Previous DayMS, do the right thing: Allow Vista's activation key to acti...
Talkback I think Microsoft should do the right thing - admit fault, and allow existing genuine Vista activation keys (for retail products) - activate Windows 7. And more controversally with XP, relate the...
Cloudwatch — focusing on the future
Roundup As IT moves into the cloud, keep a close eye on developments with ZDNet UK's Cloudwatch Special Report
3 to reinstate voice and text roaming charges
Blog The mobile operator 3 is to reinstate its roaming surcharges, just as rival Vodafone drops its equivalent charges for the summer. Subscribers to the '3 Like Home' tariff, which was first...
Mozilla's Fennec goes alpha for Windows Mobile
News The mobile version of Firefox has had its first alpha release for the Windows Mobile platform, Mozilla has announced
AT&T launches on-demand cloud storage
News The US communications giant plans an international introduction of web-based data storage using EMC's cloud-computing services
Microsoft backs document-format test tool
News The online tool is intended to ensure that different vendors' implementations of OOXML produce compatible results
Dialogue Box 6.4: Away day at Microsoft Research
Video Ever wondered what goes on inside Microsoft's Cambridge research lab? Dialogue Box went along to a recent open day, to discover what 'Enabling Innovation Through Research' means in practice
Wolfram Alpha search engine goes live
News The web-based application, billed as a 'computational knowledge engine', was officially launched on Monday
Gartner: Skip Vista and wait for Windows 7
News The analyst house has advised businesses to go straight from Windows XP to Windows 7, unless their Vista deployment plans are already significantly underway
HTC S740 on Orange
Review This is a well-featured Windows Mobile smartphone with a good mini-QWERTY keyboard and impressive battery life. Shame about the backplate though.
Cloud clout: Who are the real powers in the cloud?
Analysis Cloud computing looks like it will reshape the IT landscape, but which vendors are the real powerhouses behind that change. We pick out the Big Five — plus one to watch
Energy-rating system introduced for servers
News After years of development, Energy Star ratings for enterprise servers are set for release on Monday, which will give buyers a 'starting point' for comparing efficiency
GNOME DO does, Firefox SiteLauncher launches sites
Blog I'm a huge fanboi of GNOME Do, a keyboard shortcut application launcher. It's great, gets rid of the need for an application menu. I installed the Firefox web browser at the youth centre,...
Amazon gives users more cloud control
News Amazon Web Services unveils new features that let users monitor, adjust and balance its cloud services
AMD unfazed by Intel cross-licensing threat
News Intel has yet to act on its threat to pull out of cross-licensing agreement involving an AMD joint venture, which AMD's Asia-Pacific head insists poses no issue
Microsoft's Kumo in limited public testing
News Some of the design changes that are part of the upcoming search-engine revamp are now in limited public testing, the software giant has confirmed
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 now available to MSDN developers
Blog This weekend saw a blog post go up by Microsoft tools guru Jihad Dannawi who detailed the news that Monday May 18th is the launch day for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Professional, Suite and Team...
