Previous DayRE:Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment One day and maybe soon there will be a choice of software and hardwired to the motherboard OSs much in the same way that we can choose vehicles. They will all have wheels and be capable of a...
RE:Ballmer's email to staff on latest layoffs
Blog Comment Is it fair that a company that makes such profits sees it fit to lay off 5,000 workers and not retrain them in any fashion? Times really are hard for many people but really Microsoft haven't really...
Ballmer's email to staff on latest layoffs
Blog After Microsoft announced it would lay off another 3,000 people as part of expected job cuts, CEO Steve Ballmer sent an email to the rank and file. Here is that email, courtesy of Ina Fried at...
Spooks get cagey over DPI
Blog The government's eavesdropping service, after a brief bout of garrulousness, has lapsed back into silence. After getting all hot under the collar and denying plans to monitor UK citizen's...
Adobe promises fixes for Reader and Acrobat
News Critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat will be fixed in product updates in a week's time, the company has said
Reports: T-Mobile UK could be sold or merged
Blog Deutsche Telekom is considering selling off T-Mobile UK or merging it with a rival, according to the Financial Times. T-Mobile is the smallest of the four major UK mobile operators, and is...
GCHQ denies developing mass surveillance tech
News Security experts point out that while GCHQ denied intercepting and recording content, it avoided saying anything about traffic data
RIM unveils BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0
News BES 5.0 promises new admin features inspired by growth in the largest BlackBerry deployments and the issues that accompany big rollouts
Invest now – payback later
Blog I was in san Francisco last month for the 20th Anniversary celebration of (ISC)2’s formation. While there I was fortunate enough to have dinner in one of the city’s many excellent Chinese...
Amazon expands cloud services for the enterprise
News The company hopes forthcoming enhancements to its web services will make it easier for businesses to use them
Blunkett on the 'massive drop' in ID card confidence
Video Former home secretary David Blunkett tells ZDNet UK why there has been a marked decline in public confidence in ID cards over the past two years
US red tape leaves Conficker on medical devices
News Regulatory requirements stipulated that US hospitals would have to wait 90 days before updating Conficker-infected systems
RIM, HP team up on BlackBerry services
News HP has debuted its Operations Manager for the smartphone platform, designed to allow IT departments to monitor a company's BlackBerry estate
BlackBerry Voice System tailored for Cisco PBX
News MVS Server, which turns a BlackBerry smartphone into an extension of the corporate PBX, will come in a version designed for Cisco's Unified Communications Manager
Screenshots: Windows 7 RC
Photo As the Release Candidate of Windows 7 goes public, take a look at some of the key changes since January's Beta version.
Windows 7 Release Candidate: a first look
Preview After four days assessing the RC of Windows 7, what's our verdict on Microsoft's latest milestone?
Do virtual servers really mean lower costs?
Comment Assumptions about virtualisation cost savings need to be put on a firmer footing, says Cameron Haight
Virtualised Windows 7 Migration
Blog The wait for Windows 7 combined with the comparatively lower than anticipated uptake of Vista has, as we know, left many users clinging for dear life onto XP. It has also, arguably, provided a...
RE:Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment I don't wish to sound insulting, but this seems like a massively over-complicated way of stating two obvious truths about human nature. 1) People don't like change 2) People are most comfortable in...
Report: US investigates Apple, Google board ties
News The US Federal Trade Commission is examining whether the fact the companies have two members of their boards of directors in common amounts to a violation of antitrust law
BlackBerry to get full Google Apps support
News Software due in July will let Google's email and calendar service dovetail with BlackBerry devices, in a bid to attract more business use
Windows 7 RC makes early public debut
News The software, expected to be released broadly on Tuesday, arrived just ahead of that time on Microsoft's website
Acer DX900
Review If you want a Windows Mobile device with dual SIM support, then Acer's DX900 is the only available option in the UK. It does its job of handling two SIMs well, providing usable tweaks in the...
Dialogue Box 6.2: The interplanetary internet
Video Technologies designed to communicate with spacecraft should help to build a more robust internet back on earth. Rupert and Charles explain, with the help of a kebab
