Previous DayBack on track
Blog Within an hour of arriving back in Blighty yesterday, I had located and reserved an Acer Aspire One (hereafter affectionately acronymed as the AA1), now only £180 from Currys. Now all I have to do...
Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
News Canonical and the chip designer are to collaborate on a version of Ubuntu tailored to ARM's architecture, with a focus on low-cost subnotebooks
Obama CTO site lets users vote on tech priorities
News US programmers have launched a site allowing users to list and vote on what should be the top IT priorities for the Barack Obama administration
Qualcomm develops low-cost PC alternative
News The company is joining the likes of Microsoft, Intel and OLPC in an effort to bring low-cost computers to the developing world
Analyst firm cuts IT-spending outlook for 2009
News IDC now expects IT spending to grow by 2.9 percent next year, compared with a previous forecast of 5.9 percent
Microsoft explains seven-year patch delay
News The software firm has claimed that fixing the flaw earlier would have broken customer network applications
Various Thoughts and Experiences with Linux
Blog I've been going in circles for a while now, trying to get far enough along on something that I could write it up. Since I still haven't managed that, I think it is time to pass along a few notes...
LG, Sharp, Chunghwa own up to LCD price-fixing
News US antitrust regulators have fined the companies $585m in total, in connection with a flat-panel price-fixing conspiracy
BT to shed 10,000 workers
News The communications and IT giant says the job cuts are part of a cost-savings plan, rather than a response to the recession
AMD launches 45nm 'Shanghai' processor
News The company has launched its latest quad-core Opteron processor, claiming advances in power efficiency
Microsoft: does NO-ONE in Redmond get Web 2.0?
Blog The software giant announces a move into social networking, but struggles to play catch up let alone innovate. Poor old Microsoft. They very nearly missed out on the Internet altogether. First...
OLPC 'Give One, Get One' scheme comes to Europe
News The scheme will allow Europeans to purchase an XO laptop, the price of which will go towards sending an XO to a child in a developing country
Google Earth visits ancient Rome
Photo With the 'Ancient Rome 3D' option for Google Earth, virtual time-travelling tourists can gain an idea of what the city looked like in 320 AD
Today is World Usability Day
Blog As a result of completing a fairly in depth look at accessibility issues for web designers I am rounding out my work on the subject by mentioning the fact that today is World Usability Day....
Applied Materials to cut 12pc of workforce
News The chip-equipment maker has announced 1,800 job cuts over the next year, in the wake of declining profits and an Intel revenue warning
Could you be the next Q?
Blog Now, listen here 007, seems even though those Hollywood chappies have decided that Q Branch isn't quite in keeping with the new take-no-prisoners image of the SS, the MOD is still keen that we play...
Google Chrome gets bookmark manager
News A developer release of Google's open-source web browser now gives users control over bookmarks besides simply importing and exporting
Dell tech chief to step down
News Chief technology officer Kevin Kettler is to begin his retirement 'in the next few months', having worked at Dell since 1996
Web-based Office to run on Linux, iPhone
News A Microsoft blog has noted that the forthcoming Office Web Applications won't be tied to either Windows or Internet Explorer
Intel scales back fourth-quarter outlook
News Intel has warned its fourth-quarter revenues and gross margins will be less than previously forecast, as the chip giant stumbles as analysts had predicted
Spam levels drop after plug pulled on hosting site
News Experts say McColo-hosted sites may have been responsible for as much as 75 percent of the spam on the internet
Windows Live aims to be more social
News Microsoft wants to unify its disparate communications tools with a common set of contacts and concepts, such as news feeds and profiles, borrowed from the world of social networking
'Lack of trust' hinders EU police data-sharing
News European Union member states are failing to share sensitive information through Europol channels, leaving police forces in the dark about international crime
