Previous DayFreeware, Podcasts and Resources Worth Having.
Blog There are some very useful resources out there on the web, that come at no cost to the user. Below is a list of some of my favourite sites. 1. Sysinternals. Mark Russinovich is the man who...
Happy path testing..
Talkback Testers always take a happy path approach when it comes to testing which results in such issues in production. They do their job because they have to do it than taking any interest in what they are...
BSkyB in talks to buy Tiscali UK
Blog Not much to say here, other than we've finally got something solid on this story, rather than the endless speculation that seems to have been going around as long as I can recall. Tiscali is...
Oasis forms ODF committee
News The body that maintains the OpenDocument Format has formed a committee to promote interoperability
And the data loss goes on...
Blog This time it's a memory stick lost by Atos Origin with usernames and passwords for the government Gateway site. According to the Financial Times, the stick was encrypted, and turned up fairly...
Critical Adobe Reader hole discovered
News Core Security has warned of a vulnerability in version 8.1.2 of Adobe Reader that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer
Asus denies plans to phase out smaller Eee PCs
News The Taiwanese manufacturer claims its president did not say that seven- and 8.9-inch models of the popular netbook would be phased out in favour of 10-inch models
Software AG: The cloud's a good place for SOA
News Apps built specifically for cloud computing can be easily integrated into service-oriented architectures, according to a Software AG exec
ITTs are wonderful, discuss.
Blog Hello, so welcome to my Blog. And this is my first sojourn into the world of Blogs so forgive me if it all goes horribly wrong . I never was one for a diary or journal before, although there was...
Google offers update for Android security flaw
News T-Mobile and Google are distributing a patch to close a browser security hole that came to light in late October
Are IP addresses personal data?
Video European data-protection chief Peter Hustinx talks about how far an IP address can stand as an ID
RE:Inconsistency in the air over UK software patent examination...
Blog Comment Hi Paul, I opened your links (I had opened them before, but I thought you were directing me to a specific paper rather than the list). I haven't read them in detail, but from what I have looked at...
Fujitsu to buy out Siemens' stake in joint PC business
News After almost a decade in existence, the Fujitsu Siemens PC-manufacturing partnership is set to end in 2009
Salesforce chief launches Force.com Sites
Video At the Dreamforce conference, Marc Benioff reveals Force.com Sites, which lets customers build, host and allow individual users to customise a public web page
Benchmarks: Intel Core i7 (Nehalem)
Tech Guide Intel's new Nehalem architecture features an integrated memory controller and runs two threads per CPU core. Our extensive benchmark tests reveal how well the new quad-core processors perform in...
OpenBSD update improves hardware support
News Version 4.4 of the popular BSD descendant promises support for new hardware, upgrade process changes and new applications
BA: IT-testing failures caused Heathrow T5 chaos
News British Airways has admitted insufficient training and testing in IT systems caused the baggage shambles that marred the opening of Terminal 5
Intel Atom sales boost global chip market
News Research from IDC has found that Intel's Atom chip, found in netbooks, accounted for about half the growth in microprocessor sales in Q3
Dell aims to simplify de-duplication
News By linking together Dell systems with PowerVault, EqualLogic and EMC arrays, company says it wants to simplify de-duplication, with Quantum's help
Schneier: 'Zero benefit' from US border biometrics
News The Department of Homeland Security has disputed Bruce Schneier's claim that the US-Visit programme has had no impact on reducing criminal and terrorist threats
Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat
News The Finnish handset manufacturer has embarked on 'workforce adjustments' affecting around 600 employees, following a drop in profits
Apple may pare down iPhone production
News One analyst thinks Apple is reducing iPhone production by up to 40 percent as it works through inventory and prepares for an economic slump
SAS chief dismisses Teradata merger speculation
News Hardware barriers effectively block any union with Teradata, Dr Jim Goodnight has said, adding that he's losing no sleep over rival business-intelligence 'mega-vendors'
Microsoft throws its weight behind the cloud
Analysis Chief software architect Ray Ozzie is leading a risky but unavoidable effort to build a planetary-scale cloud-computing platform
iPod chief to leave Apple
News After seven years in the iPod division, Tony Fadell will be replaced by IBM's Mark Papermaster, according to reports
Botnets exploit Microsoft RPC flaw
News Systems not yet patched for a recently announced flaw are vulnerable to a trio of malware that could enlist compromised PCs to attack sites in China
VoxOx - New Video/Audio/Text IM/Chat Program
Blog There's a new program coming into the Video/IM market, VoxOx from TelCentris Inc. From the description on their web page, it could be quite interesting, combining Multisystem/Multiprotocol IM,...
RE:Can we measure digital mood?
Blog Comment Hey Roger, Liked that link http://twit.tv/ww... But hang on, still got my head in this whole disability thing - it's so hard to know what to say and whether we can even use the D word anymore. I...
Salesforce apps to give Facebook a business twist
News The social-networking giant has increased its membership by 30 percent since July, and aims to grow further by integrating business apps running at Force.com
Yahoo, Google revise search-ad deal
News The two companies have placed caps on their proposed search-advertising deal in a bid to secure approval from US regulators
Microsoft study finds Trojans are biggest threat
News A Microsoft Security Intelligence Report shows Trojans continue to dominate the field of malware, while emerging markets are at greater risk for infection and vulnerability rates are going down...
RE:Software Jihad
Blog Comment Like anything MS produces there is a large fog of information and "buzz", usually the result of their PR and advertising efforts. I don't believe any of it from any of the bloggers or reporters any...
