Previous DayAdoption of Chrome
Talkback While not being a fan of the Chrome's combination location bar and search box, the thing that really bugs me is that when I open a link in a new tab, the new tab does not automatically come to the...
Process Improvement without BPM
Blog A lot of process improvement projects I have come across go something like this: A Senior Executive (let's call him Gordon) is not hitting his performance (i.e. bonus) target. He naturally...
Major Python update makes break with past
News Python 3.0 is a major change from the Python 2 series, and the first release that is intentionally backwards-incompatible
VMware View 3 gets virtual printing
News ThinPrint announces print management for virtual desktops as part of VMware View 3 launch
and the winner is...
Talkback Although John Chambers was a McCain supporter, he should not be eliminated from the CTO race. Mr. Obama has had no problem with selecting other competitors from the race so there should be no...
RE:T-Mobile G1 could be data-roaming nightmare
Blog Comment blimely.. I had to berate Vodafone portugal for my iphone data charges on my last trip to the Uk they were nothing like the 1.2 euros a megabyte advertised. Should there not be an automatic...
ISPs promise accurate broadband-speed advice
News All the major ISPs have signed up to an Ofcom code of practice requiring accurate advice to be given on attainable broadband speeds, but mobile broadband isn't covered
T-Mobile G1 could be data-roaming nightmare
Blog A thoroughly disturbing post has appeared on the Android Guys website. It seems to indicate that it is not possible to turn off the internet connectivity on the T-Mobile G1 Android phone. A US...
First look at Opera 10
Photo Usually the underdog in the browser wars, the Opera 10 alpha brings some unexpected firepower to the battlefield
Outlook must move to cloud, says Qualys CEO
Blog I'm at an event called "CSO Interchange" in London today. Philippe Courtot, the chief executive of Qualys, has just given a speech. In it he compared Microsoft's current business model with cloud...
Voice vibration could recharge mobile phones
Analysis Research could pave the way for battery-free gadgets that harness sound waves for power
Experts: US cybersecurity needs fresh ideas
News A successful public-private partnership to combat cyberthreats will require more trust and forward-looking ideas, policy experts have said
Want to buy a nuclear bunker?
Blog "An unusual opportunity," says the estate agent. He's not kidding. It's a nuclear bunker that was converted to a data centre and used by security company Symantec. For a nuclear bunker, the...
Gartner sees high levels of SaaS popularity
News The analyst has found high levels of optimism around SaaS among organisations, with 90 percent expecting to maintain or grow their use of software based on the model
National Archives puts Cabinet Office papers online
News The 'Cabinet Papers 1915-1977' project makes 500,000 pages of government papers accessible online, free of charge
Networks left unprotected by SonicWall server glitch
News A SonicWall licensing server outage disabled subscription-based security services for at least several hours on Tuesday
Looking to the future......
Talkback It is important to acknowledge that data breaches that have occured in the past will become headline news - but surely now we know the extent of the problems, since we have access to solutions in...
US was hours from filing Google-Yahoo antitrust suit
News The lawyer hired to look into the Google-Yahoo search-ad deal says the US government was three hours from filing an antitrust suit when the companies abandoned the pact
'Green' mobile phones a long way off, says report
News Mobile phones with eco-friendly features are rare, although vendors are making progress to improve designs and reduce waste, an ABI Research report states
Device combo
Talkback Well I can definitely say that an all-in-one would not suit me. You end up with a poor compromise. It's not quite powerful enough compared to a laptop/web book and not as compact or have the...
Gov't comms database plans put on hold
News Plans for the £12bn database of all UK communications data have been pushed back after draft legislation failed to appear in the Queen's speech on Wednesday
Adobe warns of weaker sales, job cuts
News The software maker says the global economic woes and less-than-anticipated demand for its Creative Suite 4 software is adding up to sluggish sales
So... is the open source model broken or not?
Blog A BusinessWeek article says the open source model is broken. But Red Hat's CEO tells us it isn't. The original article actually says "the open-source business model that relies solely on...
Sun seeks new coders, revenue via JavaFX
Analysis With the launch of JavaFX 1.0, Sun is trying to reclaim Java's strength as a foundation for rich internet applications. But it's no longer the incumbent
RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
Blog The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 (let's just call it the Flip for short), is the first clamshell device from RIM and it is not short on features. It goes without saying that it meets RIM's mobile...
Lib Dems criticise 'shambolic' DNA database
News Innocent people's DNA is being added to the government's database, while real criminals are evading detection, according to the Liberal Democrats
