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Talkback What they meant was: PLEASE build apps for platforms other than the iPhone. Because the devs I know that are developing for the iPhone are sticking with it. The return on investment has far...
Google: EU data rules could hinder flu tracking
Blog EU plans to make Google cut the length of time it holds onto user data will hinder the company's pandemic-forecasting capabilities, Larry Page has claimed. The BBC reports Page as criticising...
Dell launches rugged educational netbook
Photo The rubberised Latitude 2100 is Dell's first foray into the educational netbook market, and the manufacturer's first netbook not to fall under the Inspiron brand
HP to offer free Wi-Fi with small-business laptops
News The PC manufacturer has entered into a partnership with hotspot aggregator The Cloud, which will provide a year's free Wi-Fi access to users of B- and P-range notebooks and mobile workstations
Analyst: Build apps for platforms other than iPhone
News Forrester Research has warned that companies developing a mobile app as a marketing vehicle should not ignore platforms such as Google's Android or RIM's BlackBerry
Paid for only
Talkback I agree with the Linux Foundation's stance as things currently stand. However, if the law was that the purchaser of a packaged software product had legal recourse against the organisation...
Office 2010 Technical Preview: screenshots
Photo Here's a tour of a Technical Preview build of Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 suite, before the company formally unveils it to the public.
Analysts: Mobile shipments down 9pc this year
News Analyst house Ovum says it will take until 2012 for mobile-phone shipments to return to 2008 levels
Chink in encryption armour discovered
News An underlying flaw in the OpenSSH encryption protocol has been revealed by academics from Royal Holloway, University of London
Sprint announces Palm Pre date and pricing
Blog The US mobile operator Sprint has announced the release date and pricing for the Palm Pre, the handset manufacturer's first device to carry its new WebOS operating system. The Pre will go on...
ID database will retain fingerprint images
News The Home Office has revealed more details about the workings of the biometric database that will support the National Identity Scheme
RE:Pop Quiz: Dell Mini 10 - £200 in the UK. But in Australia?
Blog Comment Hallelujah! Years after everyone else got Linux on Dell systems, Australia's finally getting them, too: Ubuntu to be offered by Dell Australia And while at AU$706 for the low-end, Linux based Dell...
London Underground gets online departure boards
Blog I just received an email from Transport for London, making me aware of its new online departure boards service for the Tube. I have to say, it may work well but I can't see the point, unless...
'Gumblar' web attacks spreading quickly
News Researchers have warned of a series of website compromises whose rapid growth has been aided by administrators' efforts to contain it
RE:Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment as mentioned elsewhere, I've been testing linux on my wife. using an 'ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix' usb livedisk, she's been more open to trying it out rather than having XP replaced on her netbook,...
Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability
News The software maker says an unpatched flaw in its web-serving software could offer a hole for malicious code to attack systems
The Google Way
Review This book claims that Google has 'revolutionised management', but largely fails to ask searching questions about the sources of the 11-year-old company's success.
Microsoft, Linux Foundation unite against proposal
News The two parties may disagree on many issues, but have found common group in opposition to a law group's effort to add an implied warranty to the software industry
Cisco details plans to join 'smart grid' revolution
News The company, whose hardware is at the core of the internet, is readying communications gear for utilities, businesses and consumers to modernise the electricity grid
RE:WINE and the importance of application compatibility
Blog Comment Howdy codeslinger. Thanks for you detailed feedback and input! ;-) You mentioned " have talked with the manager of a large company recently and it was amazing how blind he was to Linux and...
RE:WINE and the importance of application compatibility
Blog Comment Great article! you certainly know your history! I had forgotten about GEM. I was there for a lot of that history including being present at the unveiling of the Lisa. And yes it was too...
RE:Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment Actually, users are moving to Linux, and once they do, they seldom go back. So what we have is the slow but inexorable shift. The strategy I find most effective is to first convert users to...
