Previous DayChrome needs more work
Talkback My initial view of Chrome was "'Tis good. But there are a number of small niggling points that can only come to light from users. I will have to find a feedback point for my comments. Most...
Intel's SSD - flash, fast, expensive... and slightly mysterious
Blog Intel's very high performance solid-state drives are making their appearance this week, and over in the US a couple of lucky publications have got their units and run them through some tests. As...
Another day, another data breach
Leader Businesses and society as a whole need data-breach notification legislation as soon as possible
Germany eyes Chrome suspiciously
Blog People should avoid using Google's Chrome browser due to privacy fears and its beta status, Germany's equivalent of the Information Commissioner has warned. According to Saturday's edition of...
Fund Raising
Talkback I am appalled that those who have become rich on the back of Bletcley have failed/refused to fund Bletchley's needs. Alan Sugar and Bill Gates are two of that band. The signatories to the Times...
Broadband group outlines fibre rollout costs
News Fibre is more likely to be rolled out to the cabinet than directly to UK homes, claims a report estimating the cost of deployment at between £5.1bn and £28.8bn
And what's more
Talkback The laws, regulations and requirements that NeoLabour keep coming up with for our greater safety and happiness, never seem to apply to them. The marvellous children's database for example, will...
Google Chrome: What the future holds
Video ZDNet.com correspondent Sumi Das talks with senior editor Sam Diaz about whether the Google browser can take on IE, and why Sergey Brin is bugging the Chrome team on a daily basis
Adobe reveals 'Project Genesis'
Video At the Office 2.0 Conference, the company demos a prototype of its enterprise desktop client, which allows business users to create custom workspaces
Google Chrome
Video Josh Lowensohn examines some of Chrome's top features including the deeply integrated search, minimalist interface and smart use of privacy
RE:My Chrome honeymoon is over...
Blog Comment Peter, Very interesting news. With all the flap and publicity around Chrome, it is sometimes easy to forget that this is still a beta release. We can hope that a lot of these issues will be...
Microsoft offers Hyper-V for free
News The software giant is offering a broadened virtualisation product, making its basic hypervisor free and introducing new tools and live migration
My Chrome honeymoon is over...
Blog Chrome looked good, but after a few days, the missing features, and poor performance meant I've relegated it to an optional browser. Despite the promise that tabs would run independently, I...
Yahoo-Google deal opposed by ad-trade group
News The US Association of National Advertisers has written to the Department of Justice, issuing antitrust objections to the Yahoo-Google search-ad partnership
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex edges closer
News The Alpha 5 version of Ubuntu 8.10 is available for download, in advance of the planned full release in October
LSE connectivity glitch halts trading
Blog At the time of writing, trading on the London Stock Exchange is not happening, and hasn't been possible since before 9 o'clock this morning (trading began smoothly at 8, as usual, but something...
Comms kit takes to the Alps for ultramarathons
Photo Run at the end of August, two Alpine ultramarathons were organised with unified-comms equipment, and used GPS and Google Earth to track participants
Red tape blamed for impeding tech progress
News Ahead of a new ICT research strategy to be unveiled in 2009, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on high-tech research
Is embedded software just not sexy?
Blog Does embedded software just not seem to be as sexy and interesting as its surface-installed cousin? It could be the apparent lack of ‘tangibility’ that may be perceived with embedded. It could be...
FBI, CIA testing 'Facebook for spies'
News US intelligence agencies are reportedly testing a social-networking site designed to let analysts share information on terrorist activities
Facebook app herds PCs into botnet
News Researchers have created a demo app that turns Facebook users' machines into a botnet launching denial-of-service attacks
RE:Geneva, mobile banking and George Clooney
Blog Comment David, The use of a tire iron comes to mind... but short of that, I don't have any ideas better than yours. Geneva is an unusual and sometimes interesting place, because it is home to so many...
Texas Instruments to launch energy-efficient chips
News The chipmaker says the Piccolo line of microcontrollers can reduce power consumption in home appliances, hybrid cars, LED lighting and solar panels
Geneva, mobile banking and George Clooney
Blog I'm back now from my Alpine sojourn, one particular episode of which is a story I think I'll be retelling for years. It's certainly one of the most surreal encounters I've ever had. I was on a...
Nokia expects dip in market share
News The number-one mobile-phone maker says a weakening global economy will affect its market-share standing for the third quarter
Dell Inspiron Mini 9
Review Dell's entry into the Netbook market means it's time to take these low-cost, low-power PCs seriously. The Inspiron Mini 9 is an excellent example of the form, if not radically different from the...
HSBC begins global TelePresence rollout
News The bank expects Cisco's videoconferencing system to save money and cut air travel by millions of miles
Security firm discovers Chrome 'SaveAs' flaw
News Bach Khoa Internet Security of Vietnam has reported that the Google browser is susceptible to a critical buffer-overflow flaw
Mozilla releases second alpha of Firefox 3.1
News The company has made available an advance testing version of its Firefox web browser, just days after Google revealed its competing Chrome software
Google updates Gmail for IE6 users
News The online email application is faster for those using the seven-year-old browser and gets features already available to more modern browsers, Google said
IBM reworks storage offerings to tackle data build-up
News The company has announced more than 30 new or upgraded products or services that are the result of a £1bn investment
Bletchley Park campaign makes appeal to US
News PGP and IBM will spearhead a fundraising campaign aimed at the US tech industry to help repair Bletchley Park, whose WWII work laid the foundations for modern computing and cryptography
