Previous DayRE:Microsoft in Flickr rights shockr
Blog Comment When you think Microsoft couldn't be any more boneheaded than they were yesterday or last week they do it again and prove you wrong. I still have that image of Balmer running around on stage and...
Car Crash Software
Blog There’s no such thing as a free software lunch is there? No I’m not talking about freeware or even shareware, but quality. We’re told in every other walk of life that we are what we eat and you get...
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, warns researcher
News The reliance of OpenID on the Domain Name System puts the integrity of the authentication system at risk, a Sun technologist has warned
Oyster contract in limbo after EDS legal move
News Transys partner Cubic has negotiated to run the Oyster card transport system, but has been temporarily legally restrained by consortium partner EDS from taking over the contract
Nortel buys unified-comms firm Pingtel
News The communications equipment maker has bought one of its software suppliers, Pingtel, in a deal Nortel claims will help promote open-source communications
Is this the future for legal P2P?
Blog I'm not sure whether the cloud or the silver lining is more dominant in this particular story. The background is that of internet service providers, the "content" industry and the vast swathes of...
Yahoo opens up Fire Eagle geolocation service
News The formerly experimental geolocation platform is officially opening up to all users, with several companies announcing products that work with it
Set your folders to synch
Blog My modest library of home movies in uncompressed AVI format have had to make way for proper work. This has meant backing up all my photos and movies, and then embarking upon a spot of...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings six critical updates
News The largest Patch Tuesday since February sees 20 critical flaws addressed, while further 'important' vulnerabilities have been fixed in five patches
The ins and outs of Microsoft Live Mesh
Feature With the technical preview now available, it's time to take a look at what Live Mesh can do — and what it may be able to do in the future
meebo - Browser based multi-system IM chat
Blog I have been looking at meebo, an IM chat program that is entirely browser-based (thus nothing to download and install), and in addition to its own account allows you to register your AIM, Yahoo!,...
Microsoft shows off 3D video-editing tool
News A research project called Unwrap Mosaic paves the way for adding features such as facial hair to the subject of a video that has already been filmed
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft
News The latest figures from research firm Nielsen Online show a slight lift to Google's audience from June to July. Microsoft's visitors shrank by an estimated 700,000 in that time
UK sees sharp rise in spam
News Recent figures show spam has has quadrupled over the past three months, with increased broadband availability blamed as the primary cause
Analyst: Chipset probably causing iPhone 3G issues
News A financial analyst has singled out the handset's Infineon chipset as the likely culprit for reception problems that have been reported by some iPhone 3G users
Google's Android phone may be out next month
News Despite reports of delays with Google's Android mobile OS, reports suggest T-Mobile USA will start offering its HTC Android phone as early as September
