Previous DayStandardization by Corporation
Talkback That ISO credibility teeters on the brink of corporate vendor takeover is hardly something new. This was a theme of Martin Bryan’s recent fairwell report as chairman of the ISO CS34 WG1. His...
RE:What Women Want (to Ask.com)
Blog Comment Add me to that list of 'Stupid males'! Maybe the plan is to morph into a content portal much like Yahoo but for women. My guess is they would leave search as it is, but provide news feeds and...
Microsoft pushes seamless communications
News The software giant has broadly outlined its strategy for mobility, collaborative software, business intelligence and virtualisation
CIOs urged to adopt portfolio management tools
News Micro Focus is extending its call for IT managers to implement application portfolio management tools
What Women Want (to Ask.com)
Blog So Ask.com is reinventing itself as a women's search site. Perhaps I'm just being a stupid male here, but... why?! What do women search for that a pan-gender search engine cannot provide? Please,...
Greenpeace chastises 'toxic' IT industry
News The environmental organisation has criticised manufacturers for their use of toxic chemicals in desktops, notebooks, mobile phones and PDAs, making components impossible to recycle
Waterproof displays make a splash at CeBIT
Photo Giant touchscreens, waterproof displays and eight regular monitors driven from a single PC — all on show at CeBIT
Ballmer claims Microsoft is thinking green
News At the CeBIT technology show in Hanover, the chief executive was on hand to bang the energy-efficiency drum for the software giant
The Linux car that drives itself
Photo At the CeBIT 2008 technology show in Hanover, ZDNet.co.uk took a look inside Darpa Grand Challenge finalist Caroline — a car that doesn't need a driver
Windows-based ATM hack.
Talkback It really amazes me that a bank would put customer's accounts and their own cash at risk by running a "swiss cheese" OS, like windows. I started online banking last year, but only after checking...
RE:OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment Dear Mr. Judge, OOXML is neither a "debacle" nor is the ISO/IEC Fast Track procedure Ecma's "toy". Ecma is a well respected standardization body with a long history. If you want to find out more...
Cobra takes a bite at open source
News The Cobra programming language's author has announced a number of developments, including the news it has been made available via open source
The best of CeBIT 2008: Day one
Roundup Europe's biggest IT show has already seen a keynote from Steve Ballmer and an update to the innovative Asus Eee PC
Want to deliver your blog by RSS? Now you can
Blog Good news--we've added RSS feeds for each ZDNet member's blog, which will make it easier for friends, fans and fellow workers to keep up with your posts. Anyone who wants to can subscribe to the...
Synanthropy, and ice cream for crow
Blog My new favourite word is synanthropy - the study and practice of creating symbiotic relationships between people and animals. I came across it thanks to the ever-giving Metafilter group blog, a...
More on Skype Pornography - Genius?
Blog The Skype Cheerleading Squad (also known as the Skype Journal) has a lead article today on the "Evil Genius" behind the "Sexy SPIM for Skype" (SPIM = Spam over Instant Messaging), replete with...
Not very subtle
Talkback Eee really does stand for 'Embrace', 'Extend', 'Extinguish'. Here's my rather conspiratorial (and perhaps half baked) view on things: Embrace - get Xandros, Suse etc. to sign-up to your patent...
HSBC commits to increased tech investment
News The bank believes tech investment is key to creating better banking products and adding customers in emerging markets
Researchers demo 'easy' Windows-based ATM hack
News Security experts have claimed that up to 90 percent of UK ATMs could be at risk from attacks such as worms or malware, as they rely on desktop PC technology
Socitm: Council websites getting better
News The local government IT body has noted an improvement in council websites in line with their growing importance to citizens
Extent of flaws in CSA computer system revealed
News Work and pensions minister James Plaskitt has admitted to Parliament that the Child Support Agency's £1.1bn computer system has needed 130 fixes since 2003
