Previous DayInside Orange's innovation process
Blog Yves Tyrode, head of Orange's Technocentre projects, talked to ZDNet UK and other journalists at the Orange Partner Camp in Cape Canaveral on Tuesday about how to link innovation and commerce in...
Orange details Ubuntu-based appliance for small business
Blog Orange has announced at its Orange Partner Camp in Cape Canaveral on Tuesday further details of its OpenAppliance platform for delivering IP-based services to SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) and...
Little Ubuntu treats...
Blog I simply wanted to share my delight and OS-centric fervour by telling you about tabbed browsing in a file manager. Oh yes, Ubuntu’s done it again, in Intrepid Ibex 08.10 there is...
BCS thinktank to help protect 2012 Olympics
News A new BCS group will focus on cybercrime forensics, training and evidence, and will work with the police to counter possible IT security threats to London 2012
Home Office to review DNA database, RIPA
News The reviews will introduce 'common sense' into the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and the UK's DNA retention policies, says the home secretary
Browsers fail password-management security tests
News Chrome and Safari fared worse than Opera, Firefox and IE in a set of tests evaluating the security of browsers' password-management features
Can you help? ZDNet UK needs some good people
Blog We're putting together our plans for 2009 and beyond, making sure we've got the right ideas and the right approach for the very best coverage of business IT for people who need to know. That's you....
RE:Youtube: A Valuable Source Of Free Learning.
Blog Comment Absolutely guys - I couldn't agree more... Roger has been thoroughly researching all manner of stuff in this manner. Exactly the same kind of advice helped me out MASSIVELY with my Apple Mighty...
OpenSuse 11.1 aims at user-friendly desktop
News The new desktop includes a modified KDE desktop, a new framework for media player synchronisation, new internet and productivity software and other updates
Be Broadband plays catch-up with Virgin
Blog Following yesterday's launch of Virgin Media's '50Mbps' service, Be Broadband (aka O2) has wasted no time in hopping onto the high-speed bandwagon, so to speak. Eyeing non-cabled areas, the...
Toshiba, SanDisk to cut Nand flash production
News The manufacturers are to cut production by 30 percent at a shared plant in Japan, in response to a recession-related drop in demand
Gartner: Chip industry faces further decline in 2009
News The semiconductor industry is expected to see a consecutive fall in annual revenues for the first time in its history, with a 16.3 percent decline next year
Microsoft: Hole exploit threatens all IE versions
Talkback I stand corrected, Mr Watson. You are quite right in that this quality of merchandise would not be acceptable in any other industry. I have always said the manufacturer of a product should be held...
Hardly a shock
Talkback Given that they pile a heap of pressure on their IT folks, are mostly located inside the M25, so huge housing bills, and have not exactly demonstrated a high level of corporate responsibility or...
How to stand out in the supercomputing crowd
Comment High-performance computing's key business benefit may be to differentiate an organisation from its rivals, but that shouldn't rule out the use of commodity products
Civil Service Failures
Talkback Yet again we have another costly management failure in the Civil Service - and yet again there is no acceptance of responsibility by those responsible for the waste. Senior and middle management...
Photos: HTC S740
Photo The keypad-driven S740 keeps the Windows Mobile Standard flag flying for HTC. It's a well featured smartphone, but not without a fault or two.
XBRL standard may prevent market meltdowns
News The IBM Data Governance Council is launching a year-long initiative aimed at developing a taxonomy to describe risk in the XBRL business data language
RE:The Range of Linux Distributions
Blog Comment quite a comprehensive post on the various distros available. I've been following with interest some of your posts re: linux, and it has prompted me to actually try some for myself! I'm going to be...
Apple rolls out Mac OS X 10.5.6
News The latest Leopard update fixes a syncing issue with the MobileMe service and improves the security of several apps and OS components
Amazon UK accused of treating staff harshly
News Temporary workers risk being sacked if they call in sick and are required to work seven days a week, according to an undercover reporter for The Times
MPs condemn DfT shared-services failure
News Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has attacked the 'stupendous incompetence' of the Department for Transport's shared-services project
IBM wins UK Border Agency deal
News The UK Border Agency has awarded a £3m contract to IBM to set up its immigration-casework management system
Financial sector suffering IT skills shortfall
News The financial-services industry is the most hampered by an IT skills shortage, while the telecoms sector also has trouble filling tech roles
Businesses set to demand more of IT in 2009
News Companies are likely to want more for their money in terms of IT services, as the economic downturn means quick returns on investment and efficiency become priorities
RE:The hidden success of open source (and GPLv3)
Blog Comment I'm always wary of claims of success like this by VC funded technology companies. Increasing business by 60%? Okay, but what does that mean specifically? BD have already shifted their business...
Yahoo switches on its Open Strategy
News The internet pioneer adds a social angle and apps to Yahoo Mail, plus new applications on My Yahoo and a new browser toolbar
RE:User Visasters
Blog Comment I've already done the "XP-like" shell but its not really any better than the standard Vista desktop. It just looks sort of like XP. The stupid box crashed or more properly stalled and stopped...
