Previous DayPatching things up
Blog I am perpetually imploring my clients to keep their software up to date. The majority of web-based exploits now target common applications (a trend away from targeting Windows itself), so it's...
First Time Out On My Own
Blog It's been a crazy month! From leaving the world of engineering, to finding what I thought was a fairly good techy job, leaving that after a week, going into the temping world (yawn) and now all...
China's riskiest space mission yet
Blog i know from correspondence that a lot of you are as passionate about space exploration as am I. Those who aren't, look away now. China is about to launch Shenzhou VII, its third manned space...
RE:Has Symbian thought open source through?
Blog Comment Hi David, As always, you ask good questions. I've tried to answer your main question here: http://www.dw2-0.com/2008/09/open-source-coexistence-with-marvellous.html (I may get back to your rather...
More boson goes on - computing with excitons...
Blog A long way away from the LHC, work proceeds on different sorts of bosons to the Higgs type. Bosons are particles - or can be considered as particles, anyway - and some of them are made up of other...
Automatic fault finding
Blog All too often a problem is easy to fix once it has been correctly diagnosed. The trouble is, it can sometimes take a disproportionate amount of time to identify the problem. A fault with a NAS...
Microsoft's Windows marketing saga continues
Blog Microsoft is trying to improve sales of Windows with it's "I'm a PC" ad campaign, and it's enlisted some strange help. Microsoft dropped its two frankly baffling ads starring comedians Jerry...
Intel updates vPro
News The third generation of Intel's remote-management tech extends its reach beyond the corporate firewall and is more SME-friendly
RE:SPM tools for games development
Blog Comment Hi Adrian, For medium or large software development projects, a full integration build and test can take hours, during which time developers can check in additional changes to their SCM tool that...
O2: Enjoying its bite of the 3G apple
Q&A Ronan Dunne, O2 UK's chief executive, discusses how the operator won the iPhone contract, his thoughts on 3G's killer app, whether NFC on mobiles will take off and the company's LTE roadmap
Let a thousand points of xMax bloom!
Blog A rare and cherished event - a press release from xG Technology, Inc. The company, inventor, sole guardian and careful custodian of the xG wireless data system, is pleased to announce that it has...
Cracking open Amazon's Kindle
Photo Dissecting the Kindle e-book reader to examine its innards proves a relatively pain-free process for Bill Detwiler of TechRepublic
McAfee makes Secure Computing buyout bid
News The $465m deal to purchase the network-security firm is expected to close near the end of the fourth quarter, says McAfee
including factors such as customer loyalty.
Talkback Again, this is not a factual account of rankings. Suppose you had the ability to buy a brand name computer without an OS already installed, or you had a choice of OS's to have installed. As it now...
UK leads in Galileo-procurement shortlist
News The UK satellite-communications industry has made a strong showing in the shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's GPS alternative
Network-audit tool for Linux phone announced
News The Linux-based NeoPwn phone, based on the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner handset, enables IT pros to test their networks discretely
SPM tools for games development
Blog I’m getting involved with a games development company as a tester (see future blog) at the moment and so I’m trying to familiarise myself with all the processes and tools involved. One area that...
Mandriva releases netbook Linux distro
News Netbook makers looking for Linux now have the option of Mandriva Mini, a new distro tuned for tiny and well-connected devices
BlackBerry Bold 9000
Review There is plenty of demand for smartphones that mix business and consumer features, particularly from SMEs. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a very good attempt at satisfying both markets.
VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets
Analysis At this year's VMworld conference, the talk was all about the free release of Microsoft's hypervisor product, and how much of a threat the software giant may pose to virtualisation leader VMware
RE:Is it really yours?
Blog Comment Nice post Adrian, It reminds me of a less than scrupulous software developer pal (who shall remain nameless) of mine that smirked as he (or could be she) had built in a few shaky floors to ensure...
Has Symbian thought open source through?
Blog Last week I visited Symbian's labs here in London. The assembled hacks were shown some very interesting stuff, such as what could be done with a quad core mobile chipset (they can get it to work -...
Microsoft sails past Apple in best-brand survey
News The iPhone maker languishes in 24th place in the Best Global Brands 2008 survey, while tech companies including Microsoft and Google dominate the top 10
NHS to overhaul patient-record access
News Patients will now have to give specific permission every time NHS staff want to access their electronic Summary Care Records
Google denies disassembling Vista code for Chrome
News The search giant says it didn't use a reverse- engineering method to bring a security feature to its browser on Windows XP, but it defends disassembly as an aid for software compatibility
Large Hadron Collider faces two-month shutdown
News A large helium leak resulting from an earlier transformer glitch has forced the world's largest particle collider to close temporarily on just day nine of its operation
