Previous DayRE:Dinner jacket desktops
Blog Comment its understandable; if you look at vista for example, its basically XP with better graphics and a few security updates, if i were an enterprise, i wouldn't be too happy paying for all those...
Not another VLE
Blog I am working on a project to bring together the many tutors in FE who still haven't managed to publish course materials or provide on-line access to things for their IT-hungry students. Moodle...
Surveys show Vista struggling one year on
News Almost a year on from Microsoft's release of Vista, a small minority of companies expect to move all desktops to it, as Linux adoption continues to gather pace
Reflections on a website, Post- Fowl-Feast
Blog Having a couple of extra FREE days off from work thanks to the efforts of some nearly 400 year old sectarian radical zealots*1 and the way-more intelligent locals that helped them to survive, I...
Turning infrastructure into business services
Vendorboard IBM's Andrew Howarth explains how businesses can make their IT environments more flexible by developing a service-oriented architecture strategy
Tech foresees future of London travel
Photo The London Transport Museum is using interactive and virtual tech to let visitors experience what transport will be like in the future
GIMP 2.4
Member Review GIMP is a relatively complex program is an understatement. When used injunction with other easy to use editors, it is an enjoyable experience.
Free SkypeIn for some users after 0207 snafu
News The internet telephony company is trying to dampen the outrage over its decision to withdraw some of the 0207-prefixed numbers being used by SkypeIn customers
Dinner jacket desktops
Blog Rumours abound that Microsoft Office 2007 is not as straightforward an enterprise level upgrade as earlier iterations might have been. Certainly, uptake has not been at fever pitch – an inertia...
Same old Skype tricks
Talkback sounds very much like the scandal when they disabled features for users using AMD processors claiming that you had to have an intel processor to handle the feature as Intel was more powerful! When...
Hotmail co-founder launches Microsoft Office rival
News Sabeer Bhatia has launched Live Documents, an online office productivity suite that can also be used as a desktop client to wrap around Microsoft Office programs
HMRC data not filtered due to cost
News Sensitive details were not stripped by HMRC from the data on two missing CDs due to cost, an email exchange published by NAO reveals
Demand for tech graduates still strong
News The recent credit crunch in the banking sector has not affected graduate hiring plans in the financial services industry, according to a survey
Floating computers fight climate change
Photo The Met Office is taking part in a global programme to monitor the world's oceans to improve understanding of how they influence climate change
Privacy watchdog warns of Facebook dangers
News The Information Commissioner's Office has warned that users of social-networking sites are putting themselves at risk of ID fraud
Unlock - are you mad
Talkback Unlocking handsets in the past has been 1 easy and 2 had no negative side effect. This is not the case with the iPhone. Like the Sony PSP the iPhone will receive regular firmware updates via iTunes...
Police forces appoint shared ICT chief
News The appointment by the Hampshire and Thames Valley police forces is aimed at improving service and collaboration, while reducing costs
Cameron urges Brown to rethink ID cards
News Answering David Cameron's calls for a rethink, Gordon Brown has said the public can be confident in the security of the National Identity Register
New BlackBerry may target the iPhone
News Rumours circulate that next year's 9000-series BlackBerry smartphones may be firmly pitched at the same demographic as Apple's iPhone
EC launches green tech push
News The European Commission is to encourage more research and create business opportunities around low-carbon technologies
Met Office unveils weather web widgets
News The free range of web widgets allows users to get the latest weather forecasts and storm warnings on their desktop
HMRC fiasco: Security experts predict fallout
News A national ID ecosystem undermined for two generations, a rash of phishing scams and a credit crisis have been forecast by experts
'iPhone stole our Christmas'
Blog The advent of the iPhone launch on November 9 had rather Scrooge-like consequences for the employees of Carphone Warehouse, one of the few retailers allowed to carry Apple's wonderphone. As it...
RE:DRB Hicom - singalong with them!
Blog Comment I'll give the translation a shot... only have elementary knowledge of Malay though. My DRB-HICOM The earth where feet have trod Is where the sky is overhead It's there we leave our trail Carrying...
America is behind with mobile phones because of restrictive...
Talkback I am delighted to hear that unlocked iPhones are already starting to be available in Europe. At least it's a start to releasing the iphone to the free market. Roll on unlocked iphones for the UK! I...
The 21 hour night
Blog As I type this, the sun has just risen and is shining into my front room. It's a cheering sight: the last time I saw sunshine, if you can count the rather feeble version that makes it through the...
And here are some more software disasters...
Talkback It just really grates that the government and other big organisations put our security at risk! Why don't they invest more into security plus their software development and stop giving us all...
request advertising?
Talkback I hope that advertising doesn't pick up on requests i get sent or i'll be swamped with pirate/ninja adverts on facebook :) It's understandable why this is now the new drinking-hole for advertisers...
RE:One flight later...
Blog Comment Oh, I'm not saying it's not a bad thing to do. There was a similar case that came to light last year, which was even more embarrassing, but I don't think anyone said that industrial espionage was...
Have they finally open their eyes?
Talkback Hi, I also read the news. I agee with you, because so far I have no Dual Core, and I will not change my Laptop before it dies (it's strong and powerful enough for everything else!). I know HQ video...
Not Rubbish - A new game
Talkback True that the exploit is patched as part of the 1.1.2 firmware update. However, the exploit in question is the same exploit that currently makes the most popular and simplest 'jailbreak' possible....
Misconceptions standing in the way of progress
Talkback I really think EU law makers missunderstand the nature of the web, their objection is based on the assumption that google would dominate advertising by stifling the competition. what they fail to...
