Previous DayThe waiting game
Blog Given the I activated my iphone in the early hours of friday morning, it was not without surprise that the process went smoothly and the hiccup was the lack of mobileme support the new in the...
ZDNet UK blogger Adrian makes awards shortlist
Blog The people have spoken. Our app dev blogger extraordinaire, Adrian Bridgwater, has reached the final shortlist of the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 08. We're very happy that the (ahem! rival)...
Excellent price !
Talkback Why on earth would you say that ｣275 is a "downfall" ? For the functionality (and looks) this is a real bargain! Just take a look at what you'd have to pay for a similar device from any other...
ID scheme undermined by poor-quality fingerprints
News Biometrics for the ID cards scheme has been criticised by a government body, which claims fingerprints collected for the over-75 age group would not be of sufficient quality to act as identifiers
More Success with Mandriva
Blog I spent some time last night getting (or trying to get) the various Linux versions on my main laptop set up for use at my home. I had mixed success, but in the end Mandriva came out clearly on...
What still dumfounds me:-
Talkback What still dumfounds me is that the major inertia preventing a general migration away from Microsoft is corporate unwillingness to stop using the worst word processor on the market because of the...
Ofcom reviews telecoms complaints procedures
News Consumers and small businesses have to wait too long before taking their complaints to an alternative dispute-resolution service, says the regulator
Apple iPhone 3G
Review Apple has taken the iPhone to the next level and added some excellent features, including 3G/HSDPA, GPS and support for Microsoft Exchange email. You still can't send MMS and there's only a...
Google releases Web 2.0 security tool
News The company is making an effort to raise its security profile with open-source tools such as Ratproxy
Seagate announces 1.5TB in a single drive
News The Barracuda 7200 1.5TB hard drive has the 'biggest leap ever' in desktop format storage capacity
RE:3G iPhone - the long wait is over. Or is it?
Blog Comment Much unhappiness out there with the iPhone wannabies - I've heard that some CPWs only had five in total, 8 or 16GB. Meanwhile, Apple PR has sent Cnet.co.uk's Andrew Lim a quizzical email saying...
National security risk
Talkback I am flabbergasted to find out about Google's Street View software and their proposed plans to photograph British residential streets to upload to their mapping service Google Earth. If it isn't a...
Is this the age of the software renaissance?
Blog A lot of people are talking about a software development renaissance right now. The reason for this may just be that we can now identify so many more of the problems we face with software...
Apple escapes charges in US stock-options probe
News The US Department of Justice will not file charges over stock-option backdating at Apple, as a two-year criminal probe is concluded
iPhone 3G hits London
Photo As the iPhone 3G went on sale at 8:02am on Friday morning, ZDNet.co.uk spoke to those queuing for the device to find out what was motivating them
3G iPhone - the long wait is over. Or is it?
Blog Walking past my local O2 store on the Holloway Road at 7:45 this morning, I clocked around fifty north Londoners queuing outside. They were in good spirits: the sun was shining, the O2 staff were...
iPhone 3G poses barriers to business adoption
Analysis UK enterprise adoption of the iPhone 3G may be hampered by security issues and Apple's exclusive partnership with O2, among other factors
Rambus files patent suit against Nvidia
News The lawsuit claims Nvidia has violated 17 Rambus-held patents on memory controllers
ZoneAlarm updated after Microsoft DNS patch
News Check Point has released updated versions of all ZoneAlarm products, after a Microsoft patch caused users to lose internet access
Apple's iPhone 3G goes on sale
Roundup The long-awaited second version of the iPhone, now with GPS, faster mobile broadband connectivity and several enterprise-friendly features, goes on sale
Excellent Analysis of the Dell/SightSpeed Deal
Blog Peter Csathy, CEO of SightSpeed has written in his Digital Media Update blog about how and why SightSpeed got the Dell VIdeo Chat deal. It is excellent, informative reading. I found myself...
RE:Biometric devices. Do you need one?
Blog Comment You both raise valid points on the topic of biometrics. As I am actively a graduate student of software engineering, I have conducted significant research in the area of biometric technologies....
Hello, I知 a PC. I知 a Handheld.
Blog Hello, I知 a PC. I知 a Handheld. Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com I have said it before and I am sure I値l say it again, mobile devices are simply replacing computers. Having said...
RE:Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says wo...
Blog Comment "To be CEO of Microsoft" reminds me of a movie with Whoppi Goldberg called "Eddie" where she plays a New York cabby that back-seat coaches the Knicks and then through a totally unrealistic and...
ICO: Gov't ignoring data-sharing hazards
News The government is blindly pursuing data-sharing plans without heeding the potential pitfalls, information commissioner Richard Thomas has claimed
