Data held centrally will be more secure ? Rubbish !!
Talkback The one comment that sticks out above the rest for me is: "We're already in a society where a lot of information is held in a myriad of places. Data held centrally will be more secure."...
iSoft sale terms agreed
News Troubled software firm at the centre of the NHS's National Programme for IT will be bought by the Australian healthcare firm IBA
3Com builds on Chinese expertise
Q&A Edgar Masri, chief executive of 3Com, discusses the challenges of masterminding the company's resurgence and its growth in Asia
Demand for IT professionals rises
News Growth in the number of IT positions being advertised has leapt to its highest level in five years
SAP optimises its software for Suse servers
News Companies are offering a joint maintenance and support package for customers using SAP applications on Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server
The chilling feeling of a Wi-Fi draft
Leader With 802.11n approval stretching into the future, an interim standard might seem useful. It's a stamp of failure
Plusnet now minus webmail
Blog Whoops! Plusnet's little spam problem has resulted in the ISP's entire webmail service being taken offline. Indefinitely. Any of you folks experiencing this joy? "Following a faull [sic] audit...
Experts cast doubt on Microsoft's patent claims
News It's unrealistic for Microsoft to expect open-source groups to actively seek out patent infringements, experts say
Flash vs Silverlight
Talkback how silverlight will capture the very broad user base as well as developer/designer base of flash? For instance, see this Online Flash Games site Will it be possible for Flashlight to make...
High-speed wireless kit to be certified next month
News With certification imminent, concerns have been raised that current 802.11n equipment may not match the final standard when it is confirmed in two years' time
Video: ZDNet masterminds quizzed to the limit
Video The finals of the Intel-sponsored IT Challenge saw a hand-picked ZDNet UK team lock horns with IT outsourcing experts Nexus. Tune in to find out who were the Victory Vs — and who the broken biscuit...
Video: Is Vista secure enough for the mainstream?
Video Industry players including Microsoft comment on whether Windows Vista will improve corporate security or make it a bigger headache
We had a Choice
Talkback When we went to XP we had a choice, Windows 98 or XP With Vista we have no choice That is why 40 million sales with 35 Million unhappy clients
Clear My Mail Names the UK
Talkback We have just finished analysing 2 years of spam data and it may be no surprise to some that PlusNet ranked 7th in our chart of the most spam-targeted UK ISP’s......
I wonder when they
Talkback I'm still waiting for a reply from Dell regarding their (slightly dodgy) advertising and sale prices. It would appear they've chosen not to respond at all to my remarks/questions, but no doubt...
The rat race evolves?
Blog Here's a good contender for the stupidest thing I've seen in, ooh, days. It's a vertical workstation, as reported on the BBC, designed to help people lose weight while slogging away at the...
Businesses address laptop data theft
News Increase in laptop theft sees businesses employ encryption, thin-client and other security technologies to tackle the risk to corporate data
Photos: Humanoid robots come to life at MIT
Photo MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is where some of the world's most exciting developments in robot technology are happening
Apple updates MacBook laptops
News Company has launched three updated consumer laptop models, featuring faster processors, more memory and more hard-drive space
IBM offers risk-management products
News Company's new service suites and software packages are also designed to help companies monitor regulatory compliance and security
Gates announces 40 million Vista sales
News Partners for the Windows Home Server product are revealed at WinHEC, while Bill Gates claims Vista's adoption rate is twice as fast as XP's
Microsoft postpones Office for Mac tools
News Software maker has delayed converters that enable Mac users to read new Office file formats, but a Word-only converter is available
Oracle plans to acquire Agile Software
News Software giant's acquisition plans will give it a foothold in the growing product lifecycle management business
NY attorney general files suit against Dell
News Already facing investigation into its accounting practices, the company now faces charges of fraud, false advertising and deceptive business practices
Acer Altos R520
Review Acer has taken standard Intel OEM components to put together a highly configurable and very scalable 1U server, capable of handling a variety of tasks. It's more than a match for similar products...



