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Talkback I would have thought that it would be a good idea to distribute the OLPC through the likes of Toy'R'us to generate additional funds and reduce unit costs from the higher turnover. Young children...
Too early to teach Vista?
Talkback KFASheldon replies that students need to learn how to use Vista - as it will be commonplace in a few years time - so schools should deploy it. He also says more guidance is needed from the...
Ministry of Defence criticised over EDS contract
News The Public and Commercial Services Union is demanding an investigation into why EDS won the second phase of the MoD's ATLAS project despite 'continual problems'
How Blindfolded a View
Talkback The government point of view here is so blindfolded, in a school environment I would think one should be empowering children with the skills required for the workplace once they progress from...
iDefense offers bounty for Vista and IE7 flaws
News Security company will offer rewards of up to $8k for revealing Microsoft flaws and exploits
Intel countersues Transmeta
News Patent fight between chip giant and smaller rival over power-saving tech takes another twist
IT gives back
Blog We're a bit late with this one (hey, I was away), but apparently a national IT volunteering programme called IT4C (the C being Communities) has recently celebrated the donation of £2m worth of time...
Novell: SCO insolvency 'imminent' and 'inevitable'
News In a court filing, Novell has claimed that SCO owes it millions of pounds in revenue from Unix licence sales
How NAP can be good for SMEs' health
Feature Microsoft's new NAP technology can give you control over the health status of both remote access and on-site clients as your organisation grows
Interesting viewpoint
Talkback As a home and work user of XP, I'm still struggling to see, apart from pretty graphics, what capabilities Vista will bring to me that XP already can't? I think I'll save my £100 plus hardware...
Apple's iPhone trademark in with a chance - if they want it
Blog There's a principle in US law that if you don't defend your trademark, you lose it. This has led to a lot of misery over the years - Peanuts author Charles Shulz was reportedly very unhappy about...
Photos: Apple iPhone
Photo Have months of speculation dulled enthusiasm for Apple's much-trumpeted mobile phone? Hardly. We caught some glimpses of Steve Jobs's ambitious new baby at Macworld 2007.
IT managers drive harder outsourcing bargains
News Executives are increasingly pushing for shorter-term, single-process outsourcing deals, and Indian companies are reaping the benefits
Dell loses another senior exec
News Uncertainty around Dell as it struggles to keep investors and regulators happy may not be helped by the loss of the company's most senior executives
3 UK behind target
Blog According to Hutchison Whampoa supremo Li Ka-shing (that's a money-making name if I ever heard one), 3 UK is "slightly over one year behind budget", which is the sort of talk likely to fuel those...
Better phones required
Talkback I would buy the fusion wifi offering if better phone choice was available, specifically the choice of Nokia devices. I also don't see why I should pay (even 1 minute) for a phone call when it is...
Is Web 2.0 really a good thing?
Blog Some very interesting commentary here from US journalist Philip Dawdy. A sufferer from bipolar disorder, he has some choice things to say about the narcissism and potential for mental health issues...
Encourage innovation
Talkback While I agree that encouraging another device that will be left on 24/7 goes completely against what the UK government is trying to do with its attempts at stopping people putting even TVs on...
Accenture pulls out of core NHS IT services
News Global consulting giant hands over the keys to CSC as planned, following health service IT debacle
Photos: On the ground at the BETT show
Photo Microsoft, Apple and Dell are all showing their wares at the UK's largest education show this week
'$100 laptop' consumer launch rumours denied
News Nicholas Negroponte quashes speculation that XO laptops may soon be available on eBay, but hints that 'commercial schemes' may come next year
Google tops brand-popularity poll
News Search giant has been named UK's most popular brand 2006, as well as number-one place to work
SGI and Microsoft team up on computing clusters
News The supercomputing specialist has signed up to support Windows for lower-end server clusters
Adobe issues updates to plug PDF hole
News Updates are designed to tackle security flaws in Reader and Acrobat software that could allow a computer to be hijacked
Investigator charged in HP spy case
News Bryan Wagner was hired to find the source of the news leak, and has been charged with federal identity theft and conspiracy
Cisco sues Apple over rights to iPhone name
News Lawsuit accuses Apple of using a front company to try and obtain rights to Cisco's trademark
Office 2008 for Mac: a first look
Preview Mac users are getting a new version of Microsoft Office, but not until the second half of this year. Check out our preview.
Whiteboard: What is virtualisation?
Video Save time and money using virtualisation to reduce the number of servers in your data centre
