Previous DayRE:The Google Apple Merger: Fantasy or Future?
Blog Comment That would be a facinating merger, It s all swings and roundabouts though. In this kind of senario we would probably see the best versions of windows that we could ever see, whilst many windows...
The vPhone: Why Visa Should Go Mobile
Blog The vPhone: Why Visa Should Go Mobile Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com With all of the success of Apple’s iPhone, there is a growing case to support a company like Visa entering the...
Web 2.0 fuels open-source database boom
News Forrester has found that databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL are gaining momentum through new markets, despite lack of movement away from existing proprietary installations
VMware out with results and free deal
Blog It is busy days at VMware as the company said goodbye to its president and chief executive, faced rumblings from investors worried about the company's strategy and then decided to come up with a...
E-gold execs plead guilty in money-laundering case
News The principal director of online payment service E-gold faces 25 years in jail and a fine of $750,000, while two senior directors face lesser sentences
RE:Microsoft's pre-modern message puts a new face on Vista
Blog Comment Those of us who have followed Microsoft's assault on Linux over the last few years will be completely turned off by the opening statement 'Get The Facts'. Perhaps others will be too, just by the...
RE:Microsoft's pre-modern message puts a new face on Vista
Blog Comment have been using it since release at beginning and used beta builds before that It's very stable and has been for months. Have it running on 3-4 laptops and close to 20 computers all used by...
Remote waiting
Blog I took a trip to my old stomping grounds of Bristol, over in the Mild, Mild West, had my teeth mended and caught up with some old friends. I also managed some Remote Working on the train, on my...
The days of desktop antivirus apps are numbered
Comment Security vendors are exploring new avenues in the fight against malware, making the death of the desktop antivirus app a serious proposition
Indian schools boost demand for virtual PCs
News NComputing says it expects its revenues from India to rocket as educational institutions embrace virtual desktops
Well at least ...
Talkback Well at least they're not just going to plough on ahead despite being told it's not good enough like they have done in the past. I got caught in one of the last cluster-f***s and my records got...
San Francisco mayor breaks password deadlock
News Network administrator Terry Childs agreed to turn over access codes to the city's systems, after a visit in jail by the mayor
Enterprise, desktop & mobile development: one big happy family now?
Blog For a long time now we’ve been arguing that all application development must inevitable scale to the mobile device – but it never quite does. There’s development for the corporate data centre and...
European LinkedIn rival XING triples its earnings
Blog XING AG, professional network LinkedIn's strongest rival in Europe, has reported its half year results and they show phenomenal growth -- great news for business focused social networks in the...
Thoughts on the Facebook revamp
Blog Those of you who use Facebook regularly will probably have noticed the big revamp of the site being rolled out. (If you haven't, then go to new.facebook.com). The motivation behind the revamp...
Is Nigeria Ripe for M-Govt?
Blog The Nigerian e-Govt initiative despite its moribund nature is still being held on to by international bodies as a road map for achieving the right citizens-government interactions across Africa....
Amazon S3 outage rains on cloud-computing parade
Comment Initial problems with cloud computing, such as the occasional outage, should not put you off the idea. These hiccups are only to be expected
When will we learn...?
Talkback When will we learn that "Best Price, Technically Compliant" offer does not mean what it says .... what it actually means is "Best Price, given a highly unlikely set of conditions are maintained...
RIM patches 'critical' BlackBerry PDF flaw
News The company has patched a flaw in the way BlackBerry server software opens PDFs that exposes corporate networks to attack
RE:Web 2.0: what is it good for?
Blog Comment Darren Some really interesting points in your post. You'll see one of my other blog articles raised the question as to whether social networks will kill search engines -- this article was rippped...
Google may be close to sealing Digg purchase
News The search giant is close to acquiring the US-based social news aggregator for around £100m, according to reports
Vodafone launches £1bn share buyback
News The mobile operator reacts swiftly to Tuesday's share slump, which was caused by a statement from the company warning of disappointing revenues
RE:iPhone 3G reception problems: your information, please
Blog Comment Hey Rupert I haven't had time to try out the Filed Test Mode yet - maybe later today - but just based on watching the normal signal strength indicator, 02's coverage is definitely patchy. I was...
Police to get thousands more mobile devices
News The government will spend an extra £25m to supply police with 15,000 more mobile computers, as part of an efficiency drive
Health trust ditches NHS e-record scheme
News A Bath NHS trust says it has lost confidence in the Cerner Millennium e-records project following the departure of key supplier Fujitsu
SAP calls time on TomorrowNow
News The software giant is to wind down its TomorrowNow subsidiary following a long-running legal case with rival Oracle
Yahoo claims 'strong' quarter despite dip in earnings
News The company missed expectations for its second-quarter earnings, but CEO Jerry Yang said strategic investments are beginning to pay off
Hard-drive industry shows continued growth
News Eleven percent more hard disk drives will be shipped this year than last, despite the increasing popularity of solid-state drives, says iSuppli
Microsoft's pre-modern message puts a new face on Vista
Blog Over at ZDNet.com, Ed Bott reports a first sighting of Microsoft's eagerly awaited $300 million ad campaign. Already the cause of much speculation, the consensus is that this will be an enormous...
The Google Apple Merger: Fantasy or Future?
Blog The Google Apple Merger: Fantasy or Future? Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com Market research suggests that Microsoft controls upwards of 90% of the respective computer-based...
