ooVoo 2.1 for Mac - More Good News for Video Chat
Blog ooVoo has released version 2.1 for the Mac. This should be very good news for Mac users, as it brings the Mac version up to essentially the same point as the Windows version. I do not have a...
RE:Spotify: let the music begin
Blog Comment It's a fantastic service and soon will be available in the U.S. Until Spotify came along, I used and in fact still do use playlist.com. I think spotify has the edge here. When it came out I was...
iPhone OS3
Talkback I got mine tonight at about 7pm. Haven't had a chance to go round all the new features, but what DID surprise me is that Data Roaming is ENABLED after you install this update (disabled by default...
Red Hat begins testing virtualisation line-up
News Beta tests begin on the new line of virtualisation products based on Qumranet's KVM, which put Red Hat into direct competition with the likes of Citrix, Microsoft and VMware
New iPhone OS due on Wednesday
News Version 3.0 of the handset's operating system will bring system-wide search, cut-and-paste, push notifications and enhanced keyboard options to Apple's popular device
Dell boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio
News The company has unveiled pre-configured packages for deploying and managing virtualised infrastructures, new storage products and a consulting service called ProConsult
Tories urge contractors to shun ID card deals
News The Conservatives say contractors should not engage in the 'hugely expensive' tendering process for work on ID cards, when the scheme could be scrapped after the next election
Digital Britain report panned by Tories, experts
News Politicians and IT industry players have criticised Lord Carter's report over its recommendations for taxing broadband, providing 2Mbps universal coverage and tackling file-sharers
Citrix releases major XenServer upgrade
News People can now download version 5.5 of both XenServer and Citrix Essentials, the first significant new releases since XenServer became a free product in February
Google's censorship struggles continue in China
Analysis At some point before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Google changed its method for censoring search results, yet it will not discuss the new method
Spotify: let the music begin
Blog Much of what gets blogged here at ZDNet.co.uk is primarily of relevance to the business community. But I make no apology for the fact that this post is primarily about entertainment. If you’ve...
HTC Snap
Review The HTC Snap's physical design (especially the mini-QWERTY keyboard) is superb. Battery life is impressive, while the Inner Circle email-sorting idea is inspired. It's just a shame about the small...
Adobe's pricing and upgrade policies share some of the blame...
Talkback Adobe hasn't helped itself with an outrageous non-US territory pricing policy, and restrictive upgrade policies. They have opened a massive market in counterfiting, where places like Ebay are...
HP turns telepresence into webcasting
News A new feature for HP's high-end Halo teleconferencing kit allows users to broadcast conferences to thousands of viewers on the web
Infortrend moves into enterprise storage
News The company is hoping that its five new SAN systems for scale-out storage will pull in medium-sized business customers
Finally - Video Calling from Logitech
Blog It has taken a lot longer than I thought it would, but finally, here is the announcement of a Video Calling from Logitech product, based on their takeover of SightSpeed. I haven't had time to look...
Experts ask Google to boost privacy
News Following a request from 38 security experts, Google says it is considering offering encryption by default for Gmail and other apps if it doesn't slow down performance too much
Firefox 3.5 to 'upgrade the web', says Mozilla
News The latest version of Firefox, on track for release at the end of the month, promises features such as faster performance, built-in video and new graphics technology
Digital Britain recommends 'G Cloud' for gov't IT
News The newly published report has advocated that more government IT applications be moved to cloud computing
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and IT survey statistics
Blog I would have thought that given the number of IT surveys we see floating past us these days that more tech bloggers would have referenced the phrase attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and also...
RE:Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment I've taken to describing this approach as "malicious compliance". It appears to have become Microsoft's favored approach to dealing with firm, clear, "written down in black and white"...



