Previous DayReaders Rating is more revealing
Talkback Quite how OpenOffice scored lower than StarOffice is strange given that they are, for all intents and purposes, *exactly* the same. Note Reader's gave OpenOffice 8.8. Sun recently released...
O2 do know about edge - kind of!
Talkback i have just been on the phone to o2 who say they haven't released exact locations of edge coverage yet as they are upgrading areas as soon as possible, right through to mid November, so don't yet...
IBM updates WebSphere portfolio
News The software company has added Web 2.0 and security functionalities to its service-oriented architecture product range
RE:Radioactive laptops? Perhaps not...
Blog Comment I figured the story was "off" - thanks for the reality check. Still, couldn't this principal be used on nuclear waste? In a nice Cradle to Cradle fashion, we turn the waste of the power plants...
Time to talk-up speech recognition
Blog Well, that's the message from the head of Europe for speech recognition specialists Nuance. Steve Miller, who kicked off a day of get to know you sessions for press, analysts and customers with...
UK phone calls will be logged for a year
Blog Information about every call from the UK's mobile phones and landlines will have to be logged by operators for one year under an extension to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000,...
Avaya and Nokia release dual-mode SIP client
News A new soft client will provide voice-over-Wi-Fi functionality to those using an Avaya PBX with Nokia Eseries handsets
Virtual rootkits not a problem, claim researchers
News Hypervisor technology cannot be used to hide rootkits from detection, according to US researchers
Apple gets sued over iPhone price cut
Blog Remember Apple's 33 percent price cut on the iPhone, just 10 weeks after the blasted device was launched? Well, that cute little move managed to infuriate one woman so much that she is now...
Photos: installing Vista SP1 beta
Photo We've downloaded the standalone installer for Windows Vista SP1 build 6001.16659 and installed it on a few systems. Here are some of the most significant changes.
This web thingy....
Talkback The internet is going to have do a lot of maturing before it is ready for this kind of traffic. Security is always going to be a problem, connectivity is poor, and most business's are unwilling for...
Forthcoming highlights of Apple's Leopard
Feature With more than 300 updates and improvements, the latest Mac OS X operating system promises several significant enhancements
Addressing the issues is a job for?
Talkback Andrew - I did state that there are a host of reasons why women arent in the industry. I simply didnt list them. The reason I didnt list them, is because its largely pointless (in my opinion). I'll...
Schwartz: Sun to focus on storage business
News CEO Jonathan Schwartz will merge the company's storage and server units into one 'systems' team in a bid to position Sun at the forefront of a converging market
Skype: Not quite what eBay bargained for
Analysis The auction king has been forced to reassess the value of the company it acquired for $2.6m, and its larger strategy for making money with VoIP
Microsoft voted 'Best Campaigner against OOXML'
News An open standards group has awarded the software giant a prize for doing the most to discredit Office Open XML
Naked PCs
Talkback I see the problem, but it comes down to the detailed wording. If a vendor sells a PC and offers the consumer a choice of OSs the consumer gets the choice the EU is after and the vendor would still...
Radioactive laptops? Perhaps not...
Blog Here's a story that's doing the rounds on the blogs - Scientists Invent 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop Battery. The story is written in peculiarly convoluted prose, but appears to be saying...
Logitech VX Nano
Review If you can afford its high price, you'll be pleased by the Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse's comfort, features and extremely portable design
Breaking wireless keys in a Jimi
Blog Just had a most excellent email from a correspondent, who reports a top hack from the Emerald Isle. It seems that Irish ISP Eircom has been shipping Netopia wireless routers to its punters, and as...
No backdown from CSIRO over Wi-Fi patents
News The Australian government research body will not provide assurances that it won't sue manufacturers of next-generation wireless products over patent infringement
Joint acquisition of 3Com imminent
News The networking vendor will be taken over by private equity firm Bain Capital and network equipment maker Huawei
Nokia and Qualcomm's fractious past
News With the two companies' relationship becoming increasingly strained over recent years, here's a look back at landmarks in their legal scuffles
ID card-based criminal record checks get thumbs up
News Volunteers in a trial to speed up criminal record checks using ID cards have expressed their approval of the technology
EC launches antitrust probe against Qualcomm
News Nokia is one of six complainants claiming Qualcomm does not license its 3G patents under "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" terms
HTC Touches base
Blog Back in June I went to the launch of HTC's Touch, a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone that some touted as an "iPhone killer", thanks to its (somewhat) iPhone-like TouchFLO interface. HTC Touch: no...
Nokia to buy Navteq
News The company has upped the ante in the location-based service market with the purchase of the digital map provider, one of its largest acquisitions
Ballmer offers Microsoft support to UK start-ups
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced the Startup Accelerator Programme, aimed at helping UK tech start-ups achieve long-term success
Buzzword: a first look at Adobe's new word processor
Preview Adobe looks set to enter the online office suite market, following the acquisition of a web-based Flash word processor.
