Previous DayRE:Where does the Sun-IBM deal failure leave Sun?
Blog Comment That makes a lot more sense than IBM buying it. It would save Big Blue a lot of management hassle and time making thousands redundant -- and the cultures of Sun and Apple are probably a better fit...
Microsoft trashes its brand -- and Apple's the winner
Blog You have to wonder if Microsoft really knows what it’s doing. There’s a lot of hoo-hah around the Web about Windows 7, and how it’s going to fix Vista’s problems. Thing is, the signs are that it...
Satyam deal could cause headaches for BT
News Troubled outsourcer Satyam has been sold to an Indian company which is partially owned by BT and relies on BT for a large slice of its revenue
It's time to end the misery of IE6
Comment For too long, the failings of Internet Explorer 6 have blighted the lives of developers — and the recent launch of IE8 only makes matters worse, says Bruce Lawson
Legislation sets out battery-recycling rules
News The new legislation describes how battery producers must aid the collection and recycling of waste batteries
Amazon refuses to be tracked by Phorm
News The web giant has attracted praise from digital-rights campaigners for opting out of having its domains tracked by the targeted-advertising firm
Virgin to migrate customers onto Google Mail
Talkback OK, so first the Government decides it is going to hold a database of all emails, websites visited in case of a "TERROR ATTACK". Then one of the UK largest and well known internet providers...
Avaya gets new boss for UK and Ireland
Blog The telecommunications company, Avaya, on Wednesday said it had appointed a new managing director for the UK and Ireland, Lee Shorten. The company said in a statement that Buddie Ceronie,...
eBay prepares to spin off Skype
News The online auction company plans an IPO for the VoIP service, which has failed to live up to eBay's hopes for business synergy
HP will appeal Cornell University decision
Blog HP on Friday said it had filed an appeal in a patent dispute with Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation. Last month, the US District Court cut the amount that a jury had earlier...
Intel: PC demand has hit bottom
News The chipmaker has announced better-than-expected first-quarter earnings — a sign that PC sales are heading back to normal, according to CEO Paul Otellini
Start-up promises to speed web data access
News Two appliances from start-up Schooner use solid-state drives to give faster delivery of data for the web
Virgin to migrate customers onto Google Mail
News In a staged rollout, the ISP will move its millions of customers onto Google's popular webmail service
Noise emitted by ears used for biometric recognition
News Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a system that can authenticate your identity by eliciting and listening to specific sounds emitted by your ear
Top 10 lessons for enterprise iPhone adoption
Analysis Analyst firm Forrester believes a case can now be made for companies to adopt the Apple iPhone for mobile workers
Forgot your phone? Remember this formula...
Blog I'm not in the habit of cutting and pasting press releases, but this one is so spectacularly, toe-curlingly full of faeces that it must be read in its entirety. Names have been removed to protect...
RE:Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat
Blog Comment Most of the figures I've seen indicate that when presented with similarly spec'd netbooks with an option to buy one with either WinXP or a decent Linux distro (as one example, the Dell Inspiron...
Exchange update to feature email 'mute'
News The next version of Microsoft's corporate email server, Exchange 14, adds new features to view and hide conversations
Web leaders: Scaling apps with cloud computing
Video At a TechCrunch roundtable, Facebook, Yahoo and other panellists discuss what it takes at the back end to deliver rich web applications
BT adds unified comms to Onevoice VPN service
News The service, which is used by corporate customers with offices distributed around the world, will gain SIP connectivity over the course of this year
Priority List for Patch Tuesday
Talkback Since Microsoft started providing exploitability information last year, this is the first time we’ve seen six vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild at the time the corresponding bulletins...
Office 14 will come in 32-bit, 64-bit versions
News Microsoft has confirmed that the next Office will be available in a 64-bit version, a first for the productivity suite and for the software maker's other mainstream desktop apps
Google offers coders early Android 1.5 SDK
News The search giant's new Cupcake software developer kit lets coders take advantage of features including video support, soft keyboards and an updated browser
Sun unveils new x64 server lineup
News The company has introduced a line of x64 servers and workstations, aiming to integrate networking technologies, advanced thermal management and open software
Microsoft patches Excel, Windows, Word flaws
News On Patch Tuesday, software maker fixes a critical Excel hole that had been exploited, as well as other vulnerabilities in Windows and Word
Does ‘lean’ software development need a little fat and gristle?
Blog Born out of techniques that “revolutionised” Japanese manufacturing and engineering, come the principles behind ‘lean’ software development. Not Agile you understand, but lean. The latest route...
I concur
Talkback In reality, there wont be a "Year of the Linux Desktop", just as there was no "Year of the Windows Desktop". All that will happen will be a broad 'encroachment' of Linux on more and more devices,...
