Previous DayPssst! Want to see some pre-alpha prototype software?
Blog The worst developer conference I have ever been to (and I have made a habit of hanging around these things for the last half decade) has to be the unfortunate couple of days I spent with Gupta...
RE:Can code crunchers be GUI gurus too?
Blog Comment I think the best code crunchers are probably the worst GUI designers and vice-versa. The mental skills required are almost complete opposites. Furthermore I think any attempt to try to teach coders...
Back into the Joomla fray!
Blog I've recently started work on another Joomla! CMS site, and it's good to be back in the land of near-instantaneous functionality gratification. Forums? Kerping!. Simple user text editing? Kapow!....
HP refines virtualised desktops
News HP has introduced software aimed at improving the user experience of thin-client desktops, in an effort to encourage enterprises to adopt desktop virtualisation
Android gets Voda, Sony Ericsson, ARM and more
Blog The Open Handset Alliance has just announced a huge increase in big names signed up for the project. Here's the first paragraph of the press release: "The Open Handset Alliance, a group of...
21m German bank details were for sale
Blog Fancy getting your hands on the bank details of 21 million German citizens? The AFP is reporting that the German Wirtschaftswoche magazine was offered those details -- all it had to do was pay 12...
Sun launches Shanghai-based servers
News The company has launched an updated line of Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade systems powered by AMD's first 45nm Opteron processor
Security experts advise caution in the cloud
Analysis Cloud computing is on the rise, but handing responsibility for your data over to a third party brings new security considerations, experts say
Will 2008 prove the year the web grew up?
Comment After the turbulence of the browser wars and the dot-com crash, the emergence this year of open development standards hints at a new-found maturity, argues Bruce Lawson
Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile U9210
Review Fujitsu Siemens' Esprimo Mobile U9210 is a solidly built, if chunky, ultraportable that should cope well with life on the road. Battery life could be better, though, and we'd prefer a bigger screen...
RE:Can code crunchers be GUI gurus too?
Blog Comment Wow 64Bitz, That's the affirmation and comment I was looking for. You made my day, my week even. I wasn't sure about this subject being one that would get people fired up or not. But I see it...
ZDNet UK's new video area is ready for action
Blog Much joy in the office today as our brand new video page has finally been given the Official Thumbs Up and is live for you all to enjoy. We've been producing and publishing tons of videos, both...
RE:Head in the Cloud
Blog Comment Hi Alan, thanks for reading. I've not commented before on Microsofts flat-bed-data-centre approach. To be honest, I wouldn't want my precious data anywhere near it - electric fence and all !. I'm...
HP's Hogan glories in growth
Blog The biggest issue facing Tom Hogan, the senior vice president of HP’s software division, could well be avoiding smugness. Not that Hogan seems to be a smug man or that HP is a smug company. It is...
Sony to cut 8,000 jobs
News Electronics and media giant plans to reduce headcount, curtail or delay part of its investment plans, and downsize or withdraw from unprofitable or non-core businesses
Microsoft launches open-source blogging platform
News Oxite is aimed at developers and not designed to compete with the likes of WordPress or Movable Type, according to the software maker
RE:Can code crunchers be GUI gurus too?
Blog Comment Core coders bridging the gap to provide the user interface, sure this happens, question is should it? There are so many widgets out there in 3rd party componentland that make the development of a...
Re: revamp IT teaching...
Talkback hmm, nice idea in theory, but as always with teaching, there are some issues to be considered... after several years teaching in secondary schools, I've seen students come with widely varying...
RE:Head in the Cloud
Blog Comment Ryan, I was surfing for cloud computing and came across an interesting video from Microsoft http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=b4d189d3-19bd-42b3-85d7-6ca46d97fe40 Microsoft doesnt seem...
What's your pet iPhone peeve ?
Blog Yes it's sold million and yes its made pocket browsing fun and it's lovely and sleek and oh so apple. But like a lot of apple stuff its not as brilliant as the shine of their marketing would make...
Broadcom introduces combo 802.11n chip
News The chip integrates 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio into a single silicon die, a move designed to expand the range of features available in mid-range mobile-phone handsets
Microsoft offers to cut search-data retention time
News The company has responded to EU pressure by saying it will cut its search-data retention period from 18 months to six — but only if other search companies follow suit
Yahoo job cuts due on Wednesday
News The internet giant will issue pink slips this week as part of a previously announced 10 percent cut in its workforce, according to reports
RE:OS Scratch Load Times
Blog Comment The point of my posting was to illustrate how long a scratch load of the operating systems takes. It was not to search for or solicit recommendations about more optimized ways of performing the...
Windows Vista goes Red in fight against AIDS
News Microsoft will introduce a boxed version of its 'Product Red' edition of the OS, previously available only on select Dell machines
Google plug-in lets web apps harness CPU power
News The company has announced its answer to Java, Flash and Windows: the open-source Native Client project lets web apps access the power of the client's CPU
Revamp IT teaching in primary schools, says review
News Tech teaching has failed to keep pace with young people's increasing computer literacy, a government review argues
Second Firefox 3.1 beta brings major changes
News A large number of new features are arriving in the second beta of Firefox 3.1, including video support, private browsing and background processing
RE:Facebook Connect squares up to Google, OpenID and OpenSocial...
Blog Comment Many thanks for your comment Russ. I would very much suggest you take a look at Facebook Connect. This will not only enable you to make use of a user's existing Facebook identity, avoiding the...
IBM misses out on largest ID-cards contract
News The Identity and Passport Service has dropped IBM as a candidate for the application and enrolment contract within the National Identity Scheme
RE:OS Scratch Load Times
Blog Comment Hi J.A. Watson, Why not create an image of the drive with everything installed, SP3 and all your drivers as it is now and also have a hard-drive partition utility on the hard drive so it is created...
Texas Instruments, Broadcom warn on revenues
News The chipmakers are the latest companies to dramatically cut current-quarter estimates amid the global economic slowdown
Google brings search ads to iPhone, T-Mobile G1
News Advertisers bidding for search ads through Google's AdWords service now can choose to have campaigns run exclusively on Apple iPhones and the T-Mobile G1
Linux holds key to future of climate change
News A scientific project that will help govern how the EC tackles climate change is relying on Linux and the Géant academic grid to complete its work
please stop peddling this hysterical freedom twaddle
Talkback I am so sick of this style of rubbish. You have taken a minor cause for concern and turned it into a massive deal over nothing, and you do this so you can push your hedeously naive free everything...
