Previous DayWikipedia blocked in China -- again
Blog From the Reporters Without Borders Internet Freedom desk. Numbers of Chinese Internet-users are reporting that they can no longer connect to either the Chinese or English versions of the...
Bill Gates: Looking to the future
Q&A Microsoft's chairman explains how the company plans to build on Zune to fulfill a grander vision, and why changes in Office 2007 are 'such a big deal'
VoIP industry fears over-regulation
News Internet telephony trade body suggests Ofcom may drive VoIP providers out of the UK with unnecessary requirements
Hey BlackBerry-toter!
Blog We're sure you're not like this at all... [Warning: this links to the The Onion and involves swearing and stuff]
BCS: UK tech industry faces skills crisis
News Industry will go elsewhere if there is no investment in UK skills now, according to the president of the British Computing Society
A prescription for heroes
Leader Bill Gates says that medicine is almost as fascinating as the PC. If he can bridge the two, the consequences may be world-changing
Microsoft offers 'self-service' software management
News Initiative aims to make it easier for companies to keep their Microsoft software compliant with licensing policies
New boss for AOL UK
Blog Well, this makes sense. AOL UK's new boss is the former VP of "audience", Andy Jonesco. Seeing as the company no longer rents out the theatre, playing to the audience is exactly the MD's job...
Will it work as expected?
Talkback This appears to be the system investigated by Nokia in about 2001 to use the GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands for a form of 3G style communications. They found it worked - but at the expense of the...
Criticism mounts over Birmingham's Linux project
News Project costs of over £2,500 per Linux PC raise eyebrows in the open-source community, but some experts are supporting Birmingham
SCO Mk 2 - guess who!
Blog Want your daily dose of deja vu? Read this. Steve Ballmer was asked about the MS-Novell deal at a SQL developers conference. His full answer is in the link above, thanks to Todd Bishop at the...
Web-rage man gets two years
Blog According to the BBC , the assailant in the UK’s (possibly even the world?) first web-rage incident has been sentenced to two year’s imprisonment. Paul Gibbons, 47, assaulted John Jones, 43, at his...
Muscle means 'little mouse' in Latin...
Blog ... because of the way they ripple beneath the skin like rodents scurrying beneath cloth. Or so I'm led to believe. Our classics teacher was rather fonder of contemplating the ripple of muscle...
Cybercrime laws 'will harm security research'
News Police and Justice Bill could hamper malware research and affect Linux distributions, experts warn
Analysts welcome 3's flat-rate broadband
News Mobile operator's decision to fully embrace flat-fee mobile internet access is widely welcomed, but some doubts remain
IT Idiocy.
Talkback I agree with you. Also of course is the notorious lack of security in all previous Government IT projects. Even the Police National Computer system after all this time can still be problematic....
Apple designer honoured by the Queen
Blog The British born designer of both the iMac and the iPod picked up a CBE from the Queen on Friday. Jonathan Ive, who was born in the UK in February 1967 and studied industrial design at Newcastle...
Is your boss a secret Bond?
Blog Nice piece over on silicon.com about the rise in popularity of high-tech gadgets in the business world. "Bug-detectors disguised as fountain pens, keyboards that can secretly record everything...
All public-sector IT projects flop!
Talkback The government has a terrible record on delivering IT projects on time and on budget. It has more to do with poor management, analysis and consultancy than the technical suitability of Linux. It's...
Windows attack code released
News Code that exploits a 'critical' Windows vulnerability has been posted on the internet
HP pushes new slim Opteron server
News ProLiant DL365 brings higher-end business features to a slim rack-mounted model
'$100 laptop' struggling with costs
News One Laptop per Child project has revealed the latest prototype of what's widely known as the $100 laptop, but currently it costs $150
Cheers
Talkback Why thank you 79196! Always looking to be of use.
Big problem now, solution on the way
Talkback Sorry to hear of your problem Hawaii-5-o. Unfortunately - and I'm sure this won't be much consolation - lack of indoor coverage is commonplace in both homes and businesses. However, with the new...
HP posts healthy fourth-quarter results
News Company caps off fiscal year with a strong performance, as profits surge in just about every business unit
London Coverage
Talkback I seem to be blighted by not having coverage in my last 2 london flats. Both Orange and Vodafone have not been able to help. Orange asked me if I lived in Scotland?
Red Hat may divide JBoss
News Company is considering splitting JBoss into free and subscription versions to increase revenue
Now you can carry ads around with you!
Blog Vodafone is teaming up with Yahoo(!) to offer lower phone bills for those willing to put up with ads on their handsets. Google's Eric Schmidt reckons phones could even be free in the future for...
