Previous DayDPP McKinnon decision may be delayed
Blog The decision as to whether to prosecute Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the UK may be pushed back further. On 15 January McKinnon's solicitor, Karen Todner, told me that she had received a fax from...
EC tackles social networking safety
Blog The European Commission says it has brokered a deal between various social networks, including Facebook, Bebo, YouTube, MySpace and many others, to keep children safer while surfing. This sort...
Qualcomm builds NFC into mobile chipsets
News The manufacturer is to support the contactless, short-range wireless technology, but analysts warn that near-field communications may struggle to take off soon
Vodafone exec warns against tech regulation
News Government regulation of the technology industry can have unforeseen consequences, a Vodafone public-policy expert tells a Westminster e-Forum audience
Salesforce unveils CRM Spring '09
News The customer-relationship management package includes features such as content assembly, content delivery, content tracking and the 'Opportunity Genius'
Search guru offers wish list of Google reforms
News Search expert Danny Sullivan says certain changes are needed at Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, such as sharing more with advertisers and publishers
How netbook broadband bundles stack up
Photo O2 has launched a mobile broadband plan that includes a 'free' netbook — the last UK operator to do so. Here's a look at that and all the other netbook bundles on offer
Logitech Comfort Lapdesk for Notebooks
Blog Where do you use your notebook? Sitting at your desk or a surrogate such as on a train or in a coffee shop? Lounging in an easy chair or even on the floor, notebook propped on your knees? Slouching...
Mozilla to join EC's Microsoft antitrust case
News Firefox browser firm Mozilla has been cleared to see confidential European Commission documents and voice objections in the Internet Explorer-bundling case
Google tool displays home energy consumption
News The search giant's new web app uses smart-meter data to present power-usage figures for household devices
Rural Medicine Getting SmartPhone Overhaul
Blog Rural Medicine Getting SmartPhone Overhaul Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com In the medical field of rural medicine, access to technology can provide drastic improvements in patient...
A good week for OpenStreetMap
Blog It's quite an exciting time for the folks involved in OpenStreetMap (which includes me). On 5th Feburary an appeal was launched to raise £10,000 for a new server for the project. Seventy-two hours...
Microsoft patches four critical IE, Exchange holes
News Critical vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of an affected computer remotely. The company also released patches for holes in SQL Server and Office
End in sight for spectrum refarming debate
Blog Oh to be a fly on the wall... Lord Carter, of Digital Britain fame, has summoned all the mobile operators to a series of meetings, to be chaired by Broadband Stakeholder Group chief Kip Meek. The...
Multi-tenant is not virtualisation
Talkback I would take issue with the suggestion that multi-tenant applications means "multiple instances of the same package that can be executed on the same machine"; that's virtualisation, and doesn't...
No News is Good News for Microsoft PowerPoint in Office 14
Blog PowerPoint 2007 offers a lot of surprises to us when she made her debut with ribbon coat and SmartArt accessories years ago, however, those tremendous changes lead a lot of problems, such as...
Twitter may charge companies that 'tweet'
News The microblogging site is considering charging companies that use the service to market their brands, the company's co-founder says
NetSuite reports profitable fourth quarter
News The business-management software provider reports its fourth-quarter revenue rose 30 percent from a year ago and its net loss shrank
Cisco raises cash, spurring acquisition speculation
Analysis Cisco said this week it plans to raise $4bn in cash to fill its coffers, leaving many industry watchers to speculate about potential acquisitions
