Previous DayDoes the Apple OS need a diet ?
Blog Watching the release of the new iPods an all the features and menus it got me think that ing compared to the good old days of 2001 the interface is now looking a little bloated. I know that we...
RE:Here comes the Small Business blog
Blog Comment Look forward to posting the startup tech kit bag you might need these days and how it's so hard to cut through all the stuff one can be offered Utz
Here comes the Small Business blog
Blog There's a lot that IT can do for a small business. It can be a godsend in getting the work done -- think of how mobile tech can keep things moving when you're out on client calls -- and it can also...
The funniest press release ever
Blog A representative of a certain consulting group will soon be speaking at a "network sharing strategy forum" on the subject of "Getting the terms and framework right to ensure successful and...
Cisco acquires Jabber
Blog Networking giant Cisco has acquired open standards IM company Jabber, Cisco announced on Friday. Cisco plans to "embed presence and messaging services 'in the network'", and to incorporate the...
VMware patches hypervisor bugs
News The virtualisation company has released a new security advisory and patch, and re-released two advisories with new patches, to address security flaws in its software
US sued over 'massively illegal' comms surveillance
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the Bush administration, claiming a government agency has been spying on AT&T customers' communications
Samsung preps 'antibacterial' netbook
News As well as silver ion-coated keys, Samsung's first netbook will also have a 10.2-inch screen, full-sized keyboard and durable casing
Ofcom's plan to speed up number porting derailed
News Vodafone has won a court appeal against Ofcom's plan for a central database of mobile-phone numbers, aimed at reducing the time taken to port a number to a new carrier
Nvidia to lay off 360 workers
News It's game over for around 6.5 percent of Nvidia's global workforce, as 'business reality' trumps virtual reality
India's IT services sector hits refresh
News Uncertain economic conditions are forcing India's business-process outsourcing industry to 'reassess its offerings and strategies'
Palin's email account hacked via social engineering
News Hackers exploited known weaknesses in Yahoo Mail's password-recovery feature to gain access to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's account
Vendor lock-in
Talkback Rolling out an application notorious for its lock-in to a single vendor. It's a scandalous waste of taxpayers' money when open-source, standards-compliant will do the same job for a lot less money.
VMware to go open source? Not.
Blog Someone asked VMware's chief about open source, and he made a predictable answer. Does that mean the company is going to open source its hypervisor? "VMware's hypervisor to go open source?" said...
Ubuntu on the Acer Aspire One - provisos
Blog Just to lay the record straight, I am not in the pay of Canonical, nor am I a Total Ubuntu Fanboi. And here to prove it is a blog post detailing problems [gasp!] with Ubuntu linux on the Acer One...
Intel: Fresh air is good for datacentres
News Outside air blows hot, cold and dusty, but it cools just as well in datacentres as expensive air conditioning, according to the company
RE:Lessons learned or confirmed from IKE
Blog Comment Believe it or not, my dad was stationed at Eglin AFB in the early 60's and we lived in Ft Walton Beach also. Yes that's why I'm somewhat fanatical about being ready for hurricane season. Its also...
Software Freedom Day 2008 - a damp squib in England?
Blog I have to admit Software Freedom Day has passed me by so far, but from the sound of it, I'm not alone. The day is intended to promote and celebrate free and open source software, taking to the...
Nokia trials handset-recycling kiosks
News The automated recycling booths, on trial in Malaysia, are intended to make recycling phones easier, and also offer device servicing
Amazon set to launch content-delivery service
News The company claims to be 'expanding the cloud' with a new content-delivery service due to launch at the end of the year
Sony Ericsson opens developer competition
News The company has announced its third annual Content Awards, inviting developers to submit content and apps for use on Sony Ericsson devices
QuickTime, iTunes DoS exploit disclosed
News No patch is yet available for a buffer overflow vulnerability that could crash the most current version of the apps or allow malicious code to run on a compromised computer
Web design and development uncovered at Microsoft ReMix 2008 UK
Blog It’s been a good two days down here in Brighton at Microsoft ReMix 2008 UK. It’s a relatively small scale show but we’ve had some good insights into the construction process behind the way the web...
Must make their customers feel good!
Talkback So, let me check this... We are in a Global Economic Slowdown. Most companies are worried about their survival. IT Budgets are being slashed. And Oracle are making money, and profits, hand over...
Did I miss something?
Talkback It may have been mentioned, but I don't recall hearing it. Were these two phones any good at being a phone? I mean, like actually talking to someone? Poor battery life. I see, battery too small,...
Byte Night 2008, the biggest event yet!
Blog It's that time of year again and October 3rd will see over 500 people sleeping out in locations around the country in aid of Byte Night. The largest event will be in London where we'll once again...
Hastening the switch to Open Source
Talkback Considering that Global IT spending is at least twice to *ten times* what is should be, this is a good thing. Companies have been over-paying for proprietary software for years. In many cases this...
Analyst: Slowdown in global IT spending continues
News A record number of companies will cut their IT budgets or keep spending flat next year, according to market analyst Datamonitor
NHS delays switch to Outlook
News The British Medical Association has described the latest delay to a Connecting for Health project as 'disappointing'
Look, another netbook!
Blog With HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer and others all on-board the netbook bandwagon, it's no surprise at all to see Toshiba announcing its own offering in the shape of the 8.9in., Atom N270-based NB100. ...
Oracle sees revenue, profits soar
News The company's first-quarter revenue and income rose 18 and 28 percent respectively on the year-ago period, helped by Fusion middleware sales
Nokia to drive Symbian uptake via app challenge
News The Calling All Innovators contest is aimed at increasing Nokia sales by popularising the OS, especially in emerging markets
Faulty transformer downs Large Hadron Collider
News Not long after the world's largest particle collider became operational, a transformer for cooling malfunctioned, forcing operations to be suspended
Green IT solutions
Blog Okay, so my posts have, so far, focused upon the recycling of obsolete e-waste and the associated green side of this initiative. How about the other side of the IT bandwagon, that of green...
Chrome? What's chrome about it?
Blog Maybe somebody at Google is a Paul Simon fan and was thinking of the tune "KodaChrome" but to prevent trademark issues..... It does do pictures very nicely. Everything looks sharp and clean even...
