Previous DayCrazy idea
Talkback Imagine telling people not to call you just because it will cost you to recieve their call! How about those unsolicited sales calls, wrong numbers, autobot calls etc..? I wonder whether any UK...
Cabinet minister loses PC
News Cabinet minister Hazel Blears has had a PC stolen from her constituency offices in Salford
RE:Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment If I understand correctly, Vista must boot from it's own boot loader, but said boot loader will load other systems. Hence Vista must be on the first partition and installed subsequent to XP on the...
Firefox 3 is released for download
News Mozilla's Firefox 3 web browser is now officially available for download, as the organisation seeks the world record for the number of software downloads in a day
Nasa hacker awaits Lords' decision
Video Gary McKinnon talks about his appeal to the House of Lords against extradition to the US to face hacking charges
RE:What kills software creativity?
Blog Comment You're appealing to my purist nature here Dave - and I think it's the right way to look at things. A wariness of being swallowed by the corporate behemoths is what keeps much of the hobbyist...
NHS gets MRSA-resistant keyboards
News The keyboards, designed by doctors at University College London Hospital, are completely flat and have flashing lights to remind users to wash their hands
RE:What kills software creativity?
Blog Comment simple - the market. true software creativity will not think about costs or what it actually does and if it is marketable - but such a thing does not exist. gone are the days when a person made...
HP adds fault tolerance to blades
News High availability is the main feature of HP's latest blade server as the company grows its family of c-Class systems
But I am (against' charges for receiving calls)
Talkback If someone chooses to ring or text me, I do not expect to pay. The choice to ring/text would not be mine. If people choose to ring/text then they should be responsible for the payment. To offer...
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog After several days of struggle, I am still unable to get a triple-boot disk set up on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. The first problem that I ran into was that the Windows installation disks I have...
EC 'not against' charges for receiving calls
News Commissioner Viviane Reding says business models are up to the operators, but warns on looming regulation for data and SMS roaming charges
Dell Latitude XT
Review This is a handsome and very usable Tablet PC, thanks to its excellent screen and keyboard. Battery life and performance are both a little disappointing, though, and the price becomes steep as you...
UK target for 'large number' of cyberattacks
News Security minister Lord West has warned that the government is tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyberattacks on UK national infrastructure
Adobe updates LiveCycle business software
News The company has added new content-management features, along with tools to more quickly build financial services and government applications
Nokia launches updated E-Series handsets
Photo The E66 and E71 are thinner than their predecessors and include integrated GPS, faster HSDPA connectivity, more internal memory and better cameras
Deadline looms for demise of Windows XP
News As of 30 June, large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs on mainstream notebooks and desktops, marking the end of an era
Intel creates spin-off solar-cell company
News SpectraWatt represents a big leap for Intel into the clean-tech sector, and is expected to start shipping cells to solar panel makers by the middle of 2009
Sun boosts revenue with free software strategy
News Sun chief Jonathan Schwartz has created his own free software foundation, open-sourcing everything from Java to Solaris as a way to grow revenue
"♬ Service Pack 3 Done give me the Blues♬♬"
Blog I stupidly went at it again. This time I installed all the idiotic updates and security patches to bring the SP2 machine that wouldn't update to SP3 to SP2 up-to-date. In other words I took the RED...
