Previous DayMicrosoft's monopolistic behaviour
Blog These two articles are worth a read to keep informed as to how Microsoft has maintained it's position and undermined the position of others over the years, as their business model, rather than to...
Trade group: Oracle-Sun good news for Linux
News The Linux Foundation's executive director has shrugged off worries that Oracle's purchase of Sun — and therefore Solaris — will hurt Linux
Chancellor promises emerging-tech investment
News In his budget speech, chancellor Alistair Darling promised more funding for emerging technologies, but the CBI has questioned the funding allocation
Gov't aims to cut £7.2bn from IT, back-office costs
News Shared services and outsourcing will be at the heart of a savings drive to cut costs from the government's annual IT and back-office costs
EU approves cap on text and data roaming
News The European Parliament has voted through legislation that will make it cheaper to send text messages and download data to mobile phones while travelling across Europe
Oracle buys Sun - but who really wins?
Blog The big news this week this is undoubtedly the $7.4 billion purchase of the troubled server company Sun Microsystems by database specialist Oracle. But, given the very different nature of the two...
AMD reports net loss after tough first quarter
News Chief executive Dirk Meyer says the company is 'more nimble' following the spin-off of its manufacturing assets, though AMD still expects revenue to slide in the second quarter
AMD offers lower power quad-core Opteron
News The latest 45nm Opteron processor can run at 40W, down from the previous low of 55W
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9m infected computers
News The security firm claims to have uncovered a huge botnet that appears to be controlled by an Eastern European gang. Police are investigating
Bluetooth 3.0 released without ultrawideband
News The latest version of the wireless standard has been formally adopted, offering lower data-transfer speeds than had been anticipated
Is Java's future Cloudy?
Blog Cloud computing has its problems — hype being one of the biggest. Poorly defined and different interpretations of what "cloud computing" actually means aren't helping matters, but if you're one of...
Government announces broadband investment
Blog The government "will be allocating extra funding for the broadband network, making sure everyone benefits from the communications revolution", according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair...
Broadcom makes unsolicited bid for Emulex
News Broadcom says it is making its $764m proposal public because Emulex refused to continue negotiations that broke off in December
RE:Wikimedia Foundation turns down Phorm
Blog Comment The "element of choice" is only available to people who are aware of the opt out facility. I have an adsense account for my own website, yet don't know how to go about opting out of the service...
No next-gen broadband for 25-30pc of UK
Blog Communications minister Lord Carter, who is preparing the extensive Digital Britain report, has said that much of the country is unlikely to get high-speed, next-generation broadband. Carter...
RE:New Ubuntu 9.04 installed - not many dead
Blog Comment Jake - If you are not having any specific problems with Intrepid, and if you are not missing any drivers, then I would say it is a toss-up if it is worth it, and if you did decided to do it, it...
Low Power Computing: African results
Blog Our friends at Computer Aid, the charity that supplies refurbished PCs to developing countries, have published their follow-up to the low-power computer testing that ZDNet UK carried out last year....
US official: We are under cyberattack all the time
News The US defence secretary has responded to a report that hackers stole information about $300bn fighter jet programme
Microsoft tests 'Geneva' identity tech in schools
News The software maker is taking its 'End to End Trust' mission to schools in a proof-of-concept trial featuring information cards on small notebook PCs handed out to students
Cryptography experts debate cloud-computing risks
News During an RSA 2009 panel, the world's top cryptographers disagree on the risks inherent in cloud computing and downplay the possibility of a digital Pearl Harbor
Yahoo plans jobs cuts as profit falls
News Several hundred employees will lose jobs in coming weeks as the online pioneer tries to change course.
