Previous DayWell, to me...
Talkback The fact that Microsoft is even contemplating a deal with NewsCorp shows that they're floundering, and the takeover thing is just getting sillier. Ah well, more thrills and spills than an East...
Will Greenwash survive a recession?
Blog I have just come back from this week's green IT event - I have been to four already this year I think. The latest was the FinExpo Green City event in Liverpool Street, London. As the name suggests,...
RE:Does remote working work?
Blog Comment Jake, Will you miss interaction with your customer(s)? Will you always be able to express your development challenges via e-mail? Will you use particular collaborative tools to help you? Of course,...
Initial Response
Talkback My initial response to this news item is 'Phorm over my dead body', so I will vote with my feet. Actually, I am suspicious that my ISP is already installing the additional hardware. I have read a...
Messy overlaps everywhere!
Talkback Say AOL merges with Yahoo, then what? AOL currently get their search results from Google, do they drop that partnership? Google owns a stake in AOL, they wouldn't be too happy with that. Newscorp...
UK falls out of global 'ICT readiness' top 10
News A World Economic Forum report suggests the UK is now only 12th in the world when it comes to being a networked economy
Gartner: Innovation and accountability
Blog Organisations that hope to prosper despite any recession, need to implement a formal IT strategy. And if they haven’t started on one already, they need to move fast. This was perhaps a key...
DimDim - Free Web Meetings
Blog I've just been looking at a new product called "DimDim" (www.dimdim.com), for hosting web meetings. I haven't done much with it yet, but it looks very interesting. I'm going to run through a few...
Not in my back yard - No Really
Talkback So now the Home Office and the IPS want to involve the councils in their dastardly scheming. Thankfully no2id saw this one coming and persuaded our council to approve a motion that prevents them...
US plans cyberattack early-warning system
Video At the RSA Conference, US Department of Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff discusses an early-warning system to identify cyberattacks before they start
Symantec chief predicts cybersecurity trends
Video At the RSA Conference, John Thompson foresees malware overtaking legitimate software in volume and DRM becoming a reality for all content, not just music and video
Microsoft maps out internet security strategy
Video At the RSA Conference, Microsoft chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie outlines a plan for internet security that includes the creation of a 'trusted stack'
Phorm attacks critics over 'illegality' claims
News The targeted-advertising company accuses the Foundation for Information Policy Research of wanting to stifle 'new developments' — a claim described by FIPR as being unrealistic
Xerox demonstrates reusable paper
Video At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Xerox shows off a disappearing-ink technology that enables people to reuse a piece of paper
Build Quality and style
Talkback Build quality for one and it looks a lot more stylish than the others which will tempt business users. Can you see sales people and MD's walking around with a XO or Classmate! Didn't think so....
US gov't: Treat personal data 'like toxic waste'
News Computer scientists in the US have advised organisations to be extremely cautious when handling information that can be used to identify individuals
Is Your Web Site Vulnerable?
Blog NTA Monitor recently released some statistics which are enough to put the fear of God into any owner of an e-commerce site. Allegedly, 60% of Web application tests performed for UK organisations...
International cyberattack drill tests nations' responses
News The recent Cyber Storm II exercise tested how effectively IT security organisations from the US, New Zealand, Australia and Canada communicated with each other in response to simulated threats
Microsoft and interoperability: oxymoron or secret soul mate?
Blog There are many out there who would argue that the words Microsoft and interoperability should never be seen in the same sentence. Certainly, for those who have installed Vista only to find that...
Tech chiefs put premium on green IT
News Research claims 75 percent of CIOs consider green computing an important part of their IT strategy and 15 percent say it's a top priority
Businesses face new breed of security threats
News Security experts have warned that relatively unknown 'pass the hash' attacks and 'metasploit' releases are becoming more common
US recession may hit Indian tech sector hard
Analysis Financial observers have warned of the repercussions for the Indian outsourcing industry of the US economic slowdown
Internationalised domain names may launch in 2009
News According to an ICANN source, internationalised domain names could debut 'early next year', 10 years after the concept was first discussed
The new Eee won't be as cheap as you think
Talkback When the new Eee 900 - a better point of comparison for its screen size etc than the Eee 701 - comes out, it will cost around the same as the HP. Maybe a bit less. The price of both will, of...
Incompetent CIOs are costing and wasting billions...
Talkback The point is that many CIOs are incompetent and psychologically dependent on MS junk and propaganda, and I believe that poor, (in fact, incompetent) decisions being made should be pointed out, and...
The Mobile Industry’s Growing DoS Risk
Blog The Mobile Industry’s Growing DoS Risk By: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe In the not so distant past, major labels such as Yahoo and Amazon have become targets of malicious Denial of Service...
