Previous DayRE:A Minor Stumble with Ubuntu
Blog Comment The very best thing to do with a USB modem is to take it out shooting. I understand it makes an excellent target flung several tens of metres into the air. I remember trying to network an Alcatel...
Samsung Omnia
Member Review Had the vodafone version and after a week of ownership I sent it back. The lady on the phone who organised the return told me they have had loads returned. For me the screens too small and the...
Microsoft plans European search R&D centre
News The centre, with branches in Paris, London and Munich, will add to Microsoft's existing annual $600m research spend in Europe, as Microsoft Live Search struggles to catch up with Yahoo and Google
Search company Splunk launches in UK
News The US enterprise-search company has announced it is opening its first European office in the UK as it continues to expand
Hacked iPlayer for Symbian Series 60 in action
Video ZDNet.co.uk demonstrates how a little hacking can get the BBC's video-on-demand widget to run on a handset it shouldn't support, over a 3G connection that's supposed to be blocked
Skype on taking care of customers
Video In an interview with ZDNet.co.uk's Rupert Goodwins, Skype's COO says the company is making focused moves to improve the customer experience and service
BT starts reselling Salesforce CRM
News BT Business has signed its latest software-as-a-service distribution deal, following similar pacts with NetSuite and SugarCRM
IBM to open Scottish datacentre for SMEs
News The £2m datacentre is being built in line with IBM's 'green' datacentre standards, and will offer co-location and other services
Skype puts video front and centre
Video ZDNet.co.uk's Rupert Goodwins talks to Skype's COO about what to expect in the next update, as net-based calling moves beyond VoIP
Red Hat simplifies platform for Linux supercomputing
News The Linux leader aims to make more of a dent in the high-performance-computing market with a platform it claims can be up and running in under an hour
Adobe is in line with many software companies
Talkback There is no doubt that what Adobe is doing is the same as many US software companies. They fix a price based on what they think they can reaonable get. Their sales will very likely reflect this as...
Security Engineering
Review The world has changed in the seven years since the first edition of this seminal book was published. Anyone involved in designing any kind of security system should read this second edition.
Date set for restart of Large Hadron Collider
News The world's most powerful particle accelerator, built to test fundamental physics theories and to search for the Higgs Boson, will be ready to resume in April
Overcharging for products in the UK
Talkback Unfortunately its not just Adobe that essentially ignores exchange rate and swaps the US $ sign for a British £ on its prices. Canon recently have done exactly the same thing on their recent...
Freedom4 launches combined 3G, Wi-Fi dongle
News The company says mobile WiMax could also end up as part of the package, which connects to Wi-Fi or a cellular data service, depending on which connection is best at the time
Samsung Omnia
Review Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.
It's fine folks the Home Office says it's ok
Talkback > The Home Office denied that e-passports > would make identity authentication less secure. I love it. The article debunks, to a reasonable level of detail, the security mechanisms on e-Passports,...
Adobe responds to CS4 pricing criticism
News The company has tweaked its prices of Creative Studio 4, while insisting small pricing changes were as planned
Facebook to establish international HQ in Dublin
News The social network is following in the footsteps of other tech companies by taking advantage of the Irish government's tax incentives
Estonia reveals its cybersecurity strategy
News The report on the May 2007 DoS attacks seeks to establish good security practices within the country and promote international co-operation toward achieving global cybersecurity
Which sectors are being hardest hit?
Blog Sobering story in the Times yesterday about how major manufacturing companies are cutting back on overtime and 4 day weeks to respond to falling demand... ...
Phishers cash in on banking crisis
News SonicWall says phishers are exploiting confusion over consolidation in the financial industry to extract victims' personal and banking details
Tech M&A spending plummets in third quarter
News Mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry fell by a third compared to a year ago, fuelled by credit tightening and havoc on Wall Street, says a new report
End of OpenSource then?
Talkback I presume this signifies the end to OpenSource projects and GPL on Windows then, as I presume the people who can develop Windows Cloud applications will be restricted. I presume it will cost a lot...
TCP flaws may lead to DoS attacks, say researchers
News Researchers testing a port scanner have discovered multiple flaws within the TCP stack that could create denial-of-service attacks under controlled circumstances
National anti-fraud centre ready for action
News Pilots for the National Fraud Reporting Centre, which will work closely with the Police Central e-Crime Unit, are due to begin immediately
Mobile-broadband push may be slow to bear fruit
News An Ovum analyst says the efforts of an alliance of tech giants, aimed at promoting embedded mobile broadband in devices, may take time to pay off
Browsers of the Stone Age
Blog Apologies for the lack of blog action: I've been on my holidays. Next week, I'm off again on business – it involves 'brand development' and 'global strategy', which is more fun than it sounds but...
