Previous DayComputers to Africa Diary: Day four
Blog (photo credit: Glenn Edwards) This morning did not start well as my meeting with Microsoft's man in Nairobi to discuss the company's newly launched Digital Pipeline scheme (to lend its...
Two hits for Google Apps
Leader Capgemini's adoption of Google's applications suite is good, but Microsoft's reaction was remarkable
Microsoft attacks Google Apps
News Redmond responds to Google's tie-in with Capgemini by suggesting that Google Apps is not appropriate for many businesses
South Korea accuses Intel of anti-competitive behaviour
Blog South Korea has sent Intel an equivalent of the EC's 'statement of objections', with accusations of anti-competitive behaviour, according to the Financial Times. After a two year investigation,...
PC World denies Linux warranty void
News The computer store insists it does not void warranties if customers install Linux, but urges them to reinstall Windows if returning computers for repair
EC funds counter-terrorism tech research
News Forty-four research projects are to be funded, including a technique for video detection of abnormal behaviour in crowds
RE:Security relationships
Blog Comment Any computer's security is only as good as the user. Case in point, I recently built my brother-in-law a new computer. He was using one from 1997 and it was loaded with all sorts of adware,...
Symantec to announce Altiris product
Blog I've just been speaking to one of the guys from Altiris, and he told me that Symantec is due to announce a new Altiris/Symantec product in the coming weeks. Symantec bought the SOA management...
239 million PCs were sold worldwide
Talkback And none of these buyers had a choice of buying a pc without an OS. How about running the numbers on people who bought motherboards and processors to build their own systems? I have built 3 systems...
Security relationships
Blog The RSA Europe Conference this year is themed around Leon Battista Alberti. The so-called "father of Western Cryptology" published the first polyalphabetic cipher in 1466, spawning the substitution...
Public service broadcasting could go mobile
News Ofcom is launching a review that will explore the potential for content delivered over the internet or via mobile phones
Legal summits to tackle Linux
News Two meetings have been arranged by the Linux Foundation to focus on legal issues surrounding open-source software
Sony loses privacy complaint
Blog Ofcom has dismissed Sony's claims that its privacy was breached by a Channel 4 documentary on childhood obesity. Viewers of Ian Wright's Unfit Kids saw Wrighty using some choice language about...
Google denies ownership of users' words
News The search giant has responded to controversy surrounding use of the word 'public' in its terms and conditions for Google Docs
Storm worm: More powerful than Blue Gene?
News The criminal botnet controlling millions of PCs may have more computing muscle than the world's most powerful supercomputer
VMware: Not just hypervisor revenue
News More than 80 percent of VMware income comes from higher-level tools, a move that gives the EMC subsidiary more breathing room against rivals
IT skills shortage costing Europe 'billions'
News The European Commission has called upon member states to tackle 'digital illiteracy' and the shortfall in qualified tech staff
Running the numbers on Vista sales
News Over its first six months, the latest Windows version can't hold a candle to XP. But, Office sales are soaring, according to NPD report
