Previous DayRE:Police to stop looking for HMRC CDs
Blog Comment lol, nice way to put it! maybe its costing the police too much time and money. They showed you how serious they thought this was when the Senior official who resigned over the issue was re-hired...
A Wiily good following
Talkback Yes, and there's still quite some following for the C64 even now. I wonder if there'll be a fan club for Nintendo Wii devotees in 22 years time...
Police to stop looking for HMRC CDs
Blog On Monday the police will call of the search for the two unecrypted CDs containing sensitive information on 25 million people that HMRC lost at the end of November, according to the Financial...
A common problem
Talkback I have come across this problem, in a number of cases the user has set up the connection to the wireless network without any proficient IT support and does not realise the implications of their not...
Unfair competition
Talkback 162561 - I totally agree with you. The cellular operators are making quite some killing from data - still. Roaming is another area where they are raking it in. It's only competition - or the EC...
IT patent issues simplified for businesses
News The revised European Patent Convention updates the original agreement with more flexibility, more legal certainty, simpler procedures and reduced costs
Google tight-lipped on UK spectrum bid
News The web company has declined to say whether it will participate in Ofcom's auction of radio spectrum resulting from the digital dividend, citing a US ruling
Cracking open the cybercrime economy
Feature Hacking for fun has evolved into hacking for profit, and created a business model that is nearly as sophisticated as that of legal software
A basic model for achieving business agility through SOA
Vendorboard Many people think that by exposing their existing systems as services they will achieve business agility. In this overview, Mark Ketteman of IBM Software explains the crucial elements that should...
Power consumption in servers
Vendorboard Richard George of Intel's server product group explains why it helps to think about performance per watt rather than lower power, when working out power efficiency in the data centre
Migrating from mainframes
Vendorboard The issues involved in migrating from a mainframe have historically been many; but are they still valid or are they now irrelevant?
Google develops Wikipedia rival
News The search and advertising giant's 'knol project' aims to develop an authoritative, user-generated, online encyclopaedia
Tech Talk - A Peek Behind the Curtain
Blog I've spent a lot of time discussing video quality, resolution, frame rate, bandwidth and the like. But after using this information to set the video resolution, or optimize your setup to get the...
Web browsing on your mobile
Talkback I appreciate that this guy needed to read his contract, but I also consider that the story illustrates the reality of web access from a mobile phone. I remember falling for the hype that I could...
Microsoft hits back at Opera antitrust claims
News The software giant has denied abusing its dominant market position to tie users to Internet Explorer
RE:Tech Talk - Special Edition - Skype Video Resolution
Blog Comment Too right! I suggested numerous times, before the debacle of Skype removing this capability, that they put this in their user controls. Obviously, they weren't interested. I reminds me of the old...
Good point
Talkback The smartest thing that Facebook does is not in fact asking you for information about yourself. It asks other people (your friends) for information about - such as when and how you met etc. This is...
Homebrew Cosy Cottage - A High Tech Old House
Blog In my previous blog I outlined our plan to free energy from the air to heat my dear old cottage in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to install an air source heat pump - essentially...
The Commodore 64
Talkback I did my first programming on a 64. Used to connect to Q-Link every night to chat, download music, and mail fellow users. This was back in 1985, ah, the good old days.
RE:IT Service Continuity Management
Blog Comment Well done, anything ITIL related is normally heavy going from the start. In a perfect world would we need continuity plans? :) But really your are correct about being able to test these plans out...
Survey finds people skills are valued over IT
News A Microsoft-commissioned survey of board-level executives has found the ability to communicate with co-workers is regarded as more important than tech skills
Googles Competitive Wiki
Blog Seems Google aims to create content from those with knowledge on particular subjects allowing a greater sharing of knowledge, this new free tool is to be called "knol". (Knol meaning a single...
Win a Crucial 2GB memory kit
Competition For Day 7, we have five 2GB memory kits from Crucial to give away — just what you need to punch up the performance of your PC or Mac.
i-mate's latest handhelds
Photo In what's effectively a relaunch of the company, i-mate introduces four handheld devices, including a new Ultimate range.
Businesses warned: Don't rush into Web 2.0
News Social-networking technology could prove to be an expensive 'white elephant' for companies, says Gartner
BTW
Talkback As information creators we really only have oursleves to blame. I.e. Myspace/ Facebook et al. The only way to avoid the inevitable future is to just stop producing personal information of any...
Developing technology to protect information
Talkback What we need is legislation to protect information and to prosecute those data mining corporations such as Lockheed Martin that collate and distribute the information for a price. We also need to...
The best laugh of the week.
Talkback Before I start to make my comments I would suggest you all go and get yourself a large glass or cup of your favourite drink, grab your favourite chair, sit down and relax and get ready for my...
Blog Council aims to help corporates understand blogging.
Blog Corporates generally forbid employees from blogging on the company's behalf and that could be for any number of reasons such as; employee opinions reflecting badly on the company, accidentally...
