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Talkback After regulating such important topics like the curvature of a proper banana (yes, some bananas' curves are too curve to be sold in EU) the Comission finally got to work and even made a clever...
RE:To netbook or not?
Blog Comment It's just jargon. And it's not even good jargon, because you could use these devices for other things that don't require the Internet (eg, good old word processing, otherwise known as 'writing...
Microsoft reveals Vista security plans
News The software giant plans to put an increased emphasis in Vista on whitelisting, DRM additions and authenticating code
Nokia squares up to Apple
Blog Much buzz on the tubes right now about the, er, Tube. This would be the Nokia 5800, Espoo's first touchscreen phone (yes, I know, I shook my head in disbelief at that for a moment too, but it's...
Bank group stumped by rising IT power consumption
News Despite investing €170m to develop a sustainable datacentre, Citi has admitted its IT equipment is consuming increasing amounts of power
OK, so that makes sense...
Talkback But what about the "feature" that takes it several hours to copy a few megs of videos off a memory stick? Obviously that was designed to annoy the hell out of the user, but to what ends this time?...
Gartner: Windows collapsing under own weight
News The analyst group has claimed Microsoft's strategy for its operating system needs a radical overhaul
EU votes against disconnecting file-sharers
News Two reports from the European Parliament argue that if filesharers of copyrighted material are not trying to make money from their actions, they should not be criminalised or thrown off the internet
Conflicting strategies aired at unified comms show
Photo This week's Unified Communications Expo saw telephony vendors talking up interoperability, although how desirable this would be for industry behemoths Cisco and Microsoft is open to debate
To netbook or not?
Blog Here's a question for you good folks: should we adopt the term "netbook" for what we otherwise tend to refer to as "low-cost subnotebooks"? I refer of course to things like the Asus Eee, or the...
Microsoft: Vista UAC designed to 'annoy users'
News By designing Vista's User Account Control security feature to annoy users, ISVs are being forced to make software more robust, claims a Microsoft product manager
Fresh Orange Juice
Blog I was too busy this year to attend Orange's 'Partner Camp' (the artist/event formerly known as Code Camp), which is a shame as what's not to love about three days of interactive presentations,...
Fujitsu goes wooden
Blog Fed up with plastic or magnesium alloy notebooks? How about a wooden one? That's what Fujitsu is showing at the 'Japan Design 2008 - Innovation' show, which runs from April 16 to 20 in Milan as...
Panasonic Toughbook Executive CF-T7
Review The 'business ruggedized' CF-T7 could easily pass as a standard notebook, but the extra-strong chassis, shock-mounted hard drive and spill-resistant keyboard should all help to cushion it from the...
Security experts: Botnets biggest threat on net
News At the RSA Conference, security experts have bemoaned botnets' growth and called for updated laws to help tackle the problem
Google gives glimpse into security strategy
News The search giant has revealed some of its security tactics, including employing external testers to 'hammer' new products' code
Skype - Unlimited Calling Plan is now VERY Limited Calling Plan
Blog Here's an interesting thread to read in the Skype User Forums: http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=115181 The "Reader's Digest" version is that until late last year, Skype offered an...
Gartner: End users will shape IT spending
News The analyst has made its top 10 predictions for 2008, including that by 2010 end users' preferences will influence half of all IT purchasing decisions
WiMax's head start over LTE may decide 4G race
News Sprint Nextel believes WiMax may become more widely adopted than the long-term evolution of 3G because the tech has arrived first
