Previous DayHandsets World: Stuck in the MID
Blog Home after a flight to Heathrow Terminal 5 (it's all right now, I can bravely report),and I greatly enjoyed the words scrawled on a luggage container being offloaded from my BA flight: "Fly the...
Jaaksi forgets one thing
Talkback Mr. Jaaksi forgets one important thing: open-source developers aren't working for Nokia. Sure Nokia has business rules. So does General Motors. And Nokia's business rules are exactly as relevant to...
Apple vs Microsoft - the chips are down
Blog Should you buy your chips ready-made, or cook them yourself? Depends whether you're Apple or Microsoft. Let's take Microsoft first. It has its own Xbox Semiconductor Design Group, which among...
RE:UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food
Blog Comment Once it passes the House of Representatives it goes to the Senate for either ratification or modification. If its modified then it needs to be further mangled by a group of two committees including...
RE:UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food
Blog Comment It is interesting that the American Constitution does not permit America to allow its citizens to be extradited in the manner legislated by our government in the Extradition Act 2003. 'Trust Me'...
RE:UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food
Blog Comment It would be interesting to see whether this country could actually extradite one of its citizens simply for downloading a song or a similar offence, shouldn't that sort of treatment be saved for...
EC pledges to promote open standards
News With a side swipe at Microsoft, competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has said that future Commission technology procurements will have to support open standards
Free(Your)Mind
Blog At The Ministry I've had the joyous task of creating a site audit of the whole intranet. I was toying with the idea of using OpenOffice.org Calc, though I wasn’t relishing the prospect. And...
Boldly going to IBM Rational 2008
Photo Attendees at this year's IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2008 included around 3,500 software developers and one former Star Trek actor
BT wins £30m Network Rail contract
News A three-year contract will see Network Rail gain an IP voice and data network to replace its legacy fixed line and internet services
EC probes BT-Phorm trials
News The European Commission is looking into ad-serving trials conducted by BT and Phorm in 2006, but says it is unlikely to take any action
UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food
Blog This is one of the most frightening things I've learned in a long time. Over in the US, a bill has passed the House of Representatives and is heading to Congress – with a huge amount of support. ...
Microsoft: Patch now or turn off Bluetooth
News Patch Tuesday's release included a critical fix affecting all Windows Vista and XP systems, which could allow attackers to wirelessly steal confidential information from laptops by exploiting a...
Unconvinced
Talkback If memory serves the Deliotte consultant claimed to have undertaken an assessment of the alternatives and chose Oracle because it had more relevant features. Perhaps I can make two points: Firstly,...
Vista experience
Talkback I purchased a Vista laptop computer some 10 months ago. I experienced lots of problems and irritations which were not resolved by carrying out several time consuming recoveries. So I installed...
Beyond the security
Talkback Great point about the security aspects of these networks. I did a comparison of these on a consumer basis:...
802.11n: Morphing to meet new demands
Feature Some industry watchers claim equipment based solely on 802.11n will not adequately support emerging applications, and it appears Wi-Fi chip and equipment developers are beginning to agree with this...
Bugs haunt iPhone SDK, Jobs comes out in sympathy
Blog As Steve Jobs spoke, Apple pushed out a new version of the iPhone SDK to the 4000 developers previously deemed worthy to join the programme. As I type, many of them still haven't got it working...
Wireless Network Flakiness
Blog As I mentioned a few months ago, after returning from the U.S. with my new Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, this laptop has Wireless-N networking. So, I purchased a new Wireless-N router (Linksys WRT350N),...
The role of Wi-Fi in unified communications
Feature An increasing number of products are coming onto the market that allow you to integrate wireless technologies into your unified communications strategy. We find out what your options are
Soaring IT salaries defy economic slump
News IT pay is rising faster than at any time in the past three years, according to a salary survey
Skype vs. 3G iPhone
Blog The "Independent" Skype Journal (aka The Skype Cheerleading Squad) has published a list of "advantages" of Skype over the 3G iPhone. Unfortunately, the very first item on their list highlights...
iPhone 3G: Does it do the business?
News Apple says it's the 'best phone for business. Ever'. We ask IT pros whether they agree
Is the cat loose among the virtual pigeons?
Blog Don’t be fooled into thinking that VMware is the only company that can create a song and dance over virtualisation at the moment. Certainly, its European and US-based VMworld conferences seem to...
Nokia urges Linux developers to learn business
News The handset manufacturer's head of software says open-source developers need to play along with current industry themes such as DRM, IPR and SIM locks
Google sets its sights on the enterprise cloud
News The search giant says the lessons it's learned in the 'Darwinian' consumer market give it an edge as business computing moves online
