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Blog I had a mail this morning from Tony Roberts, chief executive of IT charity Computer Aid. The organisation takes old tech from the UK and refurbishes it for use in developing countries. (I recently...
Microsoft extends Silverlight beyond Windows
News Software giant will let .Net and Ruby developers write web applications for Windows and the Mac
Video: Microsoft's Silverlight in action
Video Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, and Scott Guthrie, general manager of developer platforms, demonstrate Silverlight's key features
Cisco creates Web 2.0 appliances
News Networking giant has developed a combined switch and router designed to cope with multimedia web applications
Information Commissioner to demand greater powers
Blog Richard Thomas is going to ask Parliament that he be given the power to force organisations to submit to inspections and audits from his office, the ICO, reports Out-Law.com. The ICO can...
Lawyer warns that PDFs fail on accessibility
News Technology lawyer Struan Robertson has advised that companies need to provide HTML or text versions of PDFs to comply with disability legislation
Innovation to order
Leader Dell says it has to change. Investors and customers agree — the question is, how much?
Dell chooses Ubuntu for Linux PCs
News Computer maker plans to start selling systems with Ubuntu's 'Feisty Fawn' version of Linux installed
Hats off (on?) to a CS3 blog winner!
Blog Good things come to those who blog--at least, if we're offering a prize for the best entries. Congratulations to veteran member David Long, whose comments on what he hoped to see in Adobe...
Leaked memo exposes Dell's plans
News Michael Dell may invest in an indirect sales operation, while redundancies are likely to be on the way, according to an internal company document
Linux Fundamentals
Review This is a solid first training course for newcomers to corporate Linux.
The Cloud's CEO quit to save planet
News George Polk has revealed that he stepped down from the Wi-Fi network operator partly to focus on combating global warming
Microsoft's Ozzie spearheads drive to online services
News Company's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, discusses his belief that the future lies in a combination of software and online services
Dell set to offer Ubuntu?
Blog Dell will make an announcement this afternoon on offering pre-installed Linux on its systems. Currently you have no choice - it's Windows or Windows. But that looks set to change, with an...
Working in a Google culture
Q&A The search giant's chief culture officer, Stacy Savides Sullivan, explains her mission to retain the company's culture and keep the workforce happy
Mac security concerns grow
News Following Apple's latest security update, experts warn that there is no room for complacency over the malware risk to Macs
Google dismisses Viacom copyright claims
News Search giant argues that it is protected by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act and says Viacom suit threatens video-sharing sites
Court rules in Microsoft's favour on patents
News Judges have said that the software giant cannot be held liable when code copied by foreign manufacturers infringes on US patents
Google revamps customisation tools
News Search giant has revamped its personalised home page product in an effort to clarify its strategy on customisation
Parallel computing and serial stupidity
Blog Just back from the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC), where I had a most interesting conversation with some of the people behind the Maxwell experimental high performance computer. That's...
Toshiba Portégé M400 3G143
Review We're not convinced that the Portégé M400 is the ideal combination of size, weight and functionality for a convertible Tablet PC, and would have liked to see the same features in a rather lighter...
