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Archive - 10 Oct 2007

Ballmer: 'I love your daughter'

Blog Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer has pledged to hire a 13-year-old cheerleader to work for Microsoft -- in nine years time. In a not entirely serious exchange in a discussion...

Dell to sell toner and ink through office suppliers

Blog Michael Dell has said that Dell will sell toner and ink though retail stores, in another depature from its direct sales model. "You'll see better availbility of toner and ink where people want...

ISPs criticised for overstating broadband speeds

News The Ofcom Consumer Panel has written to the country's largest ISPs to demand changes to their broadband sales practices

Newham: the Sith Lords' homeplanet?

Talkback Nice Star Wars/Newham reference. For those who don't know Newham council was the UK local authority that famously flirted with open source but then became big supporters of Microsoft. UK councils...

Same, tired excuse

Talkback "But while open source could appear cheap, there were extra costs in training and support that meant it may not always be the cheapest solution" I sense something. A presence I've not felt since......

MP attacks government over Microsoft policy

News The government's IT strategy has been heavily criticised by John Pugh MP, who accused it of 'skewing the market' in favour of Microsoft

Has the internet created more professional musicians?

Blog Yesterday's meeting with Sellaband - which also included Sharon Osbourne's brother David Arden (who also represented James Brown) - threw up some interesting issues about how the Internet has...

Mafia Spammers (the cheekiest spammer ever?)

Blog I received the cheekiest spam comment on my blog today. Quote: hello , my name is Richard and I know you get a lot of spammy comments , I can help you with this problem . I know a lot of...

Microsoft make a desperate push for IE7

Blog With uptake of the latest Internet Explorer browser being slow compared to that of main rival Firefox, Microsoft have started a big push to encourage more users to make the change. The first big...

I received several

Talkback I've received at least 4-5 of these in the last 2 weeks. Some are the Halo 3 scam others invite you to view their profile on other dating sites etc. I hope YouTube address this soon.

Win a black Vodafone USB modem and MacBook

Competition There are only eight black Vodafone USB modems in the UK. Here's your chance to win one, plus a matching black MacBook.

Storm worm spammers exploit Halo 3 buzz

News Xbox users are being targeted by spam sent via YouTube which claims they have won a version of the game but links to the Trojan

Biometrics land at Gatwick

News The airport is the latest to trial biometric fingerprinting technology as part of an overhaul of the UK's border security

Inside Firefox 3 Alpha 8

Photo The latest build of Firefox 3, Alpha 8, makes bookmarking easier and boasts enhanced security features.

RE:Radiohead haven't killed the record companies just yet

Blog Comment Sellaband is a fantastic initiative. btw I think you meant to say 750 believers behind Second person, not 75. Sellaband knocks the traditional record industry on it's head in so many ways........

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