Previous DayRE:Linux and Laptop Screen Resolutions
Blog Comment "I then tried to un-mirror the displays in Mandriva, but it doesn't quite get it right. One or the other always falls back to 640x480 resolution and then tiles that to fill the display, and that is...
RE:Nasa hacker loses last-ditch appeal
Blog Comment They seem pretty determined to let him go. I hope his legal team can keep the apeal ball rolling along. Is he in custody whilst all this is happening?
Silverlight 2 announced
Blog Microsoft has just (at 6pm on a Monday evening!) announced that we'll all be able to download Silverlight 2 tomorrow. Silverlight 2 will include the following features - cut straight from the press...
Nasa hacker loses last-ditch appeal
Blog Self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith against extradition to the US. In an email sent to ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, McKinnon's solicitor Karen...
Up to 1.7m MoD personal details missing
Blog The potential number of people affected by the the loss of a hard disk containing MoD details could be a high as 1.7 million, defence minister Bob Ainsworth told parliament on Monday. In a...
Symbian wins software-patent ruling
News The company has won the right to patent a piece of accelerator code in the UK, after a High Court ruling found the application did not contravene the UK Patents Act
First BT fibre-to-the-kerb sites announced
Blog And the lucky winners are... North London's Muswell Hill and South Glamorgan's Whitchurch. The prizewinners will get to have their roads dug up for fibre pilots that will service "up to" 15,000...
Sun and Fujitsu unveil T5440 server
News Sun claims the product has an 'aggressive' price point in the market for high-end servers with improved power management
Predatory monopoly abuse
Talkback He forgot to mention MS's big guns in their effort to stop competition from VMWare. The primary methods being used are changing the licensing terms for use of MS products as well bundling features...
Opera 10 will be 'prettier'
News Opera 9.6 is a bit of an eyesore, especially on Apple, says Opera. Expect better in version 10
HTC Advantage X7510
Review Although it has a number of attractive features, we can't recommend the Advantage X7510 as a replacement for either a notebook computer or a conventional smartphone. It's also expensive if viewed...
RE:xG update - money, mystery and more
Blog Comment If only there was a single verifiable fact in anything xG ever claimed, I'd be a much happier person - as it stands, the only things I can think of where independent confirmation was possible was...
OpenOffice 3.0 release hit by server crash
News The new version of the free office productivity suite can read OOXML and work natively on the Mac, but demand appeared to have crashed the OpenOffice.org servers on its release day
HDS upgrades mid-range with SAS option
News The modular storage system is Hitachi Data Systems's first mid-range offering with dynamic load balancing and SAS backplane, the company has said
Spam causes Virgin email outage
News Virgin Media email supplier Tucows expressed 'deep sorrow' after a suspected spam attack cut off Virgin DSL customers for 48 hours
Microsoft exec: Tough times play to our strengths
News The software maker's Business Division president says it is trying to get the message out that it can help its customers save money in challenging times
Viral Anti-Virus?
Blog Here's some viral marketing - ironically enough for an anti-virus company. Norton Fighter is a Japanese superhero, saving the world from viruses in black body-stockings. ...
The importance of content.
Blog Content provision is a key aspect to any company’s online strategy. Sadly, this seems to be one of the last things on most company’s minds, if it is at all. They feel that content provided at...
Orange halts BlackBerry Bold sales
News The operator has stopped selling RIM's first HSDPA handset while it works with the manufacturer on a software fix for unspecified '3G-related concerns'
World Bank hit by cyberattacks, claims report
News Up to 40 servers have been penetrated in a series of attacks that have been under investigation by the FBI since last year, according to a report by Fox News
World's largest quantum-encrypted network unveiled
News The network is the result of more than four years of work, with organisations from 12 countries working to integrate quantum cryptography into a modern business network
Microsoft set to announce Silverlight 2.0
News The software maker plans to announce the completion of Silverlight 2.0 on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter
Apple to repair MacBooks with faulty Nvidia graphics
News The computer maker has determined some MacBook Pros may be affected by a Nvidia graphics chip glitch, and said it will repair those notebooks at no charge
Oracle's Ellison forges ahead with spending plan
News Despite the economic downturn, Oracle's chief plans to stick to his acquisition game-plan, claiming the company is 'better positioned than its peers to do well in tough times'
Digital Audio Broadcast. Is There a Future?
Blog Channel 4 are pulling the plug on their DAB radio stations. The reason being that it is an unaffordable enterprise for them. Pull the other one!! It could be more to do with the fact that it...
