Previous DayRE:Ubuntu: and another thing…
Blog Comment I too have Ubuntu installed on a Lenovo X61. It installs faultlessly in just a few minutes, fully configured and ready to go. Updates are so much easier than Windows and update all the programmes...
Oh dear, oh dear
Talkback I'm surprised to see no comments on this article. Indeed I have also been surprised at the lack of comment on similar subjects (on ZDNet) in the past. It's only by speaking out and acting now,...
Blackhole?
Talkback I was just thinking of possibility of black hole being generated out of this. What are chances? almost negligible. But i was wondering that if you are working to prove some theory, there is always...
Apple sues Mac-clone maker Psystar
News The lawsuit claims Psystar's Open Computer infringes Apple's intellectual property, seeking a permanent injunction against the sale of the clone
Push wording removed from Mobile me site, and 30 day extended membership
Blog So here we are live from the Regent street Applestore and following the less the shiny launch of the new in the cloud Mobileme contacts, calendar and email service Apple has to day removed all...
BlackBerry PDF flaw threatens corporate networks
News A flaw in the way BlackBerry Enterprise Server opens PDF attachments could be exploited to compromise corporate networks, RIM has warned
O2 may roll out fibre if Ofcom changes rules
News The provider may follow BT's lead and invest in a fibre-to-the-home rollout, but only if Ofcom ensures the investment would see a healthy return
Avaya extends zero-percent finance scheme
News The comms vendor has extended its zero-percent finance scheme beyond SMEs to European businesses of any size, claiming the move is intended to combat recession
The man who transformed internet security
Comment When security researcher Dan Kaminsky discovered a potentially disastrous flaw within the Domain Name System, his measured response led to the biggest-ever multiparty patch release
RE:Dang, Darn, Damn Small Linux!
Blog Comment I downloaded the 91 meg, live CD, and ran it. Even from the Cd the desktop was up in a very short time. Network was configured, but it doesn't setup all the hardware which would take longer, and...
Computer blunders of the technologically inept
Photo Over eight years as a PC technician at a major computer-retail store in the US, Rod Shelley documented all manner of operator-induced hardware misfortunes
People don’t know
Blog I was chatting to a chap at The Ministry the other day, saying that he could use the Ubuntu Linux testing machine for checking webmail. He had never heard of Ubuntu. Or Linux. Or Free Open Source...
Adobe code names new version of Flex: “Gumbo”
Blog Sources inside Adobe’s mothership last night started talking about the next version of Flex, the company’s cross-platform set of components and tools for building RIAs that run on any browser and...
Inside Intel's Centrino 2
Tech Guide The latest bundle of mobile technologies from Intel arrives late and somewhat piecemeal, but delivers a useful set of incremental enhancements.
Privacy tsar: Gov't comms database 'a step too far'
News The information commissioner has urged the government to enable full public debate over plans for a centralised database of all UK comms
Ubuntu: and another thing…
Blog I resintalled Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop Edition yesterday, because I need to set up a LAMP web server to be able to work on web sites on my ThinkPad X60S laptop. It only occurred to me this morning...
Bad contractual preparation
Talkback There are many failures by Government in the IT field. Examination will show that these are almost invariably due to incompetent civil servants preparing the specifications and neglecting...
Symantec releases public Norton 2009 betas
News The company claims Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 are faster, lighter and will be updated more regularly
Cern paves the way for lightning-speed networks
Analysis Terabytes of data are streaming through dedicated fibre-optic links between laboratories and universities globally in preparation for the world's largest particle accelerator being switched on in...
Sun announces upbeat fourth-quarter forecast
News The company says net income could beat estimates, sending its shares up more than 11 percent in after-hours trading
US tech worker arrested in city network hijack
News A disgruntled San Francisco IT worker is in jail on $5m bail after allegedly locking administrators out of the city's wireless area network
Google's US search share nears 70 percent
News The company has gained share again, while Yahoo and Microsoft have lost. Both are dropping closer to fourth-place Ask, which gained some share in the past year
Intel may face fresh EC antitrust charges
News Newspaper reports claim the chipmaker is expected to face new charges from European regulators that focus on its marketing and sales practices
Two takes on reality
Blog Today was my first one on the job, and enormous fun. I can recommend being editor as a way to stimulate the little grey cells - I blinked at around five o'clock and realised that the day had passed...
