Previous DayDigital Britain report delayed?
Blog The government has said that the Digital Britain report may be delayed, and has confirmed timing for when Lord Carter will step down. The Digital Britain report, which is expected to recommend...
SAP in SaaS strategy shift
News The business software maker, which has struggled to adapt to software-as-a-service, says it will allow customers to mix traditional applications with its online services
BT drop the ball
Talkback BT have been grumbling for months about the added traffic that iPlayer is imposing on them. Their option 1 package comes with a 10Gb cap for £15 a month. What difference does it make if that is...
Reports: Comms minister to stand down
Blog Lord Carter, the communications minister, intends to leave the government, according to a report in The Times. The government has not commented on the possibility, other than to say Carter is...
What price a compass?
Talkback Not at any price and certainly not what Apple wants to charge. I have had an IPhone since launch and upgraded to a 3G machine as soon as possible but I cannot upgrade with to a 3GS with O2 because...
EC: New net-neutrality law is unnecessary
News A French court's ruling that internet users cannot be disconnected without a court order proves pan-European net-neutrality laws are not needed, the Commission has said
Knuth: England is home of literate programming
Video On a visit to London, Professor Donald Knuth gives a rare video interview to ZDNet UK about the past, present and future of computing
Novell to ship Linux-monitoring tool for Microsoft
News Novell is to release a product allowing Microsoft management tools to monitor Novell's Suse Linux, as part of the companies' interoperability alliance
HP takes aim at 'scale-out' datacentres
News New ProLiants are at the centre of HP's push into the 'scale-out' market, where datacentres with thousands of servers deal with cloud, Web 2.0 and high-performance computing
Grown Up Digital
Review Businesses, educational institutions, parents and political leaders need to adapt to the technology-savvy Net Generation, says Don Tapscott.
Experts: Chinese censorware carries botnet risk
News The Green Dam blocking software has errors that could be used to build a botnet and allow uploading of programs by an outsider, according to University of Michigan researchers
From The Labs: A first look at Chrome 2
Video Charles McLellan checks out the new features in Google's latest browser, and compares its performance to its rivals
Ten add-ons to boost the power of OpenOffice
Comment However much you like OpenOffice, the judicious use of extensions can make it even better, says Jack Wallen
Gov't awards £400m biometric-passport contract
News The contract with British secure-document specialist De La Rue brings the total earmarked for new passports and ID cards to over £1bn this year
EC responds to Microsoft's browser move
News The European Commission has said that while the move to strip IE from Windows is bad for retail software buyers, it could have some positive effects in the new PC market
NHS tech agency touts use of open source
News NHS Connecting for Health is using open source to collaborate with other countries' health services in building specialist informatics software
Google Native Client moves beyond research phase
News Satisfied with its security approach, Google has begun broader development of its technology for more powerful web applications
Europe to get Windows 7 without browser
News Aiming to appease regulators, Microsoft plans to ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer, though computer makers will have the option to add it back in
Moblin on the Nettop - Part 2 (Overview)
Blog After a whole two days, here are a few first impressions of Moblin on my nettop Dual Atom system: - First, remember, this is a Beta distribution, and you will be made aware of that very quickly....
What Open Source shares with Science
Blog I had a lengthy discussion with a new acquaintance the other day, and as it so often does in conversations I'm involved in, topics eventually shifted to the philosophy of knowledge and ideas, and...
RE:Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" - It Just Keeps Getting Better
Blog Comment Ive done over 100 conversions/installs at Lugfests and on my own and having given people the choice of gNOME and KDE, I finally stopped because 8 out of 10 people (ex Windows users of course) that...
