Previous Dayi prefer the "wild west"
Talkback ill go with the wild west over government control. great minds create something, now here comes the government to water down and destroy the creation.
Vista's defrag is a mixed lot
Talkback Vista's defrag is good in that it runs reasonably lean on resources. On the negative side, its options are lousy, it has no progress display and it seems to take forever. I 'd rather use Diskeeper...
Lords calls for urgent action on internet security
News The House of Lords has urged the government to change its 'laissez-faire' attitude and tackle public internet security concerns
Telco 'finds' its IT systems
Blog Telstra, the Australian incumbent telco, has found up to 150 IT systems that it didn't know it had, reports one of my Australia-based colleagues. Jo Best found out yesterday that in trying to...
Symantec announces ActiveX vulnerability
News 'Highly critical' flaw could give hackers the opportunity to install malicious code on the PCs of Symantec's Norton customers
Ofcom gives go-ahead to ultrawideband
News The long-awaited wireless tech can be used in the UK without a licence from Monday, enabling low-power, high-bandwidth home communications
Creating a secure and reliable VoIP solution
Tutorial As a relatively new telecommunications technology, and one that is growing in popularity, it is important to be aware of measures which can increase VoIP's security and reliability
two updates for Windows Vista
Talkback One would think after 6 years of work updates for reliability and compatibility would be unnecessary.
Video: HP outlines next-generation data centre
Video Ann Livermore, of HP's Technology Solutions Group, discusses the company's plan to support a fully automated, power-efficient, low-cost data centre
Microsoft lines up nine fixes for 'Patch Tuesday'
News The software giant will release six 'critical' and three 'important' patches next Tuesday
I fully agree with you about Vista.
Talkback I'm using it on this work PC to test it, but I have no intention of rolling it out across our company until... well, unless something major happens to improve performance, I can't actually see that...
Lloyds TSB to offshore IT jobs
News Bank will offshore up to 210 IT roles from October, with permanent staff offered another role in the company or voluntary redundancy
IT-procurement deal to save Wales £6m
News A public-sector deal for the purchase of IT equipment is expected to reap savings of more than £6m a year for Wales
Gartner warns businesses over virtual worlds
News The analyst group has identified five areas of concern for companies intending to exploit the business opportunities of virtual worlds
ID card-scheme reaches procurement 'milestone'
News The Identity and Passport Service has said an 'important milestone' has been reached, as it invites potential IT suppliers to make approaches
RSA to buy Tablus
News EMC's security division RSA has announced plans to buy Tablus, in a move to bolster its intelligent information-management offerings
Lords chides government over internet security
News A House of Lords committee has criticised the government, IT suppliers and businesses over their handling of public internet security
