Previous DayPoles Apart
Blog The Polish government appears to have watered down a law currently passing through the country's parliament, dropping a requirement for public sector IT projects to conform to open standards....
Interesting...
Talkback “While there is no compromise between the two extremes, some have argued that what is needed is a sort of halfway house that recognises the needs of both sides.” ...but unless granting software...
One much deserved victory
Talkback for common sense and the ordinary people. Let us hope that more will follow. I read other forums and the number of articles concerning government initiatives in respect of 'micro management' of the...
US researchers claim vast data-density increase
News A breakthrough by US researchers could lead to significant increases in data-storage capacity
Dell reveals launch details of Mini 10 netbook
Photo The 10-inch-screened netbook will be available within days, although customers wanting Ubuntu, high-definition video capabilities and 2GB of RAM may want to wait until later in the year
US Dept of Defense lists top 20 security controls
News Cybersecurity experts from the US government are set to spark a 'complete revolution' with a list of IT security actions for organisations
Citrix offers cut-down XenServer for free
News The company plans to give away the XenServer hypervisor, but will hold back certain key management features
Shuttleworth: Karmic Koala to make cloud 'dance'
News The upcoming version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution will have a new look, along with functionality to let users deploy their own clouds and cloud-based services
Verizon's CTO looks to a 4G future
News Chief technology officer Dick Lynch discusses Verizon's plan to build its next-generation wireless networks and how much longer 3G can hold out
Microsoft asks laid-off workers for refund
Talkback Can I get a refund, from Microsoft, for the anguish and loss of time caused by windows 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, me, xp, and vista?
FoI
Talkback Bravo no2id :-) When I first heard what Blair was going to create in the Freedom of Information Act, I thought my friend was kidding me on. Then I read it and thought, "Blair really hasn't thought...
Acer shows off its first smartphones
Video The company's head of mobile, Aymar de Lencquesaing, explains why the company is entering the handset market
EMC offers storage de-dupe and flash
Blog On Monday the leader in the data storage market, EMC launched four new arrays that will include de-duplication features and flash storage. Three of the Celerra arrays are straightforward...
Could 'quality patents' end software wrangles?
Comment The concept of fewer but better-quality software patents is being touted as a way to resolve many of today's intellectual-property problems, says Jeremy Phillips
Is Column-based Relational Analytics a Database Cash Cow?
Blog I spent last Thursday night getting a pre-briefing on the launch of the Sybase IQ v15 analytics server with the company’s VP of engineering Richard Pledereder, who gave me some pointers as to why...
Microsoft asks laid-off workers for refund
News The software giant has sent a letter to some of the 1,400 employees it laid off in January letting them know they were overcompensated and that it would like the money back
Gartner: SaaS could cost more in the long term
News The analyst house warns that although software-as-a-service is cheaper in the short term, total cost of ownership could turn out to be more expensive in the long run
Gov't loses fight to keep ID card reviews secret
News Two independent reviews into the likely success of the identity-cards project are to be published after the government lost a four-year-long battle to keep them secret
