Previous DayRE:Nubuntu? Schmubuntu!
Blog Comment > there are so many programs that ship with ubuntu that are far better than notepad++ with no configuration necessary (emacs for instance) @Enrico : ahh, you see, this is so much a matter of...
1 or l?
Blog Meanwhile, back at The Ministry of Secrets, I had an interesting discussion with a co-worker about shortcuts. It arose from the fact that I’m not allowed to install fonts, and the default...
Which printer? What else?
Talkback What is it that you can do in Windows that you cannot do in Ubuntu? Let me know, and I'll file a bug. Also, you should probably ask on the Ubuntu mailing list about your printer. The driver disk...
XP SP3 Problems
Talkback I'm surprised not to see an news item or feedback about the difficulies some people are having with XP SP3 failing to install satisfactorily, or at all. On balance, it seems that this might be...
CEOs warned: Wake up to cyberthreats
Video Paul Twomey, chief executive of ICANN and member of the British-North American Committee, advises CEOs of the risks to business from cyber-espionage and how to deal with them
Babbage's Difference Engine No 2 brought to life
Photo The computing curator of London's Science Museum has spearheaded the construction of Charles Babbage's masterpiece, 150 years after its design
DWP downplays security breach
Blog The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that some of its staff have been forwarding passwords with password protected material. An email that was leaked on the 'Dizzy Thinks'...
BSD bug found and fixed after 25 years
News A Unix developer has discovered a bug in the BSD operating system that has been passed down to all its variants, including OpenBSD and Mac OS X
BlackBerry to get Windows Live apps
News Windows Live Hotmail and Messenger will soon be available on BlackBerry smartphones, RIM and Microsoft have announced
Vodafone to boost 7.2Mbps coverage
Blog Vodafone said on Monday that it was extending the reach of its 7.2Mbps mobile broadband coverage. Thus far it's been London and major airports that have got the speed boost, but now Birmingham,...
RIM unveils first super-3G BlackBerry
News The BlackBerry Bold is a move away from the slower Edge standard to tri-band HSDPA connectivity, an improvement praised by analysts
Microsoft to appeal EC fine
News The software company is to appeal an £709m fine imposed by the EC in February for non-payment of an earlier antitrust penalty
RM gets 50 watts of Intel Atom power
Blog They may not be the first Atom-based computers available for pre-order in the UK - those laurels probably belong to the MSI WInd, although its being a bit coy - but RM's ecoquiet RM ONE 50 and...
The Myth Of Fingerprints - biometrics, schmiometrics
Blog A short (thank you!) press release has just arrived. It says: How Finger Prints Never Lie The high street chain Budgens has just introduced biometric technology, (which finger prints all its...
Unisys defends ID cards scheme
News The systems integrator has rejected an independent government body's claims that the National Identity Scheme lacks information- assurance specifications
Virgin Media to raise fibre-network capacity fourfold
News Following successful trials, the company is looking to deploy Nortel optimising kit to increase capacity on its long-haul 10G network fourfold
Samsung unveils enterprise printers
News At the launch of its first range of Samsung-branded business printers, the company said it would phase out its OEM deals in the long term
Carphone Warehouse to boost broadband business
News The company is selling half of its retail business to Best Buy, and plans to invest part of the £1.1bn proceeds in broadband infrastructure
Gov't departments tout 'green' IT credentials
News HMRC and the Highways Agency have outlined some of the IT initiatives that are helping Whitehall cut carbon emissions
