Previous DayKeep on rocking in the free code world
Blog It’s not everyday that you get to meet a rock legend. It’s certainly not everyday that you get to go to a software development symposium and meet a rock legend. But after covering some general...
I wonder...
Talkback If the lawsuits that some Yahoo shareholders have filed actually get anywhere near a court, if Yahoo will argue that Ballmer (and the Microsoft board by implication) are a pack of idiots that would...
Completing the data wiring
Blog Today I added the final 4 network points - there are now a total of 24 around the house. The wiring project started about 14 months ago, with the plan to have at least 2 network points in all...
Google's CoreAVC shows how easy copyright is to get right
Blog Are high-profile copyright claims putting you off open source? If so, here's a story to reassure you. A video utility, which disappeared from Google Code in a puff of threatened litigation, is back...
HTC unveils the Touch Diamond
Photo The latest product in the Touch range is notable for being the first HTC Windows Mobile phone to come with Opera as its browser, due to timing issues with Internet Explorer 6
Off topic: nerdy rap
Blog It's not a tech corporate anthem, or even very good, but a rap tribute to the Economist magazine tickled us - and the creators also sing about the Internet. Chicago teens Ike Edgerton and Chris...
Prince Charles backs 'green' thin clients
News Prince Charles has discovered thin clients, and finds the notion they can help cut energy costs 'mind boggling'
Microsoft and the rough Diamond
Blog Today's launch of the HTC Touch Diamond was utterly fascinating. It was also a bit of an anticlimax - some of us hacks had been tantalised by mysterious invitations to a highly exclusive event, to...
Salesforce offers hosted accounting software
News Accounting company Coda and on-demand specialist Salesforce.com claim to have come up with a way for companies to handle their accounting software without having to pay for a full-scale application
OOXML expert: ODF flaws remain
News The ODF community has defended its standard, but Alex Brown says his criticisms remain unresolved
Xandros expands mobile device push
News A deal with Viyya Technologies aims to take advantage of the growing profile of Linux on mobile devices
Ballmer: Out of the frying pan and closer to fired
Leader Ballmer walks, Yahoo sulks. There's a lesson to be learned — and not that long to learn it
Defend against patch-based exploits, warns Sans
News Automatically generated exploit code from reverse-engineered patches can be countered with centralised configuration management, says the Sans Institute
Finding a funder for fibre to the home
Q&A The Communications Management Association's David Harrington argues there's a case for using government funds to roll out fibre to the home across the UK
Google sponsors open source security project
Blog Google has announced it is to sponsor oCERT, an open source computer emergency response team. In a blog post on Monday, Google security engineer Will Drewry said that one of the problems with...
Symantec: Evolved Storm worm attack brewing
News The malware which contributes compromised machines to the Storm botnet now has two further possible avenues of attack, claims Symantec
RE:Lord Stern: Downturn won't affect climate change efforts
Blog Comment It is interesting that Lord Stern describes John Howard as “appalling”. Whatever you think of John Howard, his government did launch the ground-breaking Global Initiative on Forests and Climate in...
OpenBSD 4.3 released
News An update to the popular Unix-like distribution includes new security features, drivers, software packages and bug fixes
Indian officials accuse China of cyber attacks
Blog China is actively engaged in mapping India's computer networks, according to the Times of India. China is mounting "almost daily" attacks against Indian Government computer systems, including...
Nothing but common sense for the likes of them
Talkback If their suppliers can look after opening up the drivers for the components they supply, there is no downside and only potential ease of support upsides if they decide to officially support Linux...
RE:Europe throws money at rural Scottish broadband
Blog Comment Hi David, I have some information you may find useful about this funding for Broadband in out of reach areas of Scotland. Firstly, the £3.4m is not coming from the European Commission, it's coming...
Samsung SGH-i780
Review With two batteries and a separate charger, the SGH-i780 could be a wise choice for the mobile professional, although it's a bit bulky and the screen is a touch small for some applications.
Yang: Yahoo open to renewed Microsoft talks
News Chief executive Jerry Yang says his company is still open to negotiations with Microsoft, as Yahoo shares suffer in the aftermath of failed takeover talks
Multiple network access becoming norm for mobiles
News Analyst firm In-Stat predicts a cocktail of network access technologies will become a defining feature of handsets as they continue to evolve
iPods and the Inquisition
Blog An enduring question: what happened to Islamic science and philosophy? In early and mid medieval times, it was the best on the planet: any system of knowledge that encompasses algorithms, Algol and...
Sun kicks off JavaOne with OpenSolaris
Blog How many cards Sun is keeping up its sleeve for the rest of this week’s JavaOne developer conference is anybody’s guess. Day zero was presented as a pre-show community day with its own keynote...
