Previous DayWhy the unnecessary restriction?
Talkback I have just read the post by J.A.Watson and could not agree more strongly with his comments. It would seem that Skype and Logitech are now not only in the Web camera and VoiP business but also in...
sounds FON
Talkback BT are teaming up with these guys to do similar, sounds a great idea!... then criminals can access the net where they like, all they need is the login details, easy enough to get hold of from...
In the beginning...
Blog I suppose the best place to start here is to get one thing out into the open. I have been a loyal Skype user for quite a long time, starting at a time when it was very useful to me in getting...
KDE doesn't have any desktop icons.
Talkback This is the way I prefer it, a nice ,clean, icon free desktop. As far as not booting into a graphical environment, there are few that don't. Plus you can always add KDE during the install. When...
Analyst sees big future for VoIP-over-3G
News Operators will invest more in running internet telephony over their 3G networks than in voice-over-Wi-Fi options, according to analyst Dean Bubley
CIOs put spotlight on Microsoft licensing deals
News The question of whether Microsoft licensing deals are good value for money has left a panel of chief information officers divided
Vodafone and Verizon to cooperate more
Blog Just got word from Vodafone that it and its US buddy Verizon are to launch "a new global services cooperation". "The new program allows both companies to meet the needs of global business...
Data centres to get smart
News The next generation of data centres will need to be 'intelligent, automated and efficient' according to an Intel exec
German man beats WWII Colossus codecracker
News A rebuilt British cipher-breaking machine used in World War II has been beaten in a codebreaking challenge by a German man who wrote his own software
RE:Forrester notes the Vistification problem
Blog Comment Interesting statistics. I'll comment first hand on my workplace related XP exprience, since my desktop PC as be upgraded to XP (from NT) today. With that sort of progress this PC will be on Vista...
Forrester notes the Vistification problem
Blog This new Forrester report - on Vista adoption - is going to be one of those publications which gets cited, quoted and spun till no-one's quite sure what it is about. The report title How...
Keeping innovation alive at Adobe
Q&A With digital information exploding, Adobe's outgoing chief executive talks about the company's strategy, its prospects, and the internet industry at large
Dell chief demos convertible PC
Video Michael Dell shows off the company's new Latitude XT, a computer with multitouch technology that senses the five fingers of a hand
Privacy watchdog warns of data-sharing dangers
News The Information Commissioner's Office has warned the public and private sectors about sharing too much data on individuals, and it has published research showing the public's concerns
OpenWorld attendees quiz Oracle chief
Video At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Larry Ellison answers questions on a range of topics, such as virtualisation, competition, and his early years working at the company
Doctors may be fined for losing data
News Medical staff who lose laptops without taking adequate care of patient data should face a potentially unlimited fine, the Information Commissioner has argued
Facebook gets open-source enterprise app
News Alfresco hopes its Facebook integration will let companies use the popular social-networking platform to help rather than hinder enterprise productivity
A legal way to get free wi-fi access
Talkback I share my Internet access with other FON users. In return I can piggyback on other FON users systems worldwide. This service is free, apart from the one-off cost of the FON access point. FON users...
MoD marches tech plans forward
News The Ministry of Defence has unveiled its Defence Technology Plan, providing a roadmap of objectives for the R&D community
Use your HTC for a new kind of surfing
Blog Yeah, we all know you can surf the web on Windows Mobile phones - well, most phones these days. But surfing the ground? Bear with me. According to Modaco, a French company called Ratleads is...
Wi-Fi piggybackers confess to Sophos
News Over half of the computer users surveyed by the security firm admitted to the crime of having used another's Wi-Fi without permission
Why the unnecessary restriction?
Talkback In the Skype 3.6 beta releases, it was possible to manually activate the higher resolution video with cameras other than the three Logitech cameras mentioned in this article. It was proven in the...
ISPs and govt to talk net neutrality
Blog One of the most interesting aspects of this week's massive shakeup of EU telecoms rules was to do with net neutrality. To rather lazily lift a paragraph from the story we did on this on Wednesday:...
The Design of Future Things
Review This book won't tell you how to design a web page, but it will help you understand how to think about design in a broad sense.
Amazon to launch Kindle e-book reader
News The online retailer is set to break into the hardware business on Monday with a high-profile launch that is dear to CEO Jeff Bezos's heart
Oracle: BEA no longer worth $6.7bn
News If Oracle renews its bid for the middleware maker, the offer would be below the previous $17 a share, chief executive Larry Ellison has said
