Previous DayEducation credentials
Talkback I don't really understand why the SF-UK/TLM bid could be considered a technologists' bid rather than an educationists' bid. We have extensive experience of software needs in schools. One of the...
RE:The future of social networking in business.
Blog Comment You need to be very careful of business networks as they can be a great waste of time as well as a help. Linkedin is now largely a recruiting site. Does less for business contacts and is jammed to...
Bringing clarity to Open Source DB2
Talkback Not sure if Chris Livesley was misquoted. DB2 Express-C, the free DBMS, is not "light" database at least not if "light" is the description of the function. DB2 Express-C (http://freeDB2.com) is...
US lawyers 'threatened' Nasa hacker, court hears
News Gary McKinnon's defence has alleged that as legal attaché to the US Embassy, Ed Gibson 'threatened' McKinnon with up to 60 years in jail for hacking US military systems
I wish it was a surprise
Talkback I would actually be much happier if I could say that this is a surprise, but I can't. I have had some dealings with BECTA through my business and in conjunctions with others, some of whom were...
Microsoft's mistake
Talkback You could be excused since yours was a small company without the type of resources that Microsoft has, also these were the early days of computing, most people would've been happy just to have a...
Microsoft is not alone in chip woes
Comment It can seem hard to believe that a company with all the resources of Microsoft can make make a billion-dollar mistake with a small chip-design fault. Yet chip design is not an exact science and...
Microsoft unveils optimised sat-nav OS
News Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 is one of Redmond's first embedded operating systems to be optimised for a specific category of device
Twitter - the clue's in the name
Blog Battling with daily info-load issues myself, I have never been much of a fan of the whole Twitter thing. The idea is fine - an extension of the status line update informal communications channel...
What kills software creativity?
Blog It’s a pretty solid argument isn’t it - there’s no sense in reinventing the wheel. So, employing reusable code snippets and perhaps more fully blown widgets (into web-based applications) makes a...
CPU roadmap: server processors
Tech Guide How are the roadmaps of the leading server processor vendors shaping up for 2009 and beyond? We pore over Intel, AMD, IBM and Sun's latest plans.
BECTA - the track record
Blog While open source experts rage at BECTA's new promotional project, let's remember earlier BECTA actions. The group, which advises the UK educational sector on IT has had a long and problematic...
Row erupts over schools open-source project
News A key UK open-source figure has criticised the educational IT body Becta, after it puts a little-known consultancy in charge of a major schools project
IBM looks to bridge worlds of IT and electricity
News The company's top hardware executive Bill Zeitler plans to call for co-marketing with utilities to promote datacentre efficiency incentives
Motorola to halve research labs
News To reduce costs, the loss-making mobile-phone maker will halt projects and transfer some employees to other units
IBM bets on CIGS with solar-cell deal
News Through its deal with a Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer, IBM joins the hordes of companies trying to build a better solar cell
E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay
News Police chief Charlie McMurdie claims the national UK cybercrime policing unit is still set to go ahead, despite the government not yet committing to its £1.3m start-up costs
Ya need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah buddy. I got ya servicepack3 right here!
Blog Sometimes I think I am a masochist. I just finished installing a volume license of Windows XP Pro with slipstreamed Service Pack 2 on it onto a computer for which I only had to supply a Video...
In case anyone looks at this, here's my updated opinion
Talkback In my ancient comment to this article, I said that I'd seen nothing but sunshine and roses from KDE, only getting happier with every subsequent release, including 3.5.9. I want to update my...
