Previous DayXING proves the social networking party is far from over
Blog Amongst all the negative news on the collapse of Web 2.0, the first social network to go public doubles its revenues. OK, so there is a large number of so-called Web 2.0 companies out there...
Well...
Talkback Interesting points. You're right in saying that the trials are ongoing at the moment. However, BT said that the trials are to run for "a number of weeks", rather than six plus. I was interested in...
Online bank Cahoot knocked out for days
Blog The online bank Cahoot appears to have gone offline. It's apparently nothing to do with the financial crisis, but rather the result of a power outage in Spain, where the parent bank Santander is...
HDS comes down in scale to compete
Video At Storage Expo 2008, Hitachi Data Systems, known for systems that are designed to compete head to head with the likes of IBM and HP, explains its move down the scale
SteelEye offers multi-site protection on Linux
Video Bipin Patel from SteelEye Technology's product team spoke to ZDNet.co.uk at Storage Expo 2008 in London about the company's new multiple-site protection for Linux systems
ICO: Name organisations at employment tribunal
News Organisations involved in employment-tribunal disputes could be named, following an Information Commissioner's Office ruling
RE:The return of Apricot
Blog Comment I remember using an Apricot F10 back in the 1980s, complete with the GEM GUI on top of DOS...
Place your bets folks
Talkback If you send an email from your UK ISP supplied email account to another UK ISP supplied email account, then your traffic will be logged under these new proposals; but then the traffic is already...
Ten essential Linux office apps
Feature Numerous Linux applications are at the disposal of those seeking an an open-source solution to meet the demands of the corporate desktop
The return of Apricot
Blog Remember Apricot Computers? Well, they're back... in name, at least. Having been swallowed by Mitsubishi in the '90s, and finally killed off in '99, the brand was bought up a few months ago by a...
Adobe addresses Flash Player 'clickjacking' flaw
News Fixes in the Flash Player 10 update aim to mitigate an attack that disguises website elements so that users are fooled into visiting malicious sites
Qt: Cross-platform futures in a mobile world
Q&A Benoit Schillings, head of tech for Qt Software, talks about Nokia, Mozilla and going deeper than Java
RE:Don't Waste on Data Quality
Blog Comment Great post, Alena. Tom Redman, a.k.a. the "Data Doc" estimates that poor data quality costs the typical organisation 20% of its revenue. The surprising thing, therefore, is that more companies...
Secunia: Security suites not blocking exploits
News The company claims to have revealed the shortcomings of traditional security suites with a test that uses exploits, instead of malware
FBI warns of rising cybercrime threat
News The FBI Cyber Division's assistant director says cyberattacks from organised criminals, terrorists and foreign governments are becoming increasingly sophisticated
RE:No need to burn books you can't read - DRM and public librar...
Blog Comment I have a comment due back from the British Library, which noted the blog post and are keen to respond just as soon as it gets hold of the right itinerant executive. I'm aware I'm conflating a...
Forrester revises IT spending predictions
News The market research company has warned that IT spending growth in the US could come in at two to three percent growth for 2009, and may even decline
Apple MacBook Pro: a first look
Preview Apple's 15in. MacBook Pro has received a design overhaul and now includes the unibody chassis built from a single piece of aluminium, a multi-touch glass trackpad, a new black screen bezel and...
Storm botnet goes quiet
News Security researchers have seen a sharp decline in the amount of spam attributed to hosts infected with Storm, suggesting its creators may have ceased sending spam or moved on to a newer botnet
Google issues developer-orientated Chrome update
News The latest developer version of Google's web browser has a handful of bug fixes and a safer download mechanism
Apple MacBook: a first look
Preview Apple's new MacBook ditches its plastic shell and Intel chipset for a solid aluminium chassis with an Nvidia chipset, and serves up a multi-touch glass trackpad, LED-backlit display and mini...
Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open source
News The global financial crisis will cause more companies to consider open-source software as an option, according to Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst
Qt's Developer Days: the top 9 challenges for programmers in 2009 are...
Blog After sharing two and a bit days (and more than two and a bit pints of Weißbier) with the Norwegian-cum-Silicon Valley corps that mostly comprise the bunch of guys and girls at Qt, I have a few...
Storage Expo back again
Blog If it is October it must be Storage Expo and the annual UK show for all things storage is back again. This year the show is dominated by the large vendors. In fact they are here in force. IBM,...
RE:No need to burn books you can't read - DRM and public librar...
Blog Comment That was alarming to read! What's the way out here? Is it to start again with open office and its save to PDF option? I thought microsoft would have learnt by now. But as they seem to be part of a...
Gov't: Comms database has to happen
News Home secretary Jacqui Smith has stressed the importance of government surveillance of comms data in the fight against terrorism and serious crime
