Previous DayApple Time Capsule
Video The Time Capsule's hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data-backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apple's typically pleasing design
The Greatest CSA Flaw
Talkback While the theoretical concept of a Child Support Agency seemed to be a great means to ensure children were financially supported by both parents, in practice it failed due to bureaucratic...
RE:What Women Want (to Ask.com)
Blog Comment James, they actually invested £80m and sold for £1m? what a disaster, I would have kept my stake, even if it meant the company going into bankruptcy! Am sure that 50% is worth more that £100m now....
Using telematics to manage a fleet of cars
Video At CeBIT, German firm IAV explains how it uses telematics to monitor the health of vehicles in a car fleet and help identify recurring problems, as well as tune engines on the go and communicate...
UK Internet Governance Forum launched
News Representatives of government, law enforcement and children's groups have met in London to try and create national approaches to future development of the internet
Why SSD makers don't talk SSDs up
Blog SSD manufacturers have a dirty little secret that that don't want you to know about. At CeBIT this week there were a number of companies displaying their solid state drives (SSDs) in capacities...
NextWindow enables giant multitouch screen
Video Microsoft is not the only company showing off multitouch technology. NextWindow's touch technology can fit screens up to 100 inches, and enables multitouch features
The Linux-based car's next challenge
Video Caroline is not just any old VW Passat; it has seven PCs monitoring its environment, making decisions and controlling it. Researcher Jörn Martern Wille talks about the tech and explains where it's...
Oracle sheds light on its acquisition strategy
Q&A The business-software specialist's UK vice president for applications discusses how a rash of high-profile buyouts have transformed the company
I have a query on this one.
Talkback "... introduce a clause into its software licences to make the re-selling of licences expressly forbidden." If I buy a product, I own it. If I decide to sell it again, I can. Are we now saying that...
Operators want fewer new mobile masts
News Admitting they are unlikely to increase revenues as mobile data usage rises, operators say they need to cut costs by re-using existing base stations for new mobile technologies
Microsoft fails to quash second-hand software market
Analysis UK-based company Discount-licensing.com claims it is still able to sell second-hand Microsoft software, despite attempts by the software giant to stop such transactions
Presumably ...
Talkback Mr. Ballmer is going to fund a global campaign to recycle all non-Vista capable PCs. Or perhaps not.
Linux tool speeds up police computer forensics
News University students have devised a Linux-based data-forensics tool that allows police to analyse computers at the scene of a crime
Zeno: The robot based on Lord of the Rings AI
Video Hanson Robotics's Zeno robot may be a toy, but its sophisticated artificial intelligence is far from child's play
Photos: Palm Centro
Photo Palm's Centro is the company's first Palm OS-based smartphone for a while. It has just launched in the UK, and we have the details.
Migration frustration across the nation
Blog Oh no, not another data migration story! Well, no actually, just a passing mention to say that this year migration could just be one of those IT vendor-speak buzzwords that you are more than just a...
RE:What Women Want (to Ask.com)
Blog Comment move to focus on female users smacks of a need to find a positioning that is tenable... in a google-dominated search market with the risk that no's 2 and 3 will merge, Ask risks being squeezed out...
Lantronix UBox 2100
Review If you’re looking for a cost-effective way to share USB devices and gain remote accessibility, the UBox from Lantronix does the job.
Yahoo extends deadline for board nominations
News The move buys the company time to explore alternatives to the software giant's takeover bid, and gives it room to negotiate a friendly deal with Microsoft
Nato bolsters cyber defences
News State-of-the-art monitoring technology will allow Nato to instantly spot anybody trying to hack into its systems
Biometrics speeds up visa-processing by days
News The time taken to check the identity of visa applicants is down from two days to less than 30 minutes, according to the government
RE:More hot news from xG!
Blog Comment xG just won't talk to anyone about the technology - except in terms like this "xG Flash Signal is a revolutionary, patented system design that improves communications at the core level – the...
RE:More hot news from xG!
Blog Comment The strange thing about xG and xMax is that months ago they conceded to their technical critics. I published a simple link budget for their Nov 2005 Florida demo and showed they weren't...
