Anti Competition behaviour
Talkback This is where the EU should step in rather fast and act to prevent such anti competition behaviour. Microsoft got well hammered by the EU for supposed similar behaviour and this is an even more...
Samsung plans three phones with Android
Blog This year Samsung is planning to launch at least three mobile phones that will be able to run the Android operating system, it has emerged. According to a report in Forbes magazine on Thursday,...
Flexible-working rights for parents extended
News Businesses will be required to consider flexible-working requests from more of their employees due to a change to employment law
Deadline looms for end of XP, Office 2003 support
News Mainstream support for Office 2003 and Windows XP will come to an end on 14 April, with maintenance available only to users who have signed up for extended support
Internet data-retention law comes into force
News From Monday, internet service providers will be obliged to retain details of internet communications, including email, for 12 months
Police database is 'major new weapon' against crime
News A Logica-headed consortium has been awarded the £75.6m contract to deliver the first phase of the Police National Database
Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
News The open-source Debian operating system has gained support for the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to run the same operating system on two different software cores
What the future holds for mobile applications
Analysis Third-party applications are the future of the smartphone business, but there are different theories on how those apps should reach the world
The Windows Premium and the Vista Premium
Blog I have been looking at the new HP Mini 2140 netbooks on sale here in Switzerland. I think they give a good idea of the premium (penalty) you must pay to get a netbook with Windows rather than...
Adobe announces Flash Catalyst
Video At the Web 2.0 Expo, Adobe's Kevin Lynch demos Flash Catalyst, a web-development program that allows developers to import pictures and make each shape into a web element
Actinic Express 2.0
Review Actinic Express produces slick online shops with minimal hassle, but you may find that its limited functionality quickly becomes restrictive as your business grows.
RE:Beware the Skype-iPhone hype-fest
Blog Comment I was rather enjoying this post until I got further down the article where it starts to quote a variety of errors and inaccuracies in its description of the Truphone service. I tried contacting...
RE:Coders compete for kudos, cash & Cairo
Blog Comment Maybe I was a little cynical but I remember entering a number of these in my 'younger' days. In fact I remember creating an application for the optimized cutting of wood which had been posted by a...
Google demos Gmail mobile web app
News At the Web 2.0 Expo, the search giant showed off a prototype of a web-based Gmail app running on both an iPhone and an Android phone
Sun rejects IBM buyout offer, bid withdrawn
News Sun turned down the bid on Saturday and terminated IBM's right to exclusive negotiations, prompting IBM to withdraw its offer, according to The Wall Street Journal
Microsoft: Windows 7 server version due this year
News In another sign Windows 7 is on track for release this year, Microsoft's Windows Server vice president has said the server OS based on Windows 7 will ship in 2009
Coders compete for kudos, cash & Cairo
Blog Henry ‘model-T’ Ford once said that, “Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.” But given the rise of the ‘consolidated’ corporate IT behemoths around us, are...



