Previous DayRE:Take note
Blog Comment Hi kfox, This is true, but I have several reservations about password managers (PWMs) in general, some (or all) of which may not apply to yours. a) If the PC goes down recovering the password...
Evolution
Talkback One might hope anyone sufficiently unhinged as to take their own life to prevent it ending through the collapse of the earth in a black hole would do so before having offspring. The average IQ of...
When will virtualisation be real?
Blog For those of us not lucky enough to be blessed with invites to Las Vegas (or, as I prefer to call it, Lost Wages) this week to share in the hotdogs and hullabaloo at VMworld 2008, it’s a tough call...
RE:Taming the Usability Monster, one button at a time
Blog Comment Sadly the big red button only takes you half-way. The really hard bit is getting the crash dump of the user's brain at the time giving some insight into what they were wanting to do at the time....
Berners-Lee unveils scheme to achieve 'One Web'
News Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has launched the World Wide Web Foundation, an initiative with the mission of spreading the web to developing countries
Firefox 3.1 likely to get private surfing mode
News The next release of Mozilla's popular browser is intended to give users a mode wherein they can surf websites without leaving an immediately obvious trace of their activities
Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats
News A memo from the US Department of Homeland Security has recommended that corporate and government leaders do not travel with mobile equipment carrying sensitive information
Symantec goes virtual with backup
News The company has upgraded Backup Exec and Backup System Recovery software and adds support for some virtualisation
Shuttleworth defends Firefox licence in Ubuntu
News Canonical's CEO Mark Shuttleworth has explained the presence of a Firefox 3.0 end-user licence agreement in Intrepid Ibex, following developer complaints
Citrix releases cloud suite, new XenServer 5
News The company has introduced a cloud-computing suite based on XenServer and released an update to the server virtualisation software
Vizioncore updates vConverter virtualisation tool
News The revamped suite adds features making it easier to swap systems during a migration from a physical server to virtual platforms
RE:Taming the Usability Monster, one button at a time
Blog Comment I'd say the same today, if Apple was in a similar fix. Those really were dark days: the product lineup was shabby, the roadmap bleak and the market (rightly) ignoring them. I remember when the Mac...
Cyberattack threat spurs US rethink on power grids
News A US House of Representatives subcommittee is drafting legislation to broaden federal powers over the country's electric grids in the event of a cyberattack
UN agency investigates curbs on internet anonymity
News Leaked documents suggest a UN agency is drafting technical standards to define methods of tracing the source of internet communications, potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous
Homeland Security lacks 'open-source' intelligence
News A report claims the US Department of Homeland Security is not providing sufficient publicly available information to state and local law-enforcement bodies
Experts: US has hazy grasp of cloud computing
News Tech experts say US policy makers have a lot to learn about cloud computing before creating legislation to address the public's privacy concerns
Lib Dems would scrap NHS National IT Programme
Blog Just watching the Lib Dem's conference on BBC Parliament and Norman Lamb, Libe Dem's Health spokesman, has just laid into the NHS National Programme for IT. Hardly controversial - but this is the...
Apple issues iPhone 2.1 software to squish bugs
News The company says the update extends battery life, improves email reliability, speeds up text messaging and will lead to less crashes
PC firms boost battery life via power-efficient parts
News Gartner and IDC say that laptop makers are making components more power efficient to counter slow advances in battery technology
Alleged TJX hacker pleads guilty
News Damon Patrick Toey has reportedly pleaded guilty to a wireless data breach that exposed at least 45.7 million customer accounts to criminals
Dell Vostro 1310
Review Dell's small-business-focused Vostro 1310 has a temptingly affordable entry-level price, but a realistic specification soon brings it into line with the competition.
HP may develop own Linux-based OS
News The computer vendor is reportedly considering building an alternative operating system to Windows, based on Linux
RE:My 999 call mashup suggestion
Blog Comment First, Adrian, you are my hero! People can laugh and tease about those who go out hiking with such gadgets, but when the chips are down, there is no substitute for being well equipped - and...
SightSpeed - News and Improvements for Private and Business Users
Blog The end of summer has brought a rash of announcements, improvements, and some new releases from SightSpeed. Here are a few of the highlights, and my comments on some of them: - First, they have...
My 999 call mashup suggestion
Blog So there I was taking a leisurely Sunday walk over the North Downs yesterday afternoon. Surrey in the sunshine is always nice and if you are on top of Ranmore Common on a good day, then I’d argue...
Queen to visit Google's UK HQ
News The search giant has invited Queen Elizabeth to view ongoing tech projects at its London base in October
AMD worker charged with Intel trade-secrets theft
News The FBI has charged an engineer who once worked for Intel with stealing trade secrets from the company after he was hired by AMD
Google acquires Korean blog platform TNC
News The purchase is intended to expand Google's presence in Korea, the sixth-largest market in terms of internet users, says TNC's co-founder
Cable & Wireless, Ericsson seal FMC deal
News Under a £30m deal, Ericcson will supply and manage a GSM mobile network letting Cable & Wireless sell fixed-mobile convergence services
Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider
News Cern says hackers have accessed a computer system that monitors experiments and analyses data, according to a newspaper report
Das Boot-up and Tanking-up
Blog Saturday 7PM Post-IKE One or maybe two of those big bang-booms very early this morning was a very large branch about 30 feet long on a red oak tree coming down and bouncing off the central AC...
here what I found out
Talkback Yea yea, I know that BT's official line was to avoid fiber optics for the next 20years, then this new (and young) chappy was made boss and with Virgin rolling out fiber optics suddenly BT found...
