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Talkback Whoop de do. Mind you, this publication (is there a fee to view?) of all of this is first of all surprising. After all, when the EC asked for documentation there wasn't any (or any useful). Ah...
Not necessarily..
Talkback Its true that knowledge of microsoft tools is essential in the workplace but that's basic knowledge, i.e. the Windows OS environment, Word, Access, Excel. In terms of programming tools, the...
EC cool on Microsoft 'open source' announcement
News The European Commission has said it would welcome a genuine Microsoft move towards interoperability, but adds that it has seen similar announcements before
Red Hat, Alcatel-Lucent join forces on unified comms
News Already partners, the two companies have signed a deal to put Red Hat software on Alcatel-Lucent's comms products for SMEs
RE:If you fancy running a controversial website...
Blog Comment Netcetera are indeed spineless - and they're not alone. It seems that almost any quack, charlatan, snake-oil salesman or Awful Poo Lady can silence critics by waving a writ at their ISPs - and down...
Give us your feedback and win £500
Blog Sometimes the only way to find out what someone is thinking is to ask them a direct question. So here it is: How are we doing? If you give us your feedback, then ZDNet UK can do a better job of...
Microsoft embraces open source?
Blog This story will go ballistic. It's coming over right now like the biggest change at Redmond since the company finally "got" the Internet. But the details are all going to be in the coded press...
Microsoft: The difference this time is that we're actually doing something
Blog We're on a conference call right now with Bob Muglia (senior VP of server business) and Brad Smith (general counsel) among others, who are talking about the announcement that we posted as a news...
Microsoft to publish APIs and list patents
News The software giant has released details of how it will comply with a 2004 EU antitrust decision, which includes a promise not to sue non-commercial implementations of its products
Mystery announcement solved: Microsoft reaches out to open source?
Blog The mystery announcement we got wind of yesterday looks like it won’t have anything to do with XP SP3 as we first thought – that probably won’t drop until later in the first half of this year...
Gates on takeovers, TV and future tech
Q&A Microsoft's chairman explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo, how Windows 7 will make the keyboard and mouse less essential, and what journalism will look like in the future
Aleutia E1
Review The Aleutia E1 is a creditable effort at creating a compact, low-power desktop computer. However, the current hardware platform seems a little underpowered for anything other than the most basic...
US brings down its spy satellite
Blog The US Navy claims to have scored a hit on an ailing spy satellite, and brought it down. Last week the Pentagon announced that the US Navy was to fire on the satellite. The Pentagon claimed...
T-Mobile MDA Compact III
Member Review While there are better devices out there, I got this because it was one of the first devices out with GPS and phone that had network operator support. I could have bought more powerful devices, but...
PlusNet suffers data-centre outage
News The ISP says services have been restored after an unexplained power outage at its primary data centre early on Thursday morning
Facebook usage down in UK
Blog According to Nielsen Online, via the Grauniad, Facebook saw its first dip in UK usage - around 5 percent - between December and January. That doesn't stop it being the top social networking site in...
All hail dark fibre: the bandwidth saviour?
Blog I think it’s fair to say that the ever increasing popularity of social networking Web sites and TV (video) over the Web are contributing heavily to our small island’s bandwidth problems. ...
'Intrepid Ibex' Ubuntu to focus on mobile web access
News Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth says that Version 8.10 of Ubuntu will focus on delivering pervasive internet access
Outsourcing to Continue
Talkback This is a backwards step in terms of what the 2 companies planned, however, there are still talks in progress to jointly outsource their field maintenance teams. See comment from Vodafone's union:-...
So how do they do it today?
Talkback Are we saying that the current system of identifying airport workers is flawed? Surely this is a far more important news item. "Government admits current airport worker ID scheme broken" !! Why not...
Groundhog day
Talkback My Dell laptop, which is running Vista, was also caught in a never-ending and repeating update (3 of 3) loop on Sunday. The percentage completion stayed at 0%; then the system automatically...
O2 scores its biggest-ever corporate contract
News The deal with Network Rail will see 23,000 numbers ported over from the rail-infrastructure company's previous supplier, Vodafone
VoIP to PSTN Calling - Costs
Blog Last week I wrote about the technical aspects of dial-out to PSTN phones, now I would like to take a look at the costs of such calls. Of course, these vary widely based on where you are calling...
Spoke too soon about XP SP3?
Blog Yesterday we got wind that Microsoft would be making a significant announcement today but no more than that. After putting our collective noggins together we guessed that the mystery release...
Software vendors forcing unfair licences on users
News The National Consumer Council has found that software licence agreements are biased in favour of vendors and full of confusing jargon
North Yorkshire gets broadband boost
News The county council claims its 'NYnet' venture will provide the fastest public-sector telecoms network in Europe
Lords inquiry looks again at internet security
News Disappointed by the government's response to its 2007 report on internet security, the Science and Technology Committee plans a follow-up inquiry
Orange and Vodafone team up on mobile masts
News The two operators have agreed to share network resources, which they say will help reduce costs and benefit the environment
IT contractors upbeat about job prospects
News The majority of contractors are confident about finding work in the current economic climate, despite talk of a recession in the UK
Airport workers demand ID card consultation
News The union is calling for full consultation with BAA after plans were revealed to make airport workers first in line for ID cards
Microsoft reveals the programs Vista SP1 will break
News The software maker has published a list of programs that will fail to work or will experience reduced functionality after installation of the service pack
