RE:Google to bid for US spectrum
Blog Comment A hidden issue here, and this is the case both here and in the States. The gaps in the spectrum amongst the current UHF TV channels is also used by short range radio microphones. What we call here...
Computers as Art?
Blog I have been meaning to blog this for a while so apologies that this is a bit tardy. A friend of mine invited me to the Camberwell College of Art's student exhibition back in June which was one of...
OLPC laptop goes into mass production
News One Laptop per Child will soon be starting up the production line for its ruggedised machine, which it plans to sell eventually for $100 per model
Antitrust: Is Google the next Microsoft?
News Search giant is facing opposition to its DoubleClick deal in what could be a repeat of the way Washington punished Microsoft a decade ago
ISPs walk the filesharing wire
Blog If I ran an internet service provider, I'd be as confused as all heck right about now. First you get a Belgian court ruling that ISPs are responsible for the illegal filesharing taking place on...
iPhone hack claimed by security researchers
News Apple iPhone users are vulnerable to data theft, rogue diallers and bugging, say US-based penetration testers
Dialogue Box 9: Putting the 'Um...' in UMPC
Video The first ultra-mobile PCs got roundly ridiculed for, well, everything. Now the second generation is out on the street — and in the Dialogue Box studio
Security and wireless networking
Tech Guide The security of wireless networks is often overlooked, particularly in smaller businesses and in the home. Here's a guide to the issues, and some best-practice suggestions.
Linux gets broader virtualisation support
News Xen and lguest technologies have both been merged directly into the Linux kernel, opening up more virtualisation avenues
Fujitsu Siemens Primergy TX120
Review Fujitsu Siemens’ Primergy TX120 offers full server functionality, while also meeting the needs of smaller businesses with its compact design, quiet operation and low power consumption.
Linspire Linux deal 'worse than Novell'
News Microsoft's patent agreement with the Linux distributor shuts out GPLv3 and makes Linspire unsuitable for business, claims legal expert
Forget Vista--here comes Vienna
Blog Microsoft says it's planning to release the next update to Windows--known internally as version 7 and formerly code-named Vienna--within three years or so. Current version Vista ran into so many...
Users to force green IT agenda
News UK's first end-user environmental IT board has commissioned a report on green IT issues
Trusting a supplier with your confidential data
Blog During the Postini takeover discussion, a lot of the community members do not seem to trust a supplier to keep secure their confidential data. For example using a hosted email service would fail...
New NPfIT minister announced
News Ben Bradshaw MP is the new minister of state in charge of the NHS's National Programme for IT, the Department of Health has revealed
Video: Your data in Google's hands
Video Google's chief privacy counsel Peter Fleischer talks to ZDNet UK about Google's approach to privacy, user data and how the company plans to tackle the issue in the future
Google buys into UK femtocell company
News Web giant invests an undisclosed amount in the British company Ubiquisys, which makes equipment for improving cellular coverage indoors
Intel downplays Viiv and vPro brands
News Troubled Viiv and vPro brands will take a back seat to Core and Centrino marketing as the company revises its processor branding strategy
US presses ahead with patent reforms
News Sweeping changes to the US patent system have been approved by Senate and House committees, pleasing the hi-tech industry
Search engines race to update privacy policies
News Microsoft and Yahoo are the latest to announce limits on how long they will keep web-search data
Microsoft plans 'Windows 7' release
News Software giant's next major version of the operating system is scheduled to ship in approximately three years
