Previous DayNew wave of real-time collaboration arrives?
Blog When it comes to document collaboration, things can only get better. We've seen Google Wave make a splash (sorry) and, together with collaboration tool Google Docs, you could live and work without...
Digital Britain: More fudge than foresight
Leader Digital Britain is to be a hodgepodge of hopes, slapped wrists and best efforts. That's for the best
Digital Britain calls for 50p broadband levy
News Lord Carter has laid out plans for charges on fixed copper lines to fund rural fibre, and has called on Ofcom to force ISPs to crack down on illegal file-sharing
Date set for Nasa hacker high court hearing
News The high court will hear Gary McKinnon's application for a judicial review of a CPS decision not to prosecute him in the UK
Gartner: Avoid long-term services deals
News The analyst firm says organisations should track the health of outsourcing partners and avoid long-term contracts
Centrix fine-tunes WorkSpace tracking
News An update to Centrix's browser-based application integration tool promises to help IT departments improve accuracy in charging business units for usage
Android gets voice search in Google Maps
News The search-engine company adds voice search to Google Maps on its Linux-based Android software platform
China orders plug for hole in Green Dam
News The Chinese government has ordered the makers of Green Dam censorware to rush out a patch, after researchers discovered gaping security flaws in the program
Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's usability wounds
Blog Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has started a project to fix all the niggling user interface annoyances in its distribution. Called "One Hundred Paper Cuts", it's aimed at getting rid...
IBM targets developers in cloud push
News The company has launched a set of cloud-computing products and services, with an initial focus on cloud development and testing
Gov't to crack down on file-sharers
Blog The Digital Britain report, which was expected to recommend universal broadband access for UK citizens, has been presented at a press conference. A journalist colleague, David Meyer, who was there,...
Apple fixes months-old Java bug
News The Mac OS X patch fixes a serious Java vulnerability that was made public six months ago and that has already been remedied by most other operating-system vendors
Opera Unite turns browser into door to PC
News The Opera Unite alpha lets people invite others to use a browser to see content on their PC, but security experts have called its reliance on simple passwords an 'avenue to disaster'
RE:Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment evansdg1 said: "Didn't Dell offer PC with Linux as an option ? If there was such a pent up demand from NORMAL, EVERYDAY people for alternatives to Windows then the market would address it." I had a...
Opera whingers
Talkback This is nonsense. If Opera was better than IE, people would use it. Look at the tremendous growth of Firefox: as it improves, more people use it. If IE gets better, people will go back to that....
The BBC needs to share its technology, not its cash
Blog The Digital Britain report, which was due to be published today, will recommend that some of the licence fee be shared with commercial broadcasters to compensate for the impact the internet is...
Samsung unpacks OLED but no Android
Blog To Battersea last night for Samsung's much-teased 'Unpacked' launch. I was hoping for the company's still-upcoming Android-based i7500, but the main event was the unveiling (with much fancy...
RE:Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment evansdg1. I have found plenty of support available from the linux community itself. As for OEM linux, It's just a matter of finding the right distro to put on. From what I've seen of mint that...
RE:Moblin on the Nettop - Part 2 (Overview)
Blog Comment I have bought a second-handed Asus 1000H and I have tested the live image yesterday on the Asus (the new beta refresh edition posted last week on the moblin website). Within one minute everything...
Government outlines Berners-Lee's role
News The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is set to help the Cabinet Office establish better online access to government data
RE:Virgin considering filesharer suspensions
Blog Comment I'm not quite sure what to make of this. Either pay about £20 to have unlimited free downloads, or use download sites to get free downloads, with the possibility of up to 24hr internet suspension...
Microsoft promises Azure business plan in July
News The company next month will share financial details on the cloud OS and tell how partners can help sell it, according to a Microsoft exec
Salesforce Sites lets businesses build in the cloud
News The new Sites technology uses the Force.com cloud platform to support customer websites and online applications
