Previous DayRE:UK Broadband Sucks - Official
Blog Comment Just to be different. I've had Telewest/Blueyonder/Virgin cable for many years and have found its service deteriorating to the point of frustration. To the contrary, I've also had TalkTalk since...
Wet ....
Talkback Although the cause of the problem is the use of OEM installtion disks intended for Intel computers on AMD computers, either by OEM's or by individuals using unsuitable branded OEM installation...
Facebook, Google pave the way for the next wave of social networking
Blog I have long believed that the next wave of social networking is the proliferation of smaller, more focused sites appealing to special interests or specific needs. With MySpace and Facebook...
Bletchley Park faces bleak future
Photo The secret home to Britain's World War II codebreaking efforts could face closure in two to three years unless it receives more funding
Dialogue Box 3.10: Memory lane
Video There are a number of runners and riders in the next-generation memory stakes; Dialogue Box has the inside track, plus highlights from series 3
Mobile broadband speeds explained
Blog 3 called a bunch of journos over to the Groucho this morning for a breakfast briefing about mobile broadband speeds, why 3 takes the right approach in advertising these, and why Vodafone (who 3 has...
Google previews Friend Connect
News At the Campfire One event, the company unveiled a preview of Friend Connect, a way to add social features to websites without programming
Intel's green innovations
Video From chips to fabs, Intel is developing green technologies for its customers and within its own organisation
AMD systems thrown by XP SP3 update
News Owners of some AMD-based computers are finding that the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3 has sent their systems into an endless reboot cycle
another good idea
Talkback This sounds like a good idea for boosting corporate governance and making it easier for SAP-bound companies to gain competitive advantage. The world is becoming more and more 'mobile' and soon our...
ThinSight from Microsoft
Blog Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to go to Microsoft’s Innovation day at their offices in London Victoria. I was there to back up their claim that they are being initiative in Education, which I...
HP buys EDS for £7.1bn
News The deal between the IT and consultancy giants is official, with HP hoping the buyout will more than double its services revenue
Office for the Mac vs OpenOffice 3 for the Mac
Blog What a coincidence. Just as OpenOffice.org prepares to release the latest version of its open source productivity app which for the first time features native support for OS X, Microsoft puts out a...
AMD gets new chip head
News Randy Allen, formerly head of AMD's server business, will oversee all of the company's processor and chipset development
Becta takes Microsoft complaint to EC
News The Commission has folded complaints over Microsoft interoperability from the IT education body into a wider investigation
Telescopic oversight
Blog Microsoft Research's new WorldWide Telescope, in the brief time we've had to play with the beta, looks wonderful. A real productivity-killer, in fact -- especially as I'm lucky enough to have a...
Microsoft launches space tours on the web
News The software giant is ready to boldly take web surfers where no man has gone before
EU says ICT is key to cutting carbon emissions
Blog I am planning a more considered news story on this but the first pass is that the EU seems have bought into the mantra that the IT industry has been banging on about of late. As well as making IT...
Privacy campaigner posts 6m personal details online
News Six million personal details, including names, addresses and tax-identification numbers, have been illegally posted online in Chile
Windows Driver Updates
Blog Because of my recent adventures with Windows Vista on my Lifebook, I've had to learn about and deal with the differences between Vista and XP in third-party device driver distribution and updates....
HP close to EDS buyout
News The PC maker has confirmed it is in talks to buy EDS, a move that would bring it back on par with IBM in consultancy prowess
Do the corporate managers miss an important point?
Talkback Outsourcing can never substitute for local knowledge of your business. No matter how generic the outsourced tasks may seem to be, time will be lost through suppliers not understanding your business...
Office for Mac sales soar on Apple gains
News While Apple's market share gains are cause for consternation for many in Redmond, one Microsoft unit is clearly benefiting
Yahoo opens up geographic data to websites
News The company is letting outside websites use information from its own catalogue of geographic information as part of the Yahoo Internet Location Platform service
UK 3G iPhone 'end of June, but not from us.' sniffs Voda
Blog No excuses whatsoever for plundering David Manners' blog once more, Last week, he trapped an Italian telco exec in the Dubai desert, buried him up to his neck in the sand and extracted news about...
'Reckless' data loss made a civil offence
News The Information Commissioner's Office has welcomed an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act that introduces a fine for the careless disclosure of personal data
Data-loss rife in UK companies, says survey
News A study has found most UK companies are losing data every month, with more than a quarter suffering data loss on at least a weekly basis
Vodafone extends its high-speed mobile broadband
News A further three million people will be able to access the operator's high-speed mobile broadband coverage as part of a multimillion-pound extension starting this summer
Outsourcing moves beyond cost cutting
News Industry experts say the key is to treat outsourcers as an arm of the business, with suppliers from around the globe now seen as adding critical skills
Building E-Assessment: The Practical Guide to Online Quizzes in Moodle
Blog Feedback on performance is a critical part of a learning environment and assessment is one of the most important activities in education. It seems like lately a lot of educators have been trying to...
Addendum Ad Infinitum
Blog Any addenda to the manoeuvrings of JavaOne last week run the risk of trying to round off and actually complete a fully comprehensive report on what was, quite simply, a huge event. So, passing nod...
