a review of the original Logitech Alto Laptop Stand here on ZDNet UK just over a year ago. Basically everything that was said in that review still applies to this newer model, so I will...
ASUS U2E
Review The 11.1in. ASUS U2E is slim, sleek and distinctive, although the leather trim may not be to all tastes. It's not a great performer, but battery life is good. This is an ultraportable that...
