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Blog Comment A risk management comapny that couldn't foresee the risk of publishing un-moderated comments? No wonder they went out of business! The concept can work depending on the type of business; if you...
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Talkback That it is more than disturbing that in proposing this new *ahem* standard it is clear that Microsoft isn't using the proposed standard itself, but rather an "enhanced" or different format. Par for...
Gizmo5 - The New Beta from The Gizmo Project
Blog Well, as I suspected at the beginning of the week, this has been an eventful one. First an excellent new release from ooVoo, followed by a sputtering mess from Skype full of the same old bugs, and...
Torvalds: Retirement won't see death of Linux
Video Linus Torvalds says that many people wouldn't even notice if he stepped down from his position as co-ordinator of the Linux kernel
Dell sees future in miniature notebooks
News The PC maker has hinted that it will focus on mobility via laptops designed to serve the growing mobile workforce
IT company implodes - trial by blog
Blog Web 2.0 technologies hold both great promise and great danger for companies. On the one hand, their efficient use can encourage customer and employee interaction, and boost the profile of the...
BT shifts focus to IT services as profits tumble
News The company has posted a dissapointing set of results this quarter due to an underperforming BT Wholesale
Home workers' online mischief puts employers at risk
News Remote workers are hijacking neighbours' Wi-Fi, opening unsafe emails and lending work PCs to non-employees, says a Cisco-sponsored survey
Undersea cables extremely vulnerable say analysts
Blog The cutting, and power failure, of four or more undersea cables has had some conspiracy theorists shouting terrorist but this is the first comment I have seen from an analyst house suggesting that...
Mobile World Congress preview: The year of Linux
Analysis The show formerly known as 3GSM looks set to have a strong focus on mobile Linux this year, as well as mobile WiMax, femtocells and hosted apps
RE:Microsoft Yahoo's biggest problem - what to call it?
Blog Comment Rupert Goodwins:- Storied Grownup Groped Our Twins (!) I'm now working through my family's names. Oh the birthday cards they'll get.
Vista, Leopard and Linux to compete in hack contest
News The three operating systems will be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest at the CanSecWest conference next month
Knowledge breeds contempt for NIR/ID
Talkback As someone who has supported no2id from it's very early days, I can say that when out and about talking to people about this issue I have met only two classes of people: 1 - Those that already know...
Yahoo's Zimbra updates Collaboration Suite
News Despite the popularity of the hosted email platfrom, it could face an uncertain future if Microsoft's bid for Yahoo goes through
China clarifies online-video ruling
News More details have been given on a 2007 ruling that only companies owned or controlled by the state can receive a licence for online audio and video services
Google launches Apps for enterprise teams
News Google Apps Team Edition is aimed at businesses who want to use the online collaborative tools exclusively within an organisation's domain
Skype 3.6.0.248 - Take A Deep Breath, This Is Going To Hurt
Blog Can you tell that I really like the saying that I used for the title of this blog entry? More importantly, and more sadly, Skype manages to prove how accurate and appropriate that saying is with...
India to train thousands more cyberpolice
News Six cyberlabs will be set up to provide technology training for police officers, as India seeks to boost its outsourcing security credentials
Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
Review Nokia's Internet Tablet is getting better, adding a GPS receiver and a QWERTY keyboard. It's still difficult to recommend as a business tool, though, as it lacks integrated 3G/HSDPA connectivity.
NHS admits losing thousands of smartcards
News Over 4,000 NHS smartcards have been lost, including 142 stolen, since they were introduced two and a half years ago
Hmm, yes you're right...
Talkback ...you can install both and switch between them (dual-boot I suppose), but allowing two copies of Windows on one machine with only one licence? Isn't that a bit of a step backwards from the...
Enhancing E-Experiences by 360 degrees
Blog Fond as they are of extolling the virtues of an ever-enhanced online experience, web design specialists everywhere are jumping on the chance to enrich our lives with increasingly personalised and...
Half of UK opposed to ID cards
News Fifty percent of respondents to a survey have said they think ID cards are a 'very bad' or 'bad' idea
Microsoft: Don't be so quick to attack OOXML
News The Office Open XML format is 'one of the best things we've ever done', according to the software giant
