Previous DayRE:Windows 7: Paint a Lemon and Call it Innovation?
Blog Comment Windows 7 hasn't put a foot wrong with me so far. I've installed it on old 512 MB XP hardware that vista would cripple and it just worked. Now running it on more up to date hardware with open...
It's Just How Things Are. (So I'm Told).
Blog I find my self working in the corporate head quarters of a famous shoe maker located in Street, Somerset. I sit down to use one of the computers in the staff cafe for a little browsing session,...
Googlefail due to Asiatic misroute, says company
Blog You, like everyone at ZDNet UK, may have experienced a dramatic disruption in connectivity to Google earlier today. At the time, it wasn't clear whether it was an Internet issue or something within...
Analyst: Reuse 2G spectrum for 3G in rural areas
News Analysys Mason has called for 3G services to be allowed on 2G spectrum so as to give mobile broadband coverage to thinly populated areas
Patchy internet problems, Google role uncertain
Blog There are reports that Google users are having some problems with Google services, and that there are packet losses in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Australia, France, China, and other places....
Dialogue Box 6.3: Whatever happened to UWB?
Video It should have provided high-speed, low-power wireless connectivity for homes and offices everywhere. But instead of more products you can shake a stick at, all UltraWideBand has to show for itself...
IBM launches System S stream computing
News System S is a business analytics tool, built following five years of research into the real-time analysis of large amounts of unstructured business or scientific data
Sony posts first annual loss in 14 years
News The company has recorded an annual net loss of around £685m and has started laying off workers and closing plants in Japan
RE:Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment As a relatively non-technical computer user (I do a bit of web design and have a Linux VPS with a control panel) I agree with comments made about familiarity and compatability. I've been thinking...
Orange E160e mobile broadband dongle
Photo Orange's latest mobile broadband dongle offers straightforward HSDPA conenctivity, and a range of colours.
Government appoints digital engagement tsar
News The government's former deputy CIO Andrew Stott will help government to better use digital technologies to engage with citizens and provide online access to information
BT to slash a further 15,000 jobs
News The communications and IT giant announced it will cut 15,000 jobs over the next year, as it reported a loss of £1.5bn in its Global Services unit
Cloud won't become standard, says Kaspersky
Video Businesses will use both traditional networks and cloud computing, says Eugene Kaspersky, speaking to ZDNet UK at Infosec 2009 in London
Vodafone to drop roaming charges over summer
News From the beginning of June to the end of August, the operator will let its customers make calls at domestic rates while overseas
Private companies to be subject to FoI law
News The Freedom of Information Act will be extended to companies in the private sector doing work for the government, Justice Minister Michael Wills says
Intel launches software download store for SMBs
News A UK store is available after success in the US last year, and the company has also hinted at the launch of a software-as-a-service store later this year
Apple VP Schiller to give WWDC keynote
News Apple's vice president of marketing will give the keynote address at the World Wide Developers Conference in the absence of Steve Jobs, who is on medical leave
RealNetworks files antitrust motion against MPAA
News In the latest filing, Real has accused the six largest film studios and Viacom of violating a US federal statute designed to limit cartels and monopolies
Wolfram Alpha boosted by super-fast HPC
News The machine, built out of Dell hardware by a company called R Systems, can sustain performance of 39.6 trillion mathematical operations per second
Four reasons why business will take to the cloud
Comment Over the next five years, there will be a huge financial incentive to make the switch to cloud computing — and it will be hard to resist, says Jason Hiner
Seagate cuts a further 1,100 jobs
News While the hard-drive maker has been involved in the realignment of its organisational structure to increase efficiency, this is its second round of layoffs
Boots to trial PayPass contactless payments
News Customers at 15 of the health retailer's shops in London and six in Liverpool will be able to use MasterCard PayPass cards to make contactless payments
UK economic woes encourage working from home
News With the economic downturn hitting UK workers hard, many employees are working from home to save money on clothes and transport
AMD-Intel balance unchanged by EU fine
Analysis While AMD has reason to be pleased about the recent European Commission ruling and fine against Intel, it has bigger worries when increasing its market share
Work Wise Week Worries
Blog It’s personal productivity-themed "Work Wise Week" this week and this immediately makes me sceptical. Are online work management tool companies going to start trying to ply me with their wares? Are...
RE:Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment 1000238123 mentioned "Thats the tactic Mac uses to keep its OS alive. It appeals to the cool people (graphic designers etc.). Maybe thats what linux need to be adopted. Just be cool. Get it...
Pop Quiz: Dell Mini 10 - £200 in the UK. But in Australia?
Blog I'm in the market to replace my now aging original-series EeePC 701 model netbook. Dell has recently released a nice-looking netbook which offers better keyboard, screen and build quality that...
RE:Can Mobiles Benefit Nigerian Micro Finance Banks?
Blog Comment An MFI shouldn't be worrying about growth, or a piece of the pie, it should be worrying about creating sustainable income for the poorest people in the country. To see banks as a rival is to miss...
