Previous DayAn Easter Egg selection
Photo It's Easter, so it's time for goodies that programmers have secreted in their software. Here's a few of our favourites
Digital duties, not rights, should shape our world
Leader The internet has the potential to right wrongs and save the irreplaceable — if we let it
'Flying' micro-robot developed by researchers
News Canadian researchers have developed a tiny flying robot which can be moved through three dimensions using electro-magnets
Linux TV adverts FAIL
Blog Oh dear. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when the Linux Foundation announced a contest to produce a TV advert for Linux they meant well. It's just a shame the results don't end...
iCloud virtual desktop public-beta launched
News A Swedish startup has launched iCloud, a virtual desktop aimed at consumers and mobile workers, which it hopes to develop into an application marketplace
Small Business: Mobile Payments Big Money or High Risk?
Blog Small Business: Mobile Payments Big Money or High Risk? Author: Eric Everson – MyMobiSafe.com Imagine a world where all of your financial transactions are conducted through your mobile phone....
Extreme OpenStreetMap
Blog Contributors to the OpenStreetMap project use GPS receivers to log their travels along highways, byways and any tracks they can find. However, one contributor from Japan decided to take things one...
Conficker wakes up, updates itself over P2P
News The worm that was expected to activate on 1 April started to update itself on Wednesday using peer-to-peer, according to security companies
ACT! by Sage 2009
Review Small businesses seeking robust, powerful and affordable CRM software will find that ACT! by Sage 2009 fits the bill perfectly.
Gartner sees boom for virtualisation in slump
News While virtualisation software will take a knock from the downturn in EMEA, the market should bounce back, researcher Gartner predicts
Where does the Sun-IBM deal failure leave Sun?
Blog So Sun Microsystems turned down IBM’s offer of acquisition - even though Big Blue’s $7 billion buy-out bid was twice the valuation of the troubled Silicon Valley stalwart. We read on Bloomberg...
For what, exactly?
Blog When I moved to the northern Kentish environs, I switched telephone providers to TalkTalk. However, I received a disconnection bill from BT for £70, because I'd switched before my 12 month minimum...
Microsoft hit by $388m patent verdict
News A US jury has found that the product-activation method used in some versions of Windows and Office infringes on a Uniloc patent
Software compliance & the marathon runner’s ‘wall’
Blog I’m currently looking at working with a web-based start up that is in its embryonic stage helping to put a little gloss on its positioning and technology proposition. For myself, hitting the brick...
Report: US electricity grid hacked by spies
News A Wall Street Journal report, quoting national-security officials, says spies have infiltrated the US power grid in an apparent attempt to map the utility infrastructure
Java makes Google App Engine more mainstream
Analysis As cloud computing gathers steam, Google gives programmers what they have been asking for by gracing its App Engine with support for Java programs
Salesforce adopts BT's Ribbit tech for CRM
News Ribbit will allow reps to phone details back to the office and automatically log them in their Salesforce.com CRM system using the voice-to-text technology
