Previous DayShow blog day 2: IBM Rational Software Developer Conference 2008
Blog IBM really did bring out all the news on day one of this show, so this morning a little space cleared for the partners to try and get a little attention. Before I mention a few of the IBM...
RE:Windows 7? No arm in it
Blog Comment I've just spent a long time on the phone to someone trying to help them out with a problem - a process made infinitely harder by them using a GUI instead of a command line. There are plenty of...
Is Google's new VR toy really, virtually all its own work?
Blog You've probably heard of Photosynth by now, the rather fabulous technology from MIcrosoft Research that automatically stitches together overlapping pictures into a virtual world. You won't have...
Inside Intel's Atom
Tech Guide Intel has launched its Atom processor, which will be seen in a wide range of computers, from Mobile Internet Devices to low-power notebooks (Netbooks) and desktops (Nettops). Here's a tour of the...
Opera, Blackadder and the surfer
Blog We get a fair amount of marketing bumpf sent to us, but this one is... special. Opera, purveyors of fine browsers for PCs and handsets alike, seem to have decided to create their own version of an...
Acer launches £199 subnotebook
Photo The world's second-largest laptop manufacturer enters the same market as Asus's Eee, with its own Linux-based subnotebook
I'll wait
Talkback I was planning to download and install this Release Candidate, howevever, if Grub and the Nvidia drivers are a problem, I thik I'll just wait awhile. I'm still on 10.2, not liking some of the...
Goosh, that's a neat interface
Blog It's nothing new - in fact the command line interface implemented at Goosh.org harks back to the days somewhere between the fall from grace of the punched card and the rise to fame (or infamy) of...
RE:Show blog: IBM Rational Software Developer Conference 2008
Blog Comment These conferences always sound like a skewed version of reality, Adrian, or a timewarp. The Cathedral and The Bazaar (essay 1997, book 1999) has just penetrated the world of IBM Rational. The comic...
Researchers cut costs of quantum cryptography
News A method to lower costs and improve the security of quantum cryptography has been developed
BT launches major drive to cut CO2 emissions
News By 2016, the telecoms giant hopes to reduce its 1996 global CO2 emission levels by 80 percent
ecoquiet RM ONE 50: a first look
Preview Intel is talking up its new Atom processor as a basis for low-cost, low-power 'Netbooks' and 'Nettops'. Here, we examine RM's education- focused ecoquiet ONE 50.
Storm worm resurfaces, tries love angle again
News The malware is being spammed out in emails that try to trick users by playing on their curiosity about a possible love interest, experts have warned
More Pleasant Surprises with Ubuntu
Blog As I continue to test and work with Ubuntu, I have come across a few more very pleasant surprises: - I plugged in my Logitech V20 Notebook Speakers (USB). They worked. - I plugged in my...
IBM raises the tempo with Jazz
News The company has announced a group of new products for its Eclipse-based team collaboration platform Jazz, which it says will help improve processes such as data gathering
Google lets businesses control site search
News Through its revamped Google Site Search service, the company will grant more control to those customers who want to use its search technology on their own websites
Apple iPhone loses US market share to RIM, Palm
News IDC figures reveal that Apple's market share dropped from 26.7 percent in the fourth quarter to 19.2 percent in the first
Google denies Android phones delayed
News Claims that phones using the Android software will be delayed until 2009 are unfounded, according to the search giant
Global semiconductor market boosted by PC sales
News The Semiconductor Industry Association says chip sales rose 5.9 percent in April compared to last year, despite a sluggish economy
Northern Ireland tipped to be top UK tech hub
Analysis Invest Northern Ireland claims a highly skilled and flexible workforce makes the region a strong competitor to more established UK tech centres
