Previous DayNew iPods set for September 9th.
Blog With what is fast becoming an annual event somewhere in San Francisco we should expect a whole rafter of remakes and upgrades to the current iPod line up next week. The event will be held at 6 pm...
Shiny Shiny Chrome
Blog Well considering that most of the interweb was buzzing with talk of Google browser today I thought I would just on that bandwagon and throw in my 2 cents worth. Before I start there is one thing to...
But What About The Handle-Differing-Browsers-In-The-Right-Wa...
Talkback First impression is very good for me. But some sites which identify the client browser are going to be slow to catch up. Facebook is one: "Sorry, we're not cool enough to support your browser....
Google Chrome - first benchmarks. Summary: wow.
Blog We've got the first comparative benchmarks of Google Chrome, which we downloaded around half an hour ago as the official launch podcast came to an end. We'll be looking at Chrome very closely...
This post written in Chrome
Blog The download opened about fifteen minutes ago, and I'm now watching the Chrome press conference in Chrome - and I'm also writing this post in another Chrome tab I dragged onto the desktop. ...
Chrome could be a landgrab
Blog The press conference is still on, and enthusiasm is high. Here's my thoughts so far. Chrome could grab land from Windows. There are so-called "Pinocchio" apps, where tabs become separate...
RE:Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Comment The pursuit of excellence in Audio is to be applauded. A certain section of the audiophile community should be rounded up and then sentenced to listen to their collective worst hits in the world...
Microsoft Kill 2 birds with one stone then.
Talkback MS were getting excluded from bids as they were not standards compliant. With this amazing move they can now claim to be standards compliant even if it is in the next release, and bid on those...
HP chooses thin-client key for virtualisation
News The company announces new products with virtualisation and thin clients as well as closer links with Citrix virtualisation software
soon ...
Talkback Should be interesting to have a good 'usual' browsing session with this new browser. Just need a website to break now to see how the error handling works.
Former BT chief to head up Alcatel-Lucent
News Alcatel-Lucent has appointed former BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen as its new chief executive
CMA
Talkback Fine in theory, but we hope the NCC has thought it through. Any new legislation must be careful to define what constitutes a breach. For example: • Is a data loss necessarily a data breach?; •...
Industry welcomes Chrome as 'business as usual'
News Companies such as Mozilla and Canonical have extended a welcome to Google's browser, while Microsoft says Internet Explorer can rest on its record
Stephen Fry wishes happy birthday to GNU
Video The actor applauds the free software project and open source in general in a video marking GNU’s 25th anniversary
Google Chrome to open new front in browser war
Video On Tuesday evening, Google will release a beta of its Chrome browser. Rupert Goodwins looks forward to the latest campaign in the browser war
RE:Is the WEEE directive in trouble?
Blog Comment Hey Richard Interesting views on the WEEE directive - given that it took the UK so long to actually enact it - nearly two years later than some member countries. I recently received some...
I almost fell off my chair laughing
Talkback This has to be my quote of the week : "Google has finally done it. It's taken its gaudy, chrome-plated, futuristic ray gun and pointed it straight at Microsoft's head." Lets hope that Chrome is as...
Chrome needs more than just sparkle
Leader There's a lot of technology in Google's Chrome browser. Its success depends on something more
David's Alpine photo fail
Blog On Friday I took a flight to the Alps, courtesy of Alcatel-Lucent, who wanted to show me how their comms tech had helped to organise the complex Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc, a high altitude...
Stephen Fry kicks off GNU's 25th birthday party
News The actor has thrown his weight behind the 25th anniversary celebrations for the free software-based operating system
Cross platform app store?
Talkback I'm wondering when a 'cross platform mobile' application market will be launched? Obviously there are more windows mobile applications than any other mobile platform out there just seems strange...
Enterprise-software giants tweak apps for the iPhone
News Oracle, SAP and Sybase are among the major software makers seeking to attract enterprise iPhone users with modified versions of desktop apps
Google Chrome: Special report
Roundup The search giant has launched a beta of its own open-source browser, sending a clear challenge to Microsoft in the way it lets users work with applications
Phase change limited as flash replacement
News Cost concerns over phase change memory could limit the technology as a replacement option for flash, according to one analyst
The Chrome comic
Blog Google's Chrome browser will succeed if we understand it, like it and use it. And before the browser even appears, the company has taken a masterful step to achieving that. I'm talking about...
RE:A tool
Blog Comment For my tuppence worth, I think that by their nature computers are incredibly complex. But it serves to hide this complexity from the user. The user uses the computer for a specific task, and...
Dialogue Box 4.8: Powerline networking
Video Connecting your office or home via the mains wiring is quick and easy, but what are the drawbacks? Dialogue Box uses a vacuum cleaner, a desk lamp and a fluorescent tube to demonstrate some of them
Sony Ericsson denies Microsoft-phone delay
News The company has scotched rumours that rollout delays will force its Windows Mobile-powered Xperia 1 to miss the key Christmas sales period
Zero Config
Blog Shock horror, I had to actually print out a paper letter today. This is the first time in probably 6 months. I have an HP Deskjet 5150, and plugging it into my feisty ThinkPad X60s, which runs...
Google adds 'Video for Business' to Apps platform
News The company is using YouTube tech to make it easier, cheaper and more secure for companies to distribute video to employees
RE:Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux T...
Blog Comment @putt1ck - Yes, I fully agree, but not only for businesses. That is the sequence that I am following for converting my partner from Windows to Linux, and if that works out well, which it is so...
Mozilla welcomes competition from Google's Chrome
News Google's entry into the open-source-browser arena will spur innovation, says Mozilla chief executive John Lilly
All roads lead to Chrome
Comment With its new browser, Google has finally taken its gaudy, chrome-plated, futuristic ray gun and pointed it straight at Microsoft's head
RE:Google Chrome - an open source browser, and more...
Blog Comment Well the comic makes for an interesting read and can be easily understood by standard users and techie minded alike. Nice work. I really like the ability to move a tab between windows, it's a great...
Watchdog aims to compel data-breach confessions
News The National Consumer Council is petitioning the EU to draft legal powers compelling businesses and banks to inform customers of the loss of their data
Google to unveil open-source 'Chrome' browser
News The search giant will unveil on Tuesday a web browser based on code from the WebKit project
Fujitsu seeks payment for NHS IT work
News Sacked from the National Programme for IT in May, the supplier is reportedly asking for £700m of the £896m due had its 10-year contract been completed
Staccato: Wireless USB to be big in 2009
News As the chipmaker unveils its Ripcord 2 65nm CMOS ultrawideband system on a chip, its CEO claims PC makers will start offering wireless USB more widely next year
