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Talkback Isn't Microsoft still using the equally outdated concept of "drive letters", even in its latest OS offering? Although I'm not sure what the fate of drives A: and B: is, now that floppies are defunct.
Reding on the warpath again (and again)
Blog Not content with threatening operators over their admittedly usurious data/SMS roaming tariffs, Eurocomissar Viv Reding is now allegedly waving a pointed stick at national telecoms regulators for...
Torex whistleblower breaks cover
News Suspended chief executive contacted the Serious Fraud Office with concerns over Torex Retail's accounts
Bill Gates on Apple security and other things
Blog William H Gates III has been talking to Steven Levy about Vista, the Apple Switcher adverts, and more. It's well worth reading the whole thing - though hold onto your jaw. At the bottom of page 2,...
EC threatens operators over data roaming
News Roaming rip-offs: Operators must announce data and SMS roaming cuts within six weeks or face the wrath of the European Parliament
Agree and disagree
Talkback Lucey's tone is defensive and terse. Lets hope that he doesn't try to placate the OSS community and the schools keen to adopt its software. That would be a bad career move. There are a number of...
Zune gone
Blog Bryan Lee (the executive, not the blues singer) has left Microsoft. People leave Microsoft all the time, but Lee is following Jim Allchin in waiting for their product to be launched before bailing...
Video: A tour of Lucasfilm data centre
Video Take a tour around the cutting-edge data centre at San Francisco's high-tech movie production company
Photos: Fujitsu Services hit by Amicus strike
Photo Staff at Fujitsu Services held a mass rally this week as they demand more redundancy rights and better pay
Consumer Choice
Talkback I wonder if the individual consumer's requirements have been overlooked in this analysis. Companies now thriving can provide their computers either immediately in the shops or virtually by return...
Easynet users suffer 10 days of outages
News The ISP has managed to resolve a server configuration problem, which prevented customers from sending emails
Brave New Ballot
Review This book examines the security of electronic voting systems with reference to a specific incident. Although it has interesting things to say about the interface between science, politics and the...
Microsoft
Talkback What is Microsoft's approch to the environment , except weasel words? Computer manufactures have been given some responsiblities for safe disposal, but is this enough? Software, inter alia, drives...
Apple bug fixer may extend project
News Landon Fuller, the developer behind January's Apple bug-fixing project, may expand the initiative to address Mac zero-day vulnerabilities in the future
Follow Up
Talkback Of course, Open Source offers one overwhelming advantage. That is the ability to run on hardware which does not meet the needs of Vista, or even struggles with XP. Not only a saving in procurement...
IBM's India headcount soars
News One in six IBM employees is based in India, while Accenture boasts an even higher ratio
Interesting
Talkback An article couched in moderate terms expressing what so many of us feel in less moderate tems. And, of course, the unanswered question regarding how much illegal code is included in M$ products. I,...
Chicken and Egg
Talkback This appears to be somewhat of a circular argument. No interest, no suppliers. No suppliers, no interest. Companies cannot provide the infrastructure required because of the market uncertainty, so...
NHS denies privacy risk over smartcard sharing
News Connecting for Health admits that smartcards were shared by clinical staff, but plays down fears that patient confidentiality was breached
SME tech spending to surge this year
News The growth in IT investment will be biggest in China and India, analysts predict
CRM tops BlackBerry users' wishlist
News UK executives want mobile CRM applications on their devices more than anything else
Coersion vs. Corruption
Talkback I have a postal vote set up permanently now, as I am never sure when I am going to be out of the county for a few days. I did this after missing a couple of ballots in a row at the last minute. I...
No mystery?
Talkback I guess it wasn't considering who appears to have SIGNED (http://upload6.postimage.org/48930/photo_hosting.html ) at least ONE of them 'rubber cheques...and it wasn't Hewlett Packard
Upgrade boosts 3G network speeds
News Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless are upgrading their 3G networks with a technology that will increase internet upload speeds
A matter of scale
Talkback As we know from a recent election postal votes are far from secure. It's a matter of scale. The best possible way of voting is in a booth with a piece of paper. Fairness dictates though that...
Microsoft to release ODF translator for Word
News Translator will convert file formats between Microsoft Office and rival standard OpenDocument
Why Jobs has the backing of Apple's board
News Many companies accused of backdating stock options have ousted their CEO, but Apple is standing by Steve Jobs
