Previous DayDo you think that Apache Mobile FIlter could be a good solution ?
Blog Hi, I have published the last version(2.04) of "Apache Mobile Filter", this open source project has in the first seven months, more than 900 downloads from sourceforge and I suppose the same from...
Trouble at netbook mill
Blog Blog entries have been scant on the ground of late because I’ve been having trouble with SD cards on the Acer Aspire One running Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04. Cannot mount volume The...
Tory Nasa hacker vote lost
Talkback Labour made this a whipped vote and consequently carried the day. Parliament, under such public scrutiny just now, is still a bloody disgrace. Parliamentary shinnanigans before the genuine...
BT wins £99m MoD comms deal
News BT will manage voice and data networks across 197 military bases as an extension of its Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service agreement
Blacklister fined £5,000
Blog Ian Kerr, who operated a blacklist of construction workers, has been fined £5,000 at the behest of the Information Commissioner's Office. Before being caught by the ICO in May, Kerr had operated...
Reuze simplifies move from mainframe to Windows
News The new Micro Focus tool promises to help companies move their Cobol-based business processes to Windows without having to rewrite applications
Symbian to set up app developer programme
News The Horizon programme will help selected developers write apps for the Symbian platform and distribute them in app stores compatible with Symbian-based handsets
Nitro PDF Professional 6
Review For the price, it's hard to argue with Nitro PDF Professional 6's PDF-handling prowess. Businesses of all sizes should give it serious consideration.
HTC patches Bluetooth driver flaw
Blog The handset manufacturer HTC has issued a fix for the vulnerable Bluetooth driver in some of its Windows Mobile phones. Earlier this week it emerged that the driver contained a flaw that could...
Gates talks education, Chrome and Project Natal
Q&A The tech icon discusses life beyond Microsoft, and shares his thoughts on Google's Chrome OS, the future of education and the latest developments from the software giant
Microsoft repackages its software licences
News The company announces two ways for SMBs to pay for application and server software usage, saying they could save customers up to 40 percent
It Just Works: a happy tale of Linux and printers
Blog Amid the infinite number of monkeys typing away about Windows vs Google vs Chrome vs Microsoft vs Apple vs blah - can we take a break at some point, please? - some nice things happen. As in, I...
Aussie ICT researchers open up
Blog NICTA, Australia's ICT research organisation, has released a bunch of projects as open source and collected them in one portal called OpenNICTA. NICTA is a government-funded body which aims to be a...
Phone Trojan 'has botnet features'
News A piece of low-risk malware aimed at mobile devices with Symbian operating systems has the capacity to enable a hacker to build a botnet of phones, according to Trend Micro
First Microsoft retail stores to open this autumn
News The software giant plans to open several stores in the US this autumn, with at least some of the locations likely to be near an Apple store
Multiple operating systems
Talkback Of course Ballmer is forgetting that Ms have a myriad of flavours of windows vista, basic, standard premium, Media centre, home business etc.
Facebook calls for payment apps testers
News Facebook has announced it is conducting an alpha test to find which apps accept its new virtual currency platform
Ballmer unfazed by Google Chrome OS
News Microsoft's chief executive says having one client operating system is better than two — a lesson Microsoft learned some years ago
Borland’s virtual reality requirements simulator
Blog You know that thing where developers complain about clients and requirements? I think it’s probably one of the most emotive areas of software application development in some ways; it’s the point at...
iPhone iFear
Blog During a recent client meeting it occured to me that the demands of the modern workforce are changing much quicker than I had imagined. It’s now a mobile business world, laptops outsell desktops,...
Soca's cybercops convict 21 in three years
News The UK's cybercrime unit has helped achieve more than 20 convictions since its creation, government figures have revealed
Amazon refusing orders of Win 7 Pro
Talkback Amazon have also gor problems, as at 10:00 this morning they were failing to take orders for Windows 7 Professiona E (PC) with the following message: Important Message We're sorry. The item...
Huge demand for Windows 7 pre-orders in Europe
News Microsoft's European deal for ordering the new operating system at a discount appears to be selling out quickly
Data protection breached by five NHS trusts
News NHS trusts including Royal Free Hampstead and Chelsea and Westminster have been reprimanded by the ICO after failures to encrypt data
What they really need to do with ActiveX.
Talkback What they really need to do with ActiveX is to set a date, preferably yesterday, that beyond that date no new ActiveX controls will be allowed. Imagine MS first put together a list (as short as...
Hmmm
Talkback Call me cynical, but I wonder if that was in fact a publicity ruse... 'Look guys we're so popular the demand crashed our server'
