Previous DayMicrosoft should not dictate standards to ISO
Talkback Your comment that MICROSOFT CAN DICTATE STANDARDS TO THEIR PRODUCTS is completely true. What has happened, though, to all appearances, is that in order to get a "meets-international-standards"...
But OOXML is a non-standard
Talkback The problem is that OOXML is a non-standard. Like each file format Microsoft brings out every three to four years, it is designed to be incompatible with other vendors and previous Microsoft...
Virtualisation vendors warn of security challenges
News The chief technology officers of XenSource and VMware have warned of the dangers of virtualisation misconfiguration and its effects on IT infrastructure
Mostly right, with critical exceptions
Talkback First, I agree with most of what you say about standards in general, and even about Microsoft in general. I also agree with David Long, that Microsoft is getting a lot of bashing over this which...
CodeGear offers drag-and-drop web development
News The company has launched a drag-and-drop development environment for building interactive web applications
Iron Man versus Linux?
Blog It's the perfect promotion for Linux - and also for the Marvel Comics hero, if he needed any. Iron Man is going head-to-head with Linux. In his venerable forty-five year career, Iron Man has...
NHS IT chief resigns after brief tenure
News Department of Health CIO Matthew Swindells is to leave after less than three months in the job, adding to the uncertainty around the National Programme for IT
iPhone to be £100 cheaper
Blog Reports suggest that O2 is about to cut the price of an iPhone from £269 to £169 (not as much as T-Mobile Germany's cut from £315 to £78, mind you). And why would they do that? Couldn't be...
RE:Unexpected Wi-Fi surprises
Blog Comment They should have tried an experiment (they are a University after all). Tell her the signal is turned off but actually leave it on, or leave selected APs on, to see if she is "electrosensitive"...
Toshiba Portégé M700-110
Review The Portégé M700-110 is a generally solid 12.1in. convertible Tablet PC with a nice dual-mode touch-screen. It's a good choice for Tablet PC fans; if you need HSDPA or a webcam, it's a relatively...
7 key challenges?
Talkback what about connectivity? so many applications and services are dependant on getting connectivity issues sorted.....
Google mapping spec made industry standard
News Already used by rivals, Google's KML mapping format has been made an official industry standard by the Open Geospatial Consortium
PROTD: More branding insanity
Blog It's been a while since I did a Press Release Of The Day, particularly one with such asinine branding in it (see here for a golden example from a year ago). But here's a good one: LexisNexis,...
IT sector sees increased profit warnings
News As market conditions cause customers to tighten their belts, profit warnings among software and IT services companies are on the rise
Gartner: Seven IT challenges to change the world
News From self-charging devices to full gesture and speech recognition, analysts have mapped out the key tech challenges that could revolutionise business over the next 20 years
Thieves caught out as PCs 'phone home'
News Tracking technology has helped police locate thousands of stolen machines, some from as far afield as Argentina, Macedonia and Saudi Arabia
Oh, hating Microsoft is so cool...
Talkback Even if Microsoft invents a ultra mobile spaceship for everyone, it will still be monster that wants to rule the world by it's evil tentacles and poison our brains with some destructive ideas....
Unexpected Wi-Fi surprises
Blog There are many perils IT departments face in rolling out a Wi-Fi network - not least ensuring there are no blackspots in places that need coverage, ensuring sufficient capacity right the way across...
Judge rules against release of ID card review
News The High Court has overturned a decision that the ID card gateway reviews should be published, meaning further delay while the Information Tribunal makes a new decision on publication
Intel's SS4000-E - so you're having issues with one too, eh ...
Blog About six weeks ago we realized that we needed more production storage space and decided to look into a NAS solution instead of a traditional server. After doing some searching I came across a...
