Previous DayShame O2 don't put as much effort into 3G as they do h/w exc...
Talkback What's the point in having an iPhone when there's hardly any 3G signal to make the most of it?
IBM's ID card contract to last seven years
News The government signs up to a long contract to run an ID card database, even though the Conservatives have said they will scrap the scheme if they come into power at the next election
Google Apps users to get OpenID authentication
Blog Google is about to announce OpenID log-in functionality for enterprise users of its Apps productivity suite. The search giant has already adopted the authentication standard — whereby a...
Cisco replaces Nortel in key 2012 Olympics role
Blog Nortel has been dropped as the official communications supplier for the 2012 London Olympics, and has been replaced by Cisco. In a statement on Friday, the London 2012 Organising Committee...
Geekender Gallery: ASUS Eee Keyboard
Photo The Asus Eee Keyboard is one of the oddest computers we've seen in a while. It looks like an ordinary keyboard, but has a complete PC inside. Let's see how it's done...
Coulds gathering over Europe, but the outlook's gloomy
Talkback It should come as no surprise that Europe is not able to match the US in development of cloud services. Unlike the US where there is one unified single market and a positively reinforced...
Can Digital Britain survive a general election?
Blog One of the most striking themes of yesterday's Westminster eForum on Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, entitled "Dear Stephen", was the widespread uncertainty over whether the report's...
Mobile can fill in UK broadband gaps, says 3
News The operator says 3G services can help fulfil the government's aims of universal 2Mbps broadband, but only if key radio spectrum issues are resolved
Gov't to spend £1bn on telecoms framework
News A £1bn contract to provide telecoms equipment across the public sector has been put out to tender
Microsoft to integrate Twitter into its CRM
News Businesses will be able to use Twitter to engage customers through Microsoft's Dynamics CRM software within the next few weeks
Chrome OS: What does it mean for Android?
Analysis Google already has what seems to be a viable netbook operating system in Android, so why does it need Chrome OS too?
What does the fall of GM tell us about software?
Comment The fate of the US car giants may hold some important lessons for software vendors, says Mark Taylor
just another alternative to Ubuntu
Talkback So, apart from the fact that it's from Google - which is sgnificant, what's the big deal. Yet another Linux variant to try and persuade people to move away from MS. I've yet to see a comment on...
Bigger is better, biggest is bestest
Talkback I love the implicit assumption that this whole cloud idea is a good plan. Mind you, given the "Biggest is bestest, centralise absolutely everything as much as physically possible" mantra of the EU,...
RE:Ubuntu Netbook Remix "Acid Test" - Wrap-Up
Blog Comment I had installed UNR on a 16 gig thumb drive, and tried it out on the hospital's wireless network, while visiting my wife. It was unable to find the network. Rebooted into Mandriva and the wireless...
Google search filters for free-to-use images
News New options in Google's search tool let people filter images according to their licensing status, allowing users to find photos free for commercial reuse
DirectX holes to be plugged next week
News Microsoft is to issue six security updates on Patch Tuesday next week, including a critical one that will fix two outstanding holes in DirectX
Is it the same?
Talkback Not everyone lives the 'urban dream' so this device wouldn't suit a lot of people. Anyone with less than 'always on' broadband will find this product unsuitable. But who will tell them? As for the...
Users upset as CA antivirus attacks Windows
News CA user forums were filled with comments from confused customers after the software detected a Windows system file as a virus
O2 to offer landline numbers for mobiles
News The operator is set to offer a service that gives small business users a landline number that goes straight through to their mobile phone
Behind the scenes at chip firm NXP
Photo Dutch semiconductor company NXP shows how its chips are being used in transport, medicine and smart metering during a tour of its research facility in Eindhoven
High-street ID card plan won't work, MPs say
News Workers in post offices and other retailers lack the skills to handle ID card enrolment, leaving the scheme open to fraud, a government committee has found
Silverlight 3 makes an early debut
News The final version of Silverlight 3 has been released to the web, a day ahead of the product's launch event in San Francisco
Join Byte Night in Trafalgar Square tonight
Blog This Friday, 10 July, Byte Night supporter Dianne Stradling will perched high above London on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth singing and dancing to the Time Warp. The stunt which will mark...
Price hike could damage the data centre
Talkback The other issue which this story raises is energy consumption. SSDs are key to netbooks not just because of low weight but, more importantly, their low energy consumption. And that's why they're...
Ten tips to help improve your public speaking
Comment If the thought of speaking in public makes your blood run cold, there are simple tricks you can use to take the edge off your nerves, says Jack Wallen
Yeeeaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talkback I almost didn't believe it! This is the best news ever. Even if Google isn't able to shove Microsoft aside hard enough to reach market parity, the fact that they are in the market is great....
