Previous DayMicrosoft admits ODF won
Blog The normal deal with conferences is that most of the interesting stuff happens away from the main keynotes. Red Hat's annual user conference is no different. Today I was lucky enough to drop into a...
Alternatives to DVB-T in the UK
Blog Here in the UK there are a few ways to receive digital TV. Some of them are free (after an initial outlay for equipment) others are based on a subscription model. Here are some of the most common...
Novell stickers it to Red Hat
Blog Every journalist loves a running story – basically when one article seamlessly leads to another. This might not be Pulitzer material but it amused me. Having pointed out the cheeky banner that...
Impressive!
Talkback wow, 8million downloands in 24hrs, the Mozzila guys really pulled it off this time! Expect other software makers to emulate this style of promotion. One note of disappointment; only 300,000...
OpenSuse 11 released
News The latest version of the Novell- and AMD-sponsored Linux distribution is now available for download
Teacamp
Blog I went along to Teacamp today, a loose gathering of interested/ing folk who work with the UK government and online technologies (and a barcamp spin-off). I spoke to a very well-informed chap...
openSUSE 11.0 Available for Download
Blog The new release of OpenSUSE, 11.0, has just been made available for download. Based on Moley's comments, I am downloading it and will try loading it on my two laptops. As I am a relative Linux...
Founders at Work
Review Most startups have no idea where they are going, but getting there is entertaining. In this book, Jessica Livingstone extracts candid interviews from the founders of 32 high-tech start-ups.
How much should text/data roaming cost?
Blog Those of you who travel within Europe might be interested in an analysis, published by Denmark's equivalent of Ofcom, into the real cost of text messaging, multimedia messaging and internet surfing...
UK Unix users seek funding to pursue OOXML fight
News The UK Unix and Open Systems User Group has lost its legal challenge against the BSI regarding the OOXML format, but will appeal the decision
Firefox 3
Member Review I downloaded FF3 late Tuesday afternoon, and was impressed by the speed increase. It also has a cleaner, more polished look, and I love the "awesome bar". They have already found a flaw, which is...
Firefox 3 Disables Many Firefox Add-Ons
Talkback Finally, in the afternoon of 18th July, my inbox had an e-mail from Firefox dated 17th and inviting me to download it. I have done so, so far on three machines. It looks sleek and I like the way...
Red Hat chief: We are hard to do business with
News Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst says his company needs to improve its approach to customers and advise them on how to share internally developed software
WiMax Forum certifies first 2.5GHz products
News Mobile WiMax has inched closer to commercial reality, with the WiMax Forum greenlighting 10 products, including base stations and modules from companies like Intel and Motorola
Firefox 3 reaches six percent market share
News The Mozilla Project has smashed its target of five million downloads in 24 hours, achieving a final tally of 8,290,545 and reaching a market share that peaked at over six percent
Zoho Invoice
Review Zoho Invoice is a useful but limited online tool that allows small teams to manage and track invoices. It's easy to use and customise, and the management interface is intuitive and clearly laid out.
Red Hat announces embedded Linux hypervisor
News The company claims it will continue to support the Xen virtualisation project, despite working on an alternative method that is integrated with the Linux kernel
TfL reponds to Oyster crack claims
Blog Transport for London has been quick to hit back at claims, made by Dutch security researchers, that the Oyster card is crackable and clonable. Not only did the researchers apparently get a free...
Credit crunch driving outsourcing demand
News The financial services sector is turning to outsoucing because of financial constraints and liquidity problems, according to a recent survey
Mobile banking set for rapid growth
News The number of global mobile-banking transactions is predicted to rocket, with China and the Far East the biggest converts to mobile finance, says analyst Juniper
ISPs face renewed threat of file-sharing laws
News The government has threatened to introduce legislation forcing ISPs to control illegal downloading and file-sharing, while the industry warns against 'cumbersome regulation'
RE:Dutch researchers crack London's Oyster card
Blog Comment But once someone has done it for "research" or to prove it could be done others will attempt it for profit or even just to maliciously shutdown a station. Worse still terrorists could use it to...
HP to overhaul printing division
News The company has announced a significant reorganisation of its most profitable division, paring five groups down to three within the printing and imaging division
Firefox 3 suffers its first flaw
News The Zero Day Initiative has reported that a vulnerability it deems critical was found five hours after the release of the new browser
Lib Dems criticise gov't over latest data losses
News The Liberal Democrats have said the loss of a cabinet minister's PC and top-secret documents left on trains this week show the government is incapable of safeguarding data
Intel's floating bodies
Blog Intel got on the phone on Monday to tell us chip-centric hacks about a bunch of papers the company was presenting to the 2008 Symposium on VLSI Technology in Hawaii. I've been trying to turn the...
