Previous DayGPL loses ground in open-source development
News At the same time, Microsoft's open-source software licence, MS-PL, is gaining in popularity, according to a study by Black Duck
IBM offers AI help to mobile developers
News An EU-funded project uses brute force and intelligence to auto-optimise mobile software
NYC launches municipal data mash-up contest
Blog Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York, has announced NYC Big Apps, an annual contest to produce applications using data from the City to increase access and transparency. The City intends to release...
Microsoft opens mega datacentre in Dublin
News The first Microsoft mega datacentre outside the US will take advantage of the 'cool climate' and will power Azure and Bing, the company says
BA: In-flight mobile for new aircraft only
News BA's chief executive has said the airline will not retrofit in-flight mobile comms to aircraft already in service as it would prove too expensive
Zoho socialises Projects 2.0
Blog After a teaser campaign that mentioned integrated Zoho web-based services and a 'popular Microsoft product', Zoho has unveiled Zoho Projects 2.0, which brings together Microsoft Project and a...
Unisys puts Stealth into the cloud
News The company's new Secure Cloud managed service aims to shield sensitive information from other users of a cloud by scattering the data across different storage sites
HP Mini 2140 - I Get To Try One!
Blog I have been wanting to get my hands on an HP Mini 2140 netbook ever since I read the first announcement for it. I already own an HP 2133 Mini-Note (wouldn't it be nice if they would be more...
EC auditors criticise Galileo overruns
News The project to develop a European civilian rival to the US's military GPS system was hampered by poor management, the European Court of Auditors has found
Nokia N97
Member Review i had E90 and IPhone before getting the new black Nokia N97. Even before the touch came into Nokia and since i had my hands on IPhone, I always wishing to do the regular and basic things in my E90...
London launch event
Blog Last night saw the launch party for the London event when a great crowd of 93 potential sleepers converged on the BDO Stow Hayward offices in Baker Street. We were treated to a stirring speech from...
Botnets lead way in spam charge
News Over 83 percent of spam in June was sent from botnets, says a new report, while instant messages with malicious links and web-based malware are also on the rise
GCHQ takes on gov't IT security training
News Government IT security training co-ordination will shift from the Cabinet Office to GCHQ
Firefox 3.5: screenshots
Photo Take a tour of Mozilla's new Firefox 3.5 web browser.
Firefox 3.5: a first look
Preview Firefox 3.5 forges ahead with strong developer support, but most improvements for casual users will probably strike them as minor.
Global IT spending to fall by 10pc
News Researcher Forrester's prediction is a significant increase on its earlier forecast that worldwide IT spending would drop three percent in 2009
Fund for tech start-ups aims to reach £1bn
News The government has announced a venture-capital fund for tech-based businesses that will match private-sector contributions of up to £150m
Cisco moves unified comms to the cloud
News The company has cloud plans for its WebEx unified communications service, and intends to support both platform and top-layer SaaS delivery
To be Paranoid or NOT Paranoid?
Talkback I think he's most concerned with dilution of the base of experienced programmers available to work on GNU projects. Other than that, he might be paranoid. Maybe I missed something in all the...
