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Blog Comment Thanks for the feedback and link. At present we are given heavily subsudised Microsoft deals and yes you are right in that we have no reason to change. I can see however that the MS deals will...
Apple announces iPhone OS updates
Blog Apple has shown off the new features in the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0. Overall, 1,000 new application programming interfaces are being made available, the company said as it announced new...
Visa withdraws RBS, Heartland PCI compliance
Blog Payments giant Visa has withdrawn PCI DSS compliance from RBS WorldPay and Heartland Payment Systems, following massive data breaches. Visa administers the Payments Card Industry Data Security...
Privacy vs protection: Police and the right to hack
Q&A Renowned security researcher Mikko Hyppönen discusses the pros and cons of law enforcement using hacking techniques to fight crime
WiMedia Alliance calls it a day
News The ultrawideband group will shut down and transfer its specifications to industry groups representing spin-off technologies such as Bluetooth 3.0 and Wireless USB
Gartner predicts ray of light for solar tech
News Long-term prospects for the photovoltaic market are encouraging, says the analyst house, although the market will have to weather the current economic gloom
IT chiefs cool on cloud computing
News A survey has found IT chiefs are not ready to move their critical IT systems over to the cloud-computing model
Samsung NC20
Review Samsung's 12.1in. NC20 performs significantly better than netbooks based on Intel's Atom processor, thanks to its VIA Nano CPU. Battery life is also excellent, at up to six hours.
Nokia to lay off 1,700 workers
News The handset manufacturer has said UK workers will be affected by the cuts, but has not confirmed how many
IT job market feels the economic pinch
News Fewer tech jobs are being advertised and the number of job seekers has fallen, according to a report by e-skills UK
IDC: Downturn to drive Linux adoption
News IT decision-makers are planning to increase the use of server and client-side Linux due to the economic climate, analyst firm IDC has found
Can new contract guidelines end project disasters?
Comment Despite two recent government reports on contract management, so much still depends on how the guidance is implemented, says Simon Colvin
Dell Adamo: a first look
Preview Dell's much-anticipated Adamo, a high-end 'luxury' notebook, has finally been announced. Here's a hands-on look at a pre-production version.
OpenStreetMap hits 100,000 users
Blog The OpenStreetMap project (OSM) now has over 100,000 registered users, as of 16th March. If you're not familiar with OSM, it's a free, editable map of the world, aiming to do for geographical data...
Cisco move set to shift computing burden off devices
Analysis The company's strategy to transform the datacentre could eventually revolutionise how consumers access new services via the internet
Truphone Business released for BlackBerry
News The mobile VoIP company has released a business-oriented client for the BlackBerry, which promises to let users make cheap calls to international numbers
Opera Turbo aims to boost slow web browsing
News The Norwegian company uses its own servers to compress data and boost browsing speed over slow connections, and says Opera Turbo will be built into its future browsers
Customised 'bomb attack' emails delivering malware
News Experts are warning of a scam that fakes news of a bomb in an email recipients' home town and then links to a malicious website that looks like a Reuters article
Mozilla: Next Firefox release months away
News The organisation behind the open-source browser chose to add more features instead of shipping in early 2009, and says a final Firefox 3.5 looks to be two to three months away
Intel, AMD spar over patent-licensing dispute
News Intel has threatened to pull its patent cross-licensing pact with AMD in the next two months, over concerns regarding its rival's creation of a joint-venture chip foundry
Digital personality types - what's yours?
Blog I’ve got a lot of time for psychologists. And so do PR and marketing types. But for different reasons. I like them because at their best they can fix broken people very well. PRs and marketeers...
RE:Terry Waite speaks for Nasa hacker
Blog Comment Thanks for highlighting this story in the appropriate way Tom, I think it's fair to say that most of us in the UK fundamentally disagree with Gary having to be tried outside of the UK if at all....
RE:Deploying education desktops - made easier
Blog Comment Yes, this is a common issue with people who have come in from a Windows environment, where the group policy method of locking down apps and desktops is well understood. You can achieve the same...
RE:Deploying education desktops - made easier
Blog Comment I am an IT Manager in a school looking to supply alternatives to our students. I thought I would start out simple and set up a Linux lab and integrate this with our existing MS infrastructure. I...
