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Talkback The way i see it, ISPs already can market themselves as having the fastest connection speeds etc.. if they wish to upgrade the infrastructure i.e. upgrade to fibre optic, then they should hope that...
No Gnome on My System
Talkback 'If your distribution uses KDE or another window manager by default, you can switch to GNOME by simply logging off. When the login screen appears, select Session and then GNOME; then, log in as...
Correction
Talkback 'There is, of course, another way to create a desktop icon. Select the System menu (located in the Panel to the right of the K Menu) and select Home Folder. The Konqueror browser will appear in the...
Buy it, install it, deploy it, forget it…
Blog I never envy that division of the marketing fraternity whose job it is to sex up the technology infrastructure layer. As much as storage, networking, configuration management and (today’s chosen...
cnettv.co.uk goes live
Blog Our colleagues on the far side of the office are understandably excited today as they launch our very own UK version of CNETTV. I imagine they will be particularly pleased because this version (at...
Security expert: Beware virtualisation in 2008
News McAfee has attempted to predict the nature of attacks against virtualisation and VoIP technologies next year
Types of traffic
Talkback But gaming frequently utilises VoIP inside the game. See, it's not that easy to separate different types of traffic, even on the network side, in this age of "mash-ups". Also, a system whereby...
How to build a Windows Home Server
Tutorial Choosing the right components and keeping things simple are key to putting together a robust, reliable and economical home server based on Microsoft's latest OS
Bringing Colossus back to life
Photo Bletchley Park's rebuilt WWII Colossus codebreaker has recently been kicked back into action after a 14-year rebuild project
Gartner - to be trusted?
Talkback SaaS is a growth area but the reports attempt to marginalise the affect of open source software is suspicious. Gartner is a reality distortion specialist. In my experience they don't report 'fact'...
McAfee: Businesses 'leery' of Vista
News The security vendor has said companies are reluctant to move to Vista as the security case doesn't justify the hardware upgrade, while analysts say most will move only when Microsoft ceases XP support
BlackBerry Pearl 8120
Review If you're looking for a sleek and phone-like BlackBerry, the upgraded Pearl 8120 does a competent job. Wi-Fi support is welcome, but we'd prefer 3G connectivity as well.
HP network lab tour
Blog HP has been showing off some of the latest networking kit at its training facility near Reading recently. Although I've worked in several datacentres that used HP's ProCurve switches, things have...
Government pushes forward with e-Borders
News The government has signed a contract for the rollout of a system to screen all travellers to the UK against immigration, customs and police watch lists
Sound observation.
Talkback Mobile operators have a challenge allowing VoIP over 3G. With Microsoft due to provide a VoIP client for Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile 6 devices next year, any enterprise running Office...
MoD sends Skynet satellite into orbit
News The second satellite has been launched in the Ministry of Defence's programme to boost military communications systems
Securing the wireless frontier
Comment Imposing a blanket ban on wireless networking may not be as conclusive a solution as some companies hope, says Nicholas Miller from AirPatrol
BT and Sonus hook up on conferencing
News The deal should see BT Conferencing deploy Sonus Networks' scalable IP-voice system across its global operations
Wi-Fi causes autism! Or not.
Blog News just in from those sensitive folks over at the Science and Public Policy Institute in Pennsylvania. Yep, as we were warned earlier this year, Tamara Mariea (a "certified clinical...
Australia sets date for Google keyword case
News The Australian competition regulator's allegations of misleading and deceptive advertising practices by Google will be heard in June
MoD: Tech scheme not 'unmitigated disaster'
News The Ministry of Defence has dismissed claims that its Defence Information Infrastructure is massively behind schedule and over budget
Word Processors under British employment law
Talkback Need to be available for use by the handicapped. Companies are expected to use reasonable means to enable their work place to be disabled friendly and reasonable means would include using MS...
Run Internet Explorer on Linux
Tutorial Even Linux devotees may need to use Internet Explorer on occasion for tasks such as testing web design or JavaScript. Brian Smith shows you how to get Microsoft's browser running on Linux
Software-licensing costs predicted to fall
News Analysts suggest that software vendors' profit margins will be reduced in coming years, as trends such as SaaS and SOA give buyers more bargaining power
