Previous DayGoogle patents data centre in a shipping container
News The idea of putting a data centre in a shipping container is nothing new, but Google has this week managed to patent the concept in the US
Ballmer: Google is leader in advertising
News Chief executive Steve Ballmer has said that Microsoft faces 'a lot of work' to seriously compete with Google in the search and advertising fields
A life coach in your pocket
Comment Accenture Technology Labs wants to develop applications that will turn a mobile phone into a customised personal coach
No Chinese walls on the internet
Leader China is fighting the web's inherent openness. It can't win — and that has profound implications for business
Unisys and NEC team up on unified comms
News The IT services company and the networking vendor's offerings aim to help clients converge their telephony and IP networks
Dell runs out of...glass?
Blog Users waiting on orders of laptops and PCs from Dell may wonder what is causing the unusually long delays for their systems to arrive. When I asked Dell what is causing lead times of up to a...
Kensington Contour Balance Notebook Roller
Review If you travel frequently with a large notebook and lots of other materials, the comfort and flexibility offered by the Kensington Contour Balance is well worth the cost.
The OSA tries to down the Eagle
Talkback Here is the spin the Open Schools Alliance put on yesterday's debate. I think it would be fair to say that there version is lightly different. "In the debate John said: "The Driving Standards...
Cisco: Putting people before profits?
Q&A Chief executive John Chambers discusses how working with start-ups and charities both benefits society and makes good business sense
Need to be innovative
Talkback I guess this is going to be a major problem not only in london but soon it will have its impact all over the world where datacentres are located.
MPs praise e-passport rollout
News The 'excellent' project management behind the rollout of the first e-passport has been acclaimed by MPs but thorny issues still lie ahead
RE:Major bug in MS Excel 2007
Blog Comment It seems that MS is afraid of going public on this issue. I would really appreciate of some official words on this even though it is going to be fixed with the release of SP1.
Sunshine power out of my ass
Blog Two good things to refresh the palate of those who may be a little jaded by big politics, scams and fud in the world of energy. One's very big, one's very personal: both together show that if you...
Oracle beefs up PHP driver
News The company has announced an upgrade to its Oracle Call Interface driver for PHP
Gartner urges action on data-centre emissions
News According to the analyst firm, data centres now account for almost a quarter of all the CO2 emissions caused by IT operations
Google Enterprise Search gets social
Preview Google's Enterprise Search Appliance customers are to get a free upgrade that adds new features to the buttoned-down, behind-the-firewall search appliance designed for large companies and their IT...
MoD boosts military ops with more PCs
News The Ministry of Defence is rolling out 3,300 computer terminals to replace older systems identified as posing a risk to successful military operations
RE:Major bug in MS Excel 2007
Blog Comment I was reading the MSDN Blogs today. it appears this has been hotfixed now, but won't be automatically rolled out until SP1 http://blogs.msdn.com/rextang/archive/2007/10/11/5398309.aspx
Vista receives more security updates
Blog Last night Microsoft released several security and reliabilty updates for Windows Vista. Most of the updates were minor in that they fixed compatibility/rare stability issues. However, some...
Data security is key to UK consumers' trust
News The UK has topped a poll of eight European countries as being the most concerned about how businesses protect their information
