Previous DayIBM's latest DB2 woos Oracle customers
News The company has released new versions of its DB2 database and InfoSphere Warehouse with an eye to picking up Oracle customers
Gov't committee launches ISP regulation inquiry
News The All Party Parliamentary Group on Communications will consider whether ISPs should be regulated over issues such as internet crime and privacy
Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope released into the wild
News Version 9.04 of the Ubuntu Linux distribution has been released, promising functionality to let users test the deployment of their applications to the cloud
Pirate Bay defendants set course for retrial
News The anti-piracy case could go back to the Swedish courts following allegations over the trial judge's links to the copyright-protection industry
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Microsoft may face first year-on-year sales drop
Analysis If projections hold, Microsoft will report the first year-on-year drop in its sales as a public company. The company's report on Thursday will offer a sense of whether things are going from bad to...
Dialogue Box is back!
Blog Charles and I have donned the lab coats one mo' time for series six - SIX! - of Dialogue Box, and started out by stepping into space. Since a very young Rupert watched Neil Armstrong hop off the...
3 to offer £2 SIM cards for free Skype
News The operator hopes to attract its rivals' customers with the offer of an inexpensive SIM card that requires no credit top-up in order to make calls and send instant messages over Skype
Microsoft exec outlines Windows 7 security
Video Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, explains how it will be safer, easier and faster to sign in remotely to a business network
Microsoft unveils its answer to Google AdSense
News People in the US can now sign up for the software maker's service for placing ads chosen on the basis of website content
Magic from Vodafone expected on 5 May
Blog The mobile phone company Vodafone said on Wednesday that the much anticipated Google Android phone, dubbed Magic, will be available from 5 May. The phone can be pre-ordered now from the...
Magic from Vodafone available May 5
Blog The mobile phone company Vodafone said on Wednesday that its much anticipated Google Android phone, dubbed Magic, will be available from May 5. The phone can be pre-ordered now from the...
What developers want from the cloud
Analysis Software developers explain why they want a standards-based cloud, and platforms to provide tools that will allow them to deploy apps to the cloud quickly
Botnet expert: Cut cash flow to cybercriminals
News Stopping the flow of money to cybercriminals could be the best way to tackle them, a top botnet researcher says
No welcome for Oracle from Ingres
Blog Database supplier Ingres, an Oracle competitor, has not exactly welcomed the news that its rival has just grown even bigger with the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Ingres is, like MySQL, an open...
Can netbooks really cut it in Africa?
Blog The genesis of netbooks can be seen in machines such as the One Laptop per Child XO device, and its rival the Intel Classmate - both originally targeted at the developing world. However, design...
Firefox update targets 12 security flaws
News The web browser's third update this year fixes 12 vulnerabilities — four rated critical — and comes as its open-source developers ready the fourth beta
Apple defies downturn as profit soars
News During its second fiscal quarter, the iPhone maker dramatically exceeded expectations for revenue and earnings per share amid a troubled economy
RE:New Ubuntu 9.04 installed - not many dead
Blog Comment I just realized that in all of this discussion, we haven't mentioned one very important difference. Ubuntu 8.10 still includes OpenOffice 2.4, while Ubuntu 9.04 includes OpenOffice 3.0. This...
RE:Microsoft's monopolistic behaviour
Blog Comment I couldn't agree with you more, Moley. The question is, where do we draw the line in dealing with the monopolists? If we do it on principle, then we shouldn't have anything else to do with them,...
RE:Microsoft's monopolistic behaviour
Blog Comment Moley, seconded! For the long-term health of our industry, we need to shift the market away from where one monopolist or another can grab the industry by the throat, and shake it around like a rag...
