Previous Dayyep, we see this again and it's obvious
Talkback unfortunately MS is not going to give away a free edition. Windows 7 is Windows 7. "it should be possible to run comfortably..." this says all. MS wants to make money and it's their right. but...
There is also Windows CE
Talkback Microsoft will most likely release some kind of Windows 8 for ARM that would be somekind of mix between Windows XP, Windows Mobile, Windows CE and Windows 7. If Microsoft doesn't provide a good ARM...
Netbooks are media friendly.
Talkback So MS really think that net books can't handle any kind of media? Where the hell have they been looking? early issue acer one has no problem with video, music, i player or displaying the 3D...
OLPC chief predicts Windows for ARM architecture
News Nicholas Negroponte has told ZDNet UK that he is 'convinced' Microsoft will, within 18 months, make a version of Windows that can run on ARM-based architecture
DoD may announce Cyber Command
Blog The US Department of Defence may announce its own Cyber Command. As I understand from a US source close to that world, the DoD is considering appointing General Keith B. Alexander, director of...
Cern celebrates 20 years of the web
News The research centre marks how far Sir Tim Berners-Lee's 'vague, but exciting' proposal for a World Wide Web has come
EC plans more funding for tech research
News The Commission calls for a large increase in tech R&D funding over the next decade, and has reiterated its call for a single European patent system
Fusion-io launches fast SSD storage
News The ioDrive Duo, a solid-state storage drive based on PCI Express, promises to read at up to 1.5GB per second
Nokia fights to retain smartphone dominance
Analysis The Finnish handset maker's market share has been slipping as RIM, Apple and other smaller competitors chip away at its dominance in the high-end mobile-phone market
Partnering for Profit or Pleasure
Blog I’m sure that you have noticed that all of the IT vendors you have had the misfortune to deal with in the past, and who you occasionally throw a bone to these days to keep them alive but lean, are...
Nortel may sell two key businesses to competitors
News The telecommunications equipment maker is reportedly in discussions to sell two key business units, which may affect its ability to re-emerge from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy status
EC calls for energy efficiency through ICT
News Commissioner Viviane Reding has urged member states to use information and communication technologies to consume less power and so combat climate change
Amazon tweaks EC2 pricing for the enterprise
News The company has announced reserved pricing for its Elastic Compute Cloud, intended to sway IT executives to adopt more of Amazon's Web Services
Using the iPhone and Wii remote for health
Video ZDNet UK spoke to scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute to see how communications technology is combining with gaming gadgetry to keep people healthy
Here We Go Again...
Talkback Does this sound suspiciously like the "Vista Ready" / "Vista Capable" fiasco to anyone else? Microsoft will (grudgingly) sell a lobotomized version of Windows 7 (Starter Edition) on netbooks, but...
New iPhone OS to be previewed
Blog Apple will be previewing version 3.0 of its iPhone operating system on Tuesday next week. According to reports, a new software development kit (SDK) for the OS will also be revealed. Speculation...
Funding Free Software
Blog Whenever I give a talk about Free Open Source Software, the question I am invariably asked is "How does anyone make any money?". I reply that people make money from the services they offer using...
Microsoft faces up to the netbook challenge
Analysis The software maker has done the technical work to make Windows 7 work on Netbooks, but the low-cost laptops remain a thorny business challenge
National Semiconductor to cut jobs, close plants
News Faced with a steep decline in sales, the chipmaker plans to lay off more than 25 percent of its workforce, or 1,725 jobs
Google sets up Android team in Taiwan
News The technical support staff will help Taiwanese hardware makers fit Google's operating system onto mobile phones
RE:Inkscape old skool help
Blog Comment #Tezzer: exactly; for the vast majority of work, and the vast majority of people, the functionality is more than adequate. Ditto, funnily enough, the vast majority of Free Software. The only thing...
Comic Relief turns to cloud computing
News The charity has been working with cloud-computing company Carrenza to make sure its web and transaction platforms can cope with the demands of Red Nose Day 2009
Beta release moves a step closer to Firefox 3.5
News Mozilla says the third beta has better JavaScript, page-display speed and private browsing, while the final Firefox 3.1 will now be called 3.5
RE:BBC bought botnet
Blog Comment I don't know - probably illegal, yes, but why so "silly"? I haven't seen the program but it sounds to me like it could have been educational for a lot of people. If they'd distribted a virus to...
The BPM Technology Convergence - I
Blog A number of Businesses today acknowledge the relevance of BPM & SOA and are increasingly looking to derive value from its adoption and application. Why, even the most important CIO on this planet...
