Previous DayTopped off
Blog I’ve finally gotten around to fixing the top to the rack cabinet. It’s made from the door of an old storage-only cabinet, which was actually a fridge/freezer cabinet from Ikea. The top has been...
KB951748 cripples PC's running Zonealarm
Talkback This patch appears to have major side-effects on Windows running Zonealarm products - it basically disables internet access. Workarounds are currently available on the Zonelabs site, although...
RE:Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says wo...
Blog Comment If I were CEO of Microsoft, i'd say: Fine, People, you win. XP you want? XP you can have. I'd allow PC makers to ship XP machines if they wish to do so, but not extend support. I'd lower the price...
MEPs propose Europe-wide telecoms regulator
News If approved, the 'Body of European Regulators in Telecommunications' would have to be consulted by national regulators before they could make major telecoms decisions
Microsoft warns of targeted Word attacks
News The software giant is investigating reports of a Word vulnerability that appears to affect Word 2002 Service Pack 3
You might know your IT, but do you know Love Solutions?
Blog Our mobile reportage guru David "I'm in a band, you know" Meyer is, as you know, in a band. Like any good rock star, he's also got solo projects on the boil - one, miniblackhole, being of quite...
COBOL keeps on rolling along
Blog Comparatively rare are the times when we hear about COBOL programming these days - unless it’s from a vendor or systems integration specialist perhaps. Rarer still are the times that I speak to...
Ten key considerations for application developers
Help/HowTo When writing code, keeping certain points in mind can help developers improve the quality of end products and keep users happy
Sky in world's smallest fibre trial
Blog Upon hearing that BSkyB was trialling fibre-to-the-cabinet out in East London, I decided to give them a ring to find out what was going on. We know BT's trialling this stuff (well,...
Why protect the guilty?
Talkback Isn't it marvellous: as soon as something innovative and interesting is produced there has to be a group who will step in and try to scupper it. Forgive my naivety, but why would innocent people...
Bright new future of multicore, circa 1994
Blog An article in German tech publication c't sheds a bit more light on Larrabee, Intel's much anticipated multicore chip. It's a graphics engine! It's an accelerator! It's going to wipe out nVidia...
BT buys online classifieds firm
News The communications and IT giant has snapped up UK-based online business directory company Ufindus for £20m
Gentoo finalises 2008 release
News Developers have released the final version of 2008.0 of the Linux 'meta-distribution', moving to a newer version of the Linux kernel that brings in additional hardware drivers
MoJ sends out hacks email details on data protection invite
Blog I find this very ironic. The Ministry of Justice has just sent me an invitation to a press briefing with Information Commissioner Richard Thomas on Thursday. Thomas will be discussing the results...
More WiMax network rollouts in UK
News On-Communications decides on WiMax as the best technology for providing symmetrical connectivity to businesses, while OrbitalNet expands its coverage in Kent
Microsoft issues Patch Tuesday DNS fix
News The software giant has released four security bulletins for July, including one that addresses a potentially serious DNS spoofing flaw affecting multiple vendors' products
VMware boss leaves amid revenue worries
News The virtualisation market leader has announced the departure of co-founder, president and CEO Diane Greene, and issued a revenue warning
RE:Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says wo...
Blog Comment And, I learn from Ina Fried over on CNet US, Microsoft has added to the "Vista's better than you thought, honest guv" push by unveiling a Vista Compatibility online tool. This shows what runs with...
Gmail users protected from fake eBay, PayPal emails
News Google is using the DomainKeys email-authentication tech to block phishing emails ostensibly from eBay and PayPal
Supercomputing in the Tennessee woods
Photo One of the world's largest supercomputer collections lives deep in the Tennessee forest, where plutonium for the first atomic bombs was processed during WWII
Microsoft readies pay-as-you-go business web apps
News Enabling telecommuting is likely to be a selling point for the productivity and 'deskless worker' tools in the Microsoft Online Services lineup
Where did they find these users?
Talkback I have access to stats for over 50 sites covering a range of genres and never seen the less than 25% Firefox users in the last 6months. Infact in most cases it's around 34%. Agree with the figures...
Fibre broadband demands more bandwidth
News A study by the FTTH Council Europe has found households with fibre to the home currently drive three times more traffic than those with ADSL
Nokia urges users to recycle mobile phones
News Research by the company claims only three percent of users recycle their old mobile phones, with most devices left at home unused
Viadeo and LinkedIn add new members, features
Blog French social network for business Viadeo has announced its acquisition of Spain's IctNet in an attempt to increase its international reach and close the gap on leader LinkedIn and rival European...
RE:Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says wo...
Blog Comment Two basically unrelated thoughts about your post, Rupert... First, if Windows 7 is supposed to be 18 months away, but Microsoft makes the same kind of mess of its release that they did with Vista,...
Microsoft pushes hybrid SaaS model
News The company has told partners that customers will increasingly adopt hybrid models of on-site software and software as a service
Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world
Blog It's not really a mid-life crisis, not really. But eighteen months after Vista appeared - and eighteen months before Windows 7 - Vista has bought a metaphoric red sports car and a new pair of tight...
Gov't ditches £10.8m e-passport scheme
News The Identity and Passport Service has abandoned plans for any further investment in the troubled EPA2 scheme
Synchronised, multi-vendor DNS patches released
News Companies including Microsoft and Cisco have released patches for a fundamental flaw within the Domain Name System
RE:Skype 4.0 beta - STILL No Multi-Party Video
Blog Comment Very true. Registered users also is not a good figure to see how well the product is doing. Take for example a typical forum site, you can see there are like 10k users or something but in reality...
A new face at Skype but still the same old joke.
Blog Well I see that Skype has a new face again on it's team again a gentleman named Scott Durshalang as ex Motorola man. For these of you who have not read the interview he gave he gave to Howard...
