Previous DaySomething's not quite right...
Talkback Tiny battery and bloatware OS. Linux was put on these things for a reason.
blame the user
Talkback Its always easy to blame the vendor but in this instance, I don't see why it's Microsoft's fault that some users won't update their browsers. the updates are there, users know where to find them...
Too bad
Talkback As in ... too bad they skimped on the batteries. When will manufacturers learn that Portable's need MORE battery power, not less !
Resellers: Cisco not tackling counterfeit products
News The company is refusing to engage with resellers to tackle counterfeit Cisco products available through online auctions, according to some resellers
EU telecoms vote prompts file-sharing fears
News Experts suggest the wording of some recently added amendments to a parcel of laws might make it possible for EU governments to force ISPs to disconnect file-sharers
Daily Mail loses hacks' personal details
Blog The Guardian has reported that the organisation behind the Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers, has lost the details of thousands of staff. Associated Newspapers sent a letter to staff and hacks...
Top tips for testing critical systems
Help/HowTo Testing should be made a priority for critical systems; here are 11 points to stress for test environments to prevent surprises and present credible test results
Cutting datacentre costs main driver for virtualisation
News IDC research claims 90 percent of European companies that have adopted virtualisation have done so to cut datacentre costs
PC World claims UK first with Atom netbook
News The retailer claims to be the first in the country to offer a netbook using the Atom chip — the Advent 4211, a rebadged version of the MSI Wind
Outdated browsers put 637m users at risk
Talkback Considering IE7 was built on the IE6 engine I don't really see any advantage to upgrading, security is not that much better. They have just copied some of Firefox's features to try to keep pace.
Google homepage link mollifies privacy campaigners
News Privacy bodies have welcomed the addition of a link on Google's homepage to the company's Privacy Center web page
No 02 coverage at my work location
Talkback Yes the iphone looks like a great product that corporates may well embrace. But what if said corporate has just signed a 2 year deal with another provider or there is no 02 coverage in there area....
Given the constraints of constraints: am I deluded?
Blog Given the manifold mix of methodologies that exist within software application development today, it is perhaps no surprise that one camp (let’s say Agile) often thinks of another (ok let’s say...
O2: iPhone 3G to take enterprise by storm
News Apple's UK iPhone partner is confident the 3G device will receive a warm welcome among businesses both large and small, in every sector
RE:Do the maths: HAL 9000 by 2018?
Blog Comment Arthur Clarke is one of my major heroes, for all sorts of reasons. I knew someone who worked with him during the war on guidance systems; apparently you could never have described him as unsure of...
India's BlackBerry dispute sparks privacy concerns
News The data-encryption row between BlackBerry-maker RIM and India signals the need to evolve an international data-security agreement, say experts
Ofcom: Mobile broadband to spur fibre rollout
News The regulator says the popularity of mobile broadband may encourage fixed-line operators to distinguish themselves competitively by investing in next-gen infrastructure
Credit crunch hits London datacentres
News London was chosen for just four percent of the datacentre space taken up across Europe in the first quarter of this year
New Releases to Start the New Week
Blog Two of my favorite, and most frequently used, programs made new builds available at the end of last week. SightSpeed build 6539 is now available for download from their web page, and Opera 3.51 is...
RE:Do the maths: HAL 9000 by 2018?
Blog Comment Actually not bad for a prediction made in the late 1960's by Sir Arthur Clark. He'll only have missed by 17 years if it happens. We might actually have reasonable moon colonies in 2061 when I...
Euro spintronics gives a different shape to Moore's Law
Blog A rather fuzzy European Commission press release lauds the successful conclusion of a joint venture into integrating magnetic gates into CMOS. No figures, alas, so no way of judging the...
