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Talkback I fear that the original thread has been lost. But the need to prove ID satisfactorily is an unfortunate fact of modern life, accelerated, again unfortunately, by infiltration of those, almost all...
McAfee VirusScan 8.0
Member Review I can't understand some of the negative comments here. I have been using McAfee products for about 15 years without much difficulty. We have 3 pc's , 2 used by teenagers carry all the so called...
HP licenses inkjet tech for dialysis machines
News The hardware manufacturer's inkjet technology is to be used in a new type of dialysis machine for renal-failure victims
RE:The return of Apricot
Blog Comment First impressions post is up now. Not looking good, kids...
Apricot PicoBook Pro: First impressions
Blog Blimey - it's less than two days since I asked for a review copy of Apricot's netbook, and here it is in the office already. Admirable PR work. So. Where to start. It came in a box listing it as...
Cern: Electrical fault caused LHC helium leak
News A faulty electrical connection in the world's largest particle accelerator was the cause of a liquid-helium leak that damaged the machine, says Cern
RE:No need to burn books you can't read - DRM and public librar...
Blog Comment Got a reply from the British Library - here reprinted in full (isn't it amazing what you can do with electronic data these days?) -------- Dear Rupert [...] I was disappointed to read of the...
Microsoft's Fast unit charged with accounting fraud
News Norwegian police have raided the Oslo offices of Microsoft's recently acquired Fast Search & Transfer to preserve evidence
Yahoo rolls out foundation for social platform
News The internet company is beginning the transition to its new socially enabled platform, laying the foundation for its 'universal profile'
Android scratches Google's back
Comment T-Mobile's G1, the first Android phone, works fine with many companies' online services. But it works especially well with Google's
Police smash DarkMarket cybercrime ring
News The FBI, Soca and international police forces have closed down the Darkmarket forum, which traded in banking and credit-card details
RE:No need to burn books you can't read - DRM and public librar...
Blog Comment There are lots of community-driven efforts to provide open access to academic work, and many of them are effective and progressing well. That argument has been won. And that's why my correspondent...
School heads must champion technology, not just tick the box...
Talkback Stephen Crowne is absolutely correct in summing up the report, I would go further and say that most schools have a stab at harnessing technology, most are just paying lip service to it though. They...
Microsoft Host Integration Server flaw exploited
News Researchers have added a Microsoft communication exploit to the Metasploit testing tool, putting pressure on system admins to patch quickly
Sony Ericsson slips into the red
News The handset manufacturer has begun losing money, but hopes to regain profitability through its cost-cutting programme
RE:No need to burn books you can't read - DRM and public librar...
Blog Comment Is it just me, or is there faintly Orwellian whiff to Microsoft/Adobe trying to "greatly enhance your reading experience"? The frustration of the end user in this case is palpable to the extent...
What you DON'T get with the new MacBooks
Blog Whoa - the new silver beasts sure are a solid release. I popped into the apple store in Cambridge on the first afternoon after the keynote and there they were all lined up with the MacBook Pros all...
T-Mobile, Virgin broadband ads fall foul of watchdog
News The Advertising Standards Authority has chided T-Mobile over a mobile-broadband ad, and Virgin Media for claims over the speed of its fibre-optic service
Microsoft considers 'instant on' feature for Windows
News The company is asking select users whether they would like an operating-system option that gives nearly instant access to select apps on boot-up
IBM shrugs off downturn as earnings rise
News The company has reported a 20 percent rise in third-quarter earnings on the back of strong software and services sales
VMware ESXi
Review ESXi is the easiest hypervisor to install and use. It's based on VMware's ESX Server code, making it among the most stable and mature virtualisation options available. It also uses very little RAM...
Ballmer: It's OK to skip Vista, wait for Windows 7
News At a Gartner conference, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has said Windows 7 will be worth the wait and a Yahoo deal still makes sense
Google profits beat expectations
News The search-ad giant's net income was well above analyst estimates for the third quarter, with revenue almost matching expectations
Ferrari test drives Microsoft's HPC software
Photo Despite emerging as the latest big-name user of Windows HPC Server 2008, the reigning Formula One champion is keeping its Linux high-performance computing systems ticking over
RE:Qt's Developer Days: the top 9 challenges for programmers in...
Blog Comment At present, the only real advantage of a multi-core system is that the system might run cooler or require less power to do a comparable amount of work. I've got a dual core system at work and I've...
Marketing Mush
Blog I felt like I was wading through mush reading the Engineering Windows 7 blog. I've waited until now to read all of the accumulated postings. Little to no details except what they are "focusing" on...
