Previous DayThis is not ENOUGH
Talkback data-protection code of practice aimed at getting the public and private sectors to take better care of sensitive information... THIS IS NOT ENOUGH! This whole world is really very much in danger...
JavaOne Keynote: Live Blog Feed
Blog #08.51 PST - I'm sat in row 2 in the main auditorium at San Francisco's Moscone Centre for Sun Microsystems' JavaOne event. Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has taken the stage and has not mentioned the...
SanDisk fine-tunes SSDs for netbooks
News The flash memory firm has revealed two solid-state drives and a range of memory cards that are specifically tailored for use in small, cheap subnotebooks
Sun guides buyers through the cloud
News Sun has launched a service to help companies develop and deploy cloud computing, a rare move into professional services for the company
Flash to be optimised for Intel, Nvidia netbooks
News Adobe has announced collaborations with Broadcom and Nvidia that will see high-definition Flash video technology tweaked for portable web-surfing devices
AMD launches dual-core Phenom, Athlon CPUs
News The chipmaker has unveiled its first dual-core Phenom and a dual-core Athlon that can work with the faster memory standard DDR3
OpenSolaris adds more developer goodies
Blog The new version of OpenSolaris has quite a few new features, and some of them look interesting for the developer. While Crossbow will help during testing — having your entire application...
First Tegra-based netbooks and MIDs unveiled
News Nvidia's system-on-a-chip has shown up in a dozen netbooks and mobile internet devices at the Computex event in Taiwan
O2's Joggler: the digital fridge door
Blog I love it when kit does something innovative, something I’ve not seen before. So in theory I ought to love the O2 Joggler. But I’m finding it a bit difficult to get a warm glow going. O2 is...
Reports: Smith to resign as home secretary
Blog There are various reports that Jacqui Smith is to resign as home secretary in the wake of the MPs expenses scandal. Smith, who has presided over Home Office-led IT projects, including the plan...
Can Google Wave conquer the enterprise?
Blog Google Wave, the all-in-one browser-based communications technology, looks like it could revolutionise communications. The company's clearly thought about what needs to be done to bring the whole...
Freescale shows off 'smartbook' prototypes
Photo The chipmaker has worked alongside a US design school to come up with new concepts for ARM-based, Linux-driven mobile internet devices
BCS attempts cultural shift in data protection
News New data-protection guidelines aim to encourage private companies and government departments to take better care of personal details
Report: Orange fails in T-Mobile takeover bid
Blog Orange tried but failed to negotiate a takeover of T-Mobile UK, according to a report in The Observer. The report suggests that an offer from Orange was rebuffed by T-Mobile's parent company,...
SugarCRM adds mobile, collaboration tools
News A new beta-test version of the popular open-source CRM software promises to work better with other web services, and it adds mobile and collaboration features
Acer to sell Android netbooks, phones this year
News After the launch of a model running on Android later this year, the majority of Acer's netbooks will offer the open-source OS as an alternative to Windows
Intel launches CULV chip for ultra-thin notebooks
News The SU2700 is designed for notebook computers that are larger and more powerful than netbooks, but still much thinner than traditional laptops
Google Docs gets .docx and .xlsx support
News The two file formats found in nearly every modern-day word processor or spreadsheet editor are now supported by Google Docs
Microsoft buys Merck unit in life-sciences push
News The software maker said on Monday it is buying a unit of drug giant Merck to help its Amalga Life Sciences product
Red Hat's strategy to 'future-proof' Java
News The JBoss Open Choice application platform strategy promises to redefine the use of Java in the enterprise by making it easier to develop and deploy applications
Excellent Information
Talkback Thanks guys, this was an excellent overview, in addition to being entertaining, as usual. I had been very curious about Moblin, and you saved me from strugging to load it on my HP Mini-Note. It...
Starter Edition = Hacker's Delight
Talkback I think MS realized that the bulk of the operative code would have to be in all version's of Win7 and has ALREADY been released. The Starter Edition would likely be the first to be hacked, at...
Sun Stays Open: A Closer Look at OpenSolaris 2009.06
Blog With critics inevitably drawing conclusions over a more corporate and newly monetised version of Sun Microsystems emerging from the Oracle acquisition, the company used its 'day zero' Community One...
Windows 7 RC Cracker Jack Surprise.
Blog Windows 7 RC surprised me today with some computational behavior that was totally unexpected. You know sometimes I really hate giving bananas to the code monkeys at Redmond. But when the monkeys do...
RE:Asus and Microsoft Smacking Netbook Linux? And You're Surpri...
Blog Comment People should remember that ASUS has always been somewhat hostile to Linux. I first became aware of this a few years ago, from an article in which a Linux user tried to get ASUS to deal with a...
