Previous DayCitrix updates XenServer and Essentials
News XenServer 5.5 promises to make it easier to convert virtual machines from one format to another, and to work better with third-party products
Windows 7 to feature new anti-piracy tech
News With previous software verifications frustrating users, Microsoft is using Windows 7 as an opportunity to change the way it deals with piracy
Home Office in DNA mixed bag
Blog The Home Office has come up with a mixed bag of proposals to get around the inconvenient fact that holding innocent people's DNA details indefinitely has been ruled illegal. Jacqui Smith and her...
FBI agent reveals details of cybercrime sting
Q&A FBI agent J Keith Mularski spent two years undercover, infiltrating the DarkMarket internet forum, which was notorious for identity fraud
Experts question high-street ID card enrolment
News The sheer number of outlets could lead to more data breaches, say experts, but the Identity and Passport Service is putting its faith in data-security standards
Qualcomm exec offers glimpse of mobile future
News In a recent conference keynote, Qualcomm's Andrew Gilbert shared his insights on the mobile industry's future, including TV, banking and the 'internet of things'
Ho ho ho Merry Christmas!
Talkback Ho ho he he ha ha....the only person laughing harder than me is Santa, who'll be going gaga over this new contraption. Probably rubbing his paws in front of the fire getting ready to count all...
Server consolidation: a tech guide
Tech Guide Many modern datacentres are so full of equipment that it's impossible to add anything new without first making space for it. One way to free up valuable real estate is by consolidating existing...
Oasis group aims to simplify crypto-key management
News Major security and encryption players, including IBM and PGP, have come together through open-standards consortium Oasis to devise a way for encryption products to interoperate easily
Orange cuts mobile-broadband rates for SMEs
News The operator is running a promotional discount on business mobile-broadband tariffs over the next three months
Tech giants ally for faster wireless streaming
News The new Wireless Gigabit Alliance brings together companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Dell and Nokia, who want to create a high-speed data-transfer specification for PCs and consumer electronics
Anyone know of a device like the e-reader but with web acces...
Talkback I am looking for an e-reader with slightly more function: - Web browser - Note taking ability (handwriting recongnition if possible) Do you know if such a device exists? I have searched and...
Why Am I Not Surprised
Talkback Gosh. After being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adding ODF compatibility to Office 2007, it turns out the Microsoft's implementation is not compatible with everyone else's. Gee, I'm so...
IBM announces Rational Team Webtop
Blog With IBM's Rational Software Developer Conference 2009 less than a month away now, the company is making reasonably enthusiastic noises about its new software platform (and related services no...
RE:GIMP - what's in a name?
Blog Comment I find it odd that you find the term GIMP potentially offensive. I can't place the term within any realm of common-use offensive terminology; perhaps it's a British thing? ;-) Seriously, open...
Images: A look at Amazon's Kindle DX
Photo Amazon's latest version of the e-reader boasts a bigger screen and is geared towards readers of personal and professional documents, plus textbooks
Bit of a weak argument
Talkback The virus writers believe that by sticking .pdf somewhere in the file name is good enough. What is the evidence that virus writers are using this "flaw" in the way described? I haven't read Adrian...
We need UK newspapers on the Kindle for it to be useful
Talkback I love the idea of getting newspapers delivered to a Kindle ready on the bedside table in the morning, which I believe happens in the US. The saving on paper, let alone the convenience is massive....
Windows 7 is a Zune player in the 2009 'Ipod' World
Talkback Apple Mac OS X: Anyone would has had to support 'the fruit' know its not all rosy in the orchard. File Permissions/Missing/incorrect Kext files can cause problems causing the spinning rainbox of...
Windows 7 is a Zune player in the 2009 'Ipod' World
Talkback Apple Mac OS X: Anyone would has had to support 'the fruit' know its not all rosy in the orchard. File Permissions/Missing/incorrect Kext files can cause problems causing the spinning rainbox of...
Net-neutrality clause likely to delay telecoms reform
News Implementation of reforms to the EU's telecommunications laws will probably be delayed by the last-minute addition of a net-neutrality clause, the European Parliament has said
Mobile business bolstered by netbooks
News According to a new report, there will be an overall increase of around 60 percent in mobile business connections worldwide by 2014
Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in Excel
News Microsoft has faced criticism for spreadsheet interoperability issues in its latest release of the latest service pack for Office 2007, but the company said it is an issue inherent in ODF (Open...
Microsoft's chief aims to 'disrupt' search race
News The company's chief executive Steve Ballmer says that while the company has limited funds to chase rival Google, it can bolster its search with new content creators
Microsoft layoffs force product cutbacks
News After cutting more than 3,000 more jobs on Tuesday, the software maker has scaled back products aimed at small businesses as well as its in-game advertising unit
Amazon unveils the big-screen Kindle DX
News Amazon's new device is geared towards readers of personal and professional documents, newpapers, magazines — and textbooks, a potentially huge market
AMD merges processor and graphics units
News AMD has reorganised its microprocessor and graphics units as it tries to compete with chip giant Intel, following the revenue loss from the Barcelona processor
Cisco profits dip, but beat expectations
News The company has reported that sales and profits were down for the most recent quarter, but its results still managed to beat Wall Street expectations
GIMP - what's in a name?
Blog I believe in Free Software. This is a strange thing to say, rather like believing in air or water. As Rupert Goodwin pointed out in a recent blog entry “open source isn't about...
RIM gets “Pushy” over new BlackBerry developer APIs
Blog Research In Motion (RIM) has been talking publicly about “push” application programming interface (API) technologies for some time now, it was back in 2007 that we last heard about a new set of...
Hidden Filename Extensions and Assumed Idiot Users
Talkback The issue is more like this: 1) Is your User community or group too stupid to protect themselves? Or stated another way: "Do you trust your User groups to always do the right thing?" 2) Do you want...
Buh-bye, Borland...
Talkback I recall with fondness those halcyon days of '83, building CP/M apps with Turbo Pascal 1.0... Those were the times ;-)
