Previous DayGoogle Android
Video At GSMA 2008, Kent German takes a look at Google Android, Google's mobile operating system
A little too late!
Talkback Unfortunately for Mr Olstein, it wouldn’t be very wise to walk away now; $34 billion down as a result of this bid, walking away now would be a double loss. Most of all, what would it say about...
CRM Spending On the Rise
Talkback In bad economy times, companies look for different ways to increase sales through existing customers as well as look for new ways to generate new business. Common sense suggests that companies will...
CallOut from VoIP Programs to Fixed/Cell Phones
Blog I have to start this blog entry with an apology. I wrote in December that I had tried to put some money on my SightSpeed account so that I could try their CallOut capability, but I couldn't do it...
Nexus is not all it's made out to be.
Talkback High quality? The Nexus is a new technology for the core data center, with new hardware and a new unproven OS. And it doesn’t even support Fibre Channel? High performance? Look again. One slot...
BlackBerry Outage – You Say System Upgrade, I Say Achilles Heel…
Blog BlackBerry Outage – You Say System Upgrade, I Say Achilles Heel… Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com Research In Motion (RIM) is in the hot-seat this week as millions were without their...
NComputing X300
Review NComputing's X300 provides a cost-effective way to hang up to six terminals off a single desktop PC using low-power, secure, easy to administer and quiet access terminals. It's not for power users,...
Who's who on Microsoft's Yahoo wish list
Analysis The merger-minded software giant will probably want to keep Yahoo executives in a host of areas, including online ads, social media and web search
Red Hat puts its pedal to the metal
Blog Red Hat’s latest push to woo large-scale corporate buy-in to open source middleware architecture based on JBoss Enterprise Middleware is energetically called “Enterprise Acceleration". This...
Childs play
Talkback I like the phrase "Child's Play". It very nicely sums up the point I think we are both making. If you can foster a fundamental understanding of the basic workings of modern technology in the mind...
Developers warned over OOXML patent risk
Analysis Academics say developers should be cautious following confusion over which parts of the OOXML specification are covered by Microsoft's "covenant not to sue"
ICT in schools
Talkback And when I were a lad, perhaps in the neolithic period, I remember building logical circuits from some neat Boolean blocks of some sort, that could be plugged together, and progressing to design...
RE:Homebrew Cosy Cottage - A High Tech Old House
Blog Comment I like this idea. It has a "just in time" and "customization" quality about it that I find esthetically interesting. The fact that you do not needlessly illuminate the entire road all night,...
Valentine's Day brings spam and scams, warns FBI
Blog It's a perennial security story -- spammers, scammers, and those seeking to promulgate malware will adjust campaigns to seasonal events. Christmas brings Yuletide spam, February brings Valentine's...
Plantronics headset to blame for Neil Armstrong's moon gaffe?
Blog A closer read of the press release for Plantronics new rugged Bluetooth headset throws up an interesting choice on the part of the company's marketing department. The release claims that Neil...
Seven reasons to love developers on Valentine’s Day
Blog This Valentine’s day I thought I’d make it clear that there are many reasons to love software engineers – and that this is probably why I devote my work life to writing about the industry and,...
Military-grade Bluetooth ear jewellery launched
Blog Are you fed-up with your Bluetooth headset falling off mid sky-dive? Well worry no more. Plantronics has introduced what it claims is a Bluetooth earpiece designed for “the adventurer in us all”....
RIM: BlackBerry's future lies in social networking
News Co-chief executive Jim Balsillie has said an enterprise social-networking revolution is on the way
Booming Indian tech sector expects further growth
News The Indian IT industry is expected to generate $64bn in revenues in 2008 and $75bn by 2010, significantly boosting the country's economy
HMRC signs Airwave deal in fight against fraud
News HM Revenue & Customs has signed a 15-year deal to use the secure Airwave digital radio system in a crackdown on fraudsters and smugglers
CRM spending to weather uncertain economy
News Gartner estimates that spending on customer-relationship management software will remain strong due to the need to upgrade systems
It starts at school
Talkback When I were a lad, back in the early paleolithic, we were taught Computer Studies, which was a ground up course in what a computer is and in general terms how it works. We had hard drives with the...
