Previous DayBut I assume you're still paying for a Vista licence...
Talkback ...if not, Vista should be removed so it can't be used (but then you wouldn't need a separate partition for XP). If you are paying for Vista and you don't ever use it you're essentially throwing...
What Vista needs is to be substantially better than XP
Talkback ( The Microsoft chief executive told attendees to expect more to be done to "highlight Windows", and said the task will "require more investment". ) Steve Ballmer is amazing, how could vista...
Typical - Skype Version Confusion
Blog In a typical show of carelessness (or incompetence), Skype has announced that they have a new version available for download, and someone from Skype Staff has suddenly appeared in their User...
Microsoft wants WAMP not LAMP?
Blog I've been wondering what Microsoft is doing with open source. A few years back, when the company realised there was something viable happening in open source, that might challenge its own licencing...
Homeland Security Backdoor Behaviour
Blog Recent research from the US Department of Homeland Security points to a “significant” risk from backdoors and 23% of software packages used by US government employees have backdoors built into them...
Turing Award goes to error-checking researchers
News The judges claim the work done by the recipients of this year's prize should improve the long-term quality of computer systems
Finding the why in Microsoft-Yahoo
Leader Microsoft's Yahoo acquisition may not solve either company's shortcomings. It may not have to
NEC launches Vista downgrade product
News The manufacturer has officially launched a product to downgrade Vista machines to XP, to meet customer demand
Apple doubles iPhone storage
News The 16GB model of the popular handset is available immediately in the UK and elsewhere
What a waste of money
Talkback At least Bill Gates spends his money on worthy causes. The thing is, if you produce a rubbish product you will get rubbish returns on investment. Microsoft has come out with some classic duffers in...
Photos: Intel's Silverthorne, Tukwila
Photo Intel has released details on its portable and enterprise processors, new memory technologies and wireless development.
Scotland invests £4.3m to improve software quality
News ITI Techmedia's R&D programme into error detection in software is being backed by the Scottish Executive
Opera upgrades smartphone browser
News Opera Mobile 9.5 speeds up rendering and responsiveness, the company has claimed
More marketing dollars needed
Talkback "We're going to have to invest more than we ever have in consumer excitement," said Ballmer. That would be because the product itself is generating inverse excitement- many folks are doing their...
O2 creates team to 'mobilise' businesses
News The operator has announced a dedicated team for its enterprise and corporate customers and promised a business broadband rollout this year
Socitm to probe accessibility of council websites
News The local-government IT association's study comes as confusion mounts about how accessibility should be measured
What Vista needs is a REASON to upgrade, not more Hype
Talkback What Vista really needs is ONE good reason for people to upgrade. It needs to be faster (it's not), more stable (it's not), or support some new hardware, peripheral or program (it does not), or at...
ooVoo 1.5 Beta - In Depth
Blog I've now had a day to examine, test, tinker and generally get to know the new ooVoo beta release. I have to say honestly, the more I look at it, the more impressed I am. The combination of the...
ICANN turns on IPv6 addresses
News The addition of IPv6 data to some of the internet root servers marks the start of a mass migration that should guarantee the supply of unique IP addresses
Vista needs a louder trumpet
Talkback Fine, if all Microsoft has are trumpets. In his interview he said that Vista was doing exceedingly well in consumer markets and that it was hard to find a PC that didn't have Vista installed....
Broadband Britain sees costs fall as speeds rise
Talkback The unreliability is caused by the big FOUR trying to put too many customers onto an antiquated network that is at least 5 years out of date. They also traffic shape to allow an even distribution...
RE:Microsoft Yahoo's biggest problem - what to call it?
Blog Comment They surely have to keep it as "Yahoo!" so that yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.com etc email addresses stay valid. If my email address changes over this then it's "Hello gmail!" time.
Microsoft Yahoo's biggest problem - what to call it?
Blog Microhoo? Yasoft? Macrahoo! ? And there's been much blethering this weekend about Yahoo and Microsoft, some of which would have been more accurate had the producers just slit a goat and squinted...
Ballmer: Vista needs a bigger marketing budget
News Microsoft's chief executive claims more money must be spent on marketing to boost sales of Windows Vista
Tech helps UK fraud reach a 12-year high
News More than £1bn of fraud was perpetrated in the UK in 2007, with phishing and other online scams providing new opportunities for criminals
Dell launches EqualLogic array
News The Dell EqualLogic PS5000 Series sports the new owner's badge and comprises three iSCSI arrays with differing capacities
BlackBerrys grounded by Whitehall data ban
News Government electronic devices, including PDAs and mobiles, have been withdrawn during a ban on the movement of unencrypted personal data
Google rolls out range of online security apps
News The search giant's SaaS security technology for email filtering, encryption and archiving has been developed through last year's acquisition, Postini
RE:Cosmic threat to tomorrow's computers
Blog Comment Excellent insight about the possibility that Intel might choose to "skip" the 45nm generation for the Tukwila. This is indeed something that happens from time to time, when new developments...
Toshiba Satellite Pro U300
Review The U300 is available in a wide range of configurations, making it a flexible option. The build quality could be better in places and the keyboard is distinctly spongy. It's a good performer,...
Australia set to join OLPC project
News The OLPC Australia organisation was announced at an open-source conference in Melbourne, and will help deliver XO laptops to schoolchildren across the country
RE:Google to Yahoo: We're in your corner!
Blog Comment Harpless...good post! However, if I were Google I wouldn't give a hoot about the merger. In fact Google's own concern worries more more than the potential of the MS/ Yahoo! colossus. In fact, it...
Cosmic threat to tomorrow's computers
Blog Intel's first two billion transistor processor, details of which appeared yesterday, is quite the beast. Tukwila is four cores of 2GHz Itanium embedded in 30 megabytes of on-chip cache, together...
