Previous DayTiers of technology for a green planet
Blog As is so often the way with these things, two pieces of work that I’m looking at for two different sources collide on the same day. In the middle of writing up the technology section for the...
The Home Media Data Center- Introduction
Blog So I'm an incorrigible homebrew tinkerer and my built-from-scratch Media Center server is performing flawlessly with my wired and wireless Xbox 360s. Then Microsoft comes up with Home Server, and...
Using an iPod as a remote
Blog As more of my sub-projects get completed, there is going to be a need to control the various systems. There are loads of IR/RF remotes around designed to handle all sorts of HA/AV equipment....
Software-based matrix switcher?
Blog Today I discovered two new libraries/applications: o Festival (text-to-speech engine) o PulseAudio (distributed cross-platform feature-packed sound daemon) This has opened up a whole new...
Good news / bad news?
Talkback This is one of those mixed deals that, whilst one can agree with the logic, may well create a problem for many dedicated VoIP users. The effect upon Skype, in particular, will be interesting to...
Tomorrow's tech at Microsoft Innovation Day
Photo A mirror that monitors blood pressure and a movement-reactive floor were among the emerging tech on display at the fourth Microsoft Innovation Day
RE:Bluefi? Witooth? WiFi and Bluetooth are getting together
Blog Comment A very exciting prospect indeed. I'd all but given up on bluetooth as a method of transferring any data other than keyboard strokes or mouse clicks. Wifi although hugely more useful was becoming...
RE:Vista - so bad, they pay you to take it?
Blog Comment I'm afraid, in my book Microsoft "paying you to take Vista", is a pretty fair paraphrase of Microsoft "subsidising Vista to encourage uptake". And if good old XP Pro is really comparable to...
It's not the price of the phone, it's the year-and-a-half co...
Talkback I've been tempted by the iPhone from the start, but I just don't want to be tied in to a year and a half contract paying £35 a month. Besides, won't Apple antagonise a lot of early users if they...
VoIP pilot to cut NHS phone bills
News BT claims NHS trusts will make substantial savings on comms by converging voice and data over its N3 broadband network
Agreed 2
Talkback I downloaded an install Fedora on my PC. Took 12 minutes to install and had a working system. Now using Linux at home more or less exclusively. Windows takes that long just to boot up and then...
Helpfull Tools That ar Handy to Have
Blog This is only the beginning so don't be disappointed. What i have decided to do is share with everyone some of my favorite tools, it consists of a c cleaner and Spybot download but i will be adding...
IBM's supercomputer chip breakthrough more PR than IT
Blog [UPDATE x 2 - Yep, I got it embarrassingly wrong. The chief researcher on the project emailed me with the actual paper and some (very restrained, in the circs) explanation of what's actually going...
How to get of them
Talkback Brilliant article and sooooo true. Another tip which works for us is we just tell the sales rep that IT purchasing is dealt with by our office down south, then our office down south tell them it's...
OQO model e2
Review Although the OQO model e2 is a nicely built UMPC with a neat docking station, we can't see it replacing the notebook in your briefcase or the handheld in your pocket.
RE:Skype - Is 10,000 Page Faults per Second normal?
Blog Comment wow that is a lengthy post but interesting and raises some good points about product support and development. I guess that while the 'support FAQ script' states that Page faults occur as part of...
RE:Vista - so bad, they pay you to take it?
Blog Comment i dont have any issues with Vista... its worked fine out of the box. its certainly not a whizzy as i thought it would be having worked with osx for a while... but nothing much to complain about...
Bluefi? Witooth? WiFi and Bluetooth are getting together
Blog Earlier this week, Charles McLellan and I popped over to see wireless and network chip maker Broadcom, to film some 802.11n fun for Dialogue Box. You'll be able to see the results early next week:...
Is it a butterfly?
Blog Microsoft has set up a research website (http://www.inkblotpassword.com) that allows users to generate a password, based on a random series of inkblots that the user links to a keyword. The first...
Ofcom rules VoIP networks must allow 999 calls
News All VoIP providers connecting to the UK public switched telephone network must let users call the emergency services, Ofcom has decided
Linux finds favour with enterprise
Analysis As a server platform, Linux is no longer an unsupportable, risky proposition for most companies, but many can't yet cut their ties with Windows
Win a Hazro 23-inch wide-format monitor
Competition Our 2007 '12 Days of Christmas' competition gets going with Hazro's professional HZ23W display, a 23-inch screen that's ideal for collaboration or for viewing multiple applications.
Microsoft launches Windows Server 2008 RC1
News Release Candidate 1 has been rolled out and the date confirmed for the full launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008
Expand your email options with alternative Linux clients
Tutorial Email clients are often loaded down with too many features; sometimes a simple email client is all you need. Jack Wallen compares three Linux email-only clients
name and shame
Talkback Wish I could. I told the friend to report them to Microsoft as they offer a reward for reporting things like this but she wouldn't and didn't give me the name of the store. They are obviously...
Data-recovery firm reveals top client mishaps
News Ant infestations and failed parachute jumps were behind some of the unusual data-recovery jobs faced by Kroll Ontrack in the last year
Cybersquatting OK for 'freedom of speech' sites
News The World Intellectual Property Organization is seeing increasing support for cybersquatters who use domain names for criticism of businesses
RE:Currys £16.99 USB cable rip-off.
Blog Comment My personal worst example of this was from PC World, who wanted to charge me £15 for a VGA-DVI adaptor. Maplin sell them for £10 but even that seems excessive given that you can pick them up on...
ISDN meets ADSL
Talkback Was bound to happen at somepoint, suspose thats another line i need to order. It's hard work getting an engineer from BT to fix 1 line imagine the fun trying to sort out 4 lines!
RE:Vista - so bad, they pay you to take it?
Blog Comment Thanks for the comments, all - I take your point, chrishocking, about supply, but it's also a matter of demand. I'm sure if suppliers can buy Vista laptops cheaper, they don't pass on any more of...
BT to sell broadband-multiplying software to ISPs
News BT Wholesale is to roll out a software suite that could allow upload and download speeds to be quadrupled through the use of multiple broadband lines
