Previous DayIntel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition
Review Intel's new Core i7 (Nehalem) desktop processors will remain enthusiast and professional-level parts until more affordable complementary hardware comes out next year. Speed never comes cheap,...
More on CRM meets Web 2.0: Salesforce.com and Facebook
Blog Just a few weeks after LinkedIn announced an investment from SAP, Facebook and Salesforce.com buddy up. If you don't follow Salesforce.com, it's their Dreamforce expo this week, where users and...
RE:Can we measure digital mood?
Blog Comment Hi Adrian.....I like the idea, and maybe it could stretch to improving the online experience of the partialy sighted with sound signatures/textures for links, and with voice text readers haivng...
Centralised databases a 'slippery road'
Video European data-protection chief Peter Hustinx explains why he doubts the effectiveness of compelling companies to hold onto customer data
Software Jihad part 2
Blog I guess the point of my previous post (read rant if you want) was that Microsoft makes a lot of noise of "protecting" their IP but in reality they are only paying lip-service to it and the...
Third Chrome beta steps up browser's speed
Analysis Google began updating Chrome users with the new beta version, and performance tests show the company has ratcheted the browser's speed up another notch
RE:Inconsistency in the air over UK software patent examination...
Blog Comment plh, please call me Matt. So, if I've understood your points correctly: 1. The (economic) benefits of (software) patents need to outweigh the negative effects; 2. The EPO now considers software...
OpenSolaris comes to the mainframe
News Sun has announced a prototype of OpenSolaris for IBM's System z mainframes, pitching the project for energy-saving and cost-cutting efforts
Businesses lack confidence in police e-crime handling
News Companies have expressed concerns over whether police have the resources, technical knowledge or remit to handle cybercrime
Microsoft cuts Home Server price by 30pc
News A year after launch, the company's flagship product for the system-builder market has a price reduction, but 'momentum for Windows Home Server remains strong', Microsoft says
Intel Core i7 benchmarks...coming soon!
Blog Intel has taken the wraps off its new Core i7 (Nehalem) processor architecture, which features an integrated memory controller and new QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) point-to-point links. The first...
Motorola ditches Symbian, announces 3,000 layoffs
News In future Motorola plans concentrate only on the Android, Windows Mobile and P2K platforms for handsets, a spokesperson has confirmed
Yahoo, Google under pressure to decide on deal
Analysis Now they know what it will take for their advertising deal to get approval from antitrust regulators, Yahoo and Google just have to decide: is it worth it?
The U.S should Grow Up & Get A Sense Of Humour
Talkback Excellent that Gary McKinnon is finally getting support and hopefully some long overdue Justice. This one sided Extradition Treaty should never have been introduced. When Courts can treat...
BBC pledges software-licensing shake-up
News Following criticism from the National Audit Office, the BBC has said it will continue reviewing all its software licensing after removing licences from hundreds of staff not regularly using them
This is rubbish
Talkback Mobile payments have been possible for years, what's holding it back isn't handset availability or technology. Nokia launched the NFC shell for the 3220 in 2004. No-one bought it. What's wrong is...
No deterrent
Talkback "Internal" disciplinary action is a grossly inadequate response to data misuse in the IPS and to me smacks of lax and idle management covering their weakness. Those working in such positions of...
MPs call for Nasa hacker to serve UK sentence
News Ten Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have called for Gary McKinnon to serve any sentence he is given by a US court back home in the UK
3 ups mobile-broadband allowances for SMEs
News The operator has refreshed its small-business tariffs to include higher data limits
Vodafone stung over mobile broadband claims
News The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld three complaints against the operator for claims made in its advertising of mobile broadband
Money transfers, NFC to drive mobile payments
News A recent report predicts that in the next few years, mobile payments will be led by mobile money transfers and NFC-enabled handsets used to buy goods
Yahoo allows experimental SearchMonkey apps
News The company has made it easier for programmers who want to augment Yahoo search results to get their ideas into circulation
RIM faces patent-infringement lawsuit
News Mformation, a maker of mobile-device management software, has announced it is suing the BlackBerry maker over two patents
RE:Inconsistency in the air over UK software patent examination...
Blog Comment Roger, In essence, yes, in Europe if patent protection isn't available you will still have copyright protection (assuming you didn't copy the code from anyone else) that would let you stop someone...
Asustek plans Eee PC price drop for 2009
News The company has told investors that by 2009 it will offer an entry-level Eee PC beginning at $200
Ubuntu 8.10 Mobile Broadband
Blog I mentioned last week that the new release of Ubuntu (Intrepid Ibex) includes 3G Mobile Broadband networking, but there is a "small problem" with it. I was hoping that it would be resolved by the...
Salesforce.com expands cloud-computing reach
News The company is set to announce Force.com Sites, an extension to their existing service that lets businesses build external-facing websites
Gov't departments hike spending on IT upgrades
News The only four departments to respond to a series of parliamentary questions on IT-upgrade spending have revealed significant increases in the past financial year
Cybercrime takes to the cloud
News RSA says cloud-computing crimeware means networks of zombie machines can be hired to steal online-banking details for as little as $299 a month
Microsoft unveils Live Framework
News At the Professional Developers Conference, the software maker unveiled the developer component of Live Mesh
Trojan compromises 550,000 web-banking accounts
News RSA has discovered over half a million login details for bank and credit-card accounts compromised by the Sinowal Trojan
IPS dismisses 14 staff for data-protection breaches
News The dismissals at the Identity and Passport Service, which is developing the National Identity Register, occurred over a three-year period
Can we measure digital mood?
Blog I'm currently working on a project to dig into the accessibility issues that web designers need to consider when building new sites. Among the companies I am talking to is Keynote Systems who label...
RE:Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?
Blog Comment Is there a public record that can be accessed of the extradition hearing? Any evidence that can be read on-line? I would like to know what he confessed to. The FBI and the US Attorney General sure...
Just Like Microsoft
Talkback Yes the fine-print you know that absolves the host company for any responsibility except billing you the customer. It would be refreshing, it might even be revolutionary for a IT-related services...
