Previous DayRE:Get ready for a transparent future
Blog Comment Rupert, > What sort of society, and what sort of personal relationships, will we have when we can't keep secrets from each other, or expect time to cover the past with the usual veil of...
Mostly agree
Talkback I think you've covered most of this as well as any non-crystal-ball-holder can, with one notable exception. The Cloud (cue ominous music). I suspect in the not to distant future there will be a...
Nehalem - encounter at dawn
Blog A little while ago, Intel sent us an evaluation Nehalem board, together with 3GB of memory, an 80GB SSD and a few bits and pieces. Charles and I decided to assemble this beast on camera for...
HP warns of datacentre-capacity shortfall
News Datacentres are running short of capacity, while business managers don't understand their importance, according to a HP survey
Google wants Chrome preinstalled on new PCs
Blog Last Thursday the Times ran an interview with Google's vice president of product management, in which Sundar Pichai claimed the web giant was trying to get its Chrome browser preinstalled on new...
The future of netbooks
Photo What technologies will the netbooks of the future incorporate as standard? Here are ten we expect to still be around in 2012 and five we don't.
Gov't loses a PC a week
Blog The government averaged losing one PC per week over the last year, according to figures collated by the Conservatives. A Friday report by the Press Association said that Tory front-bencher Grant...
UWB companies Staccato and Artimi merge
Blog The ultrawideband companies Staccato and Artimi are to merge, although as the resulting company will be known as Staccato Communications it is probably fair enough to say Staccato swallowed Artimi....
Fixed-line internet connections fall in UK
News The number of fixed-line internet subscriptions has fallen for two consecutive quarters, according to the Office for National Statistics
Capita-IBS merger sent to Competition Commission
News The Office of Fair Trading says a Capita takeover of IBS would leave only two significant players in the revenue and benefits software services market
Verizon staff fired for Obama phone-records breach
News Workers tied to the breach of records for a mobile-phone used by Barack Obama have now been dismissed by Verizon Wireless
Symantec sheds light on cybercrime economy
News In a report, Symantec has revealed prices for cyberattack tools and bank-account details, and identified counterfeit-software trends
Greenpeace: IT firms not tackling climate change
News In its quarterly report on green IT, Greenpeace has criticised Dell, Microsoft, Apple and others for failing to cut emissions
DWP cuts £50m off major tech projects
News Of the £50m savings made on nine of the Department for Work and Pensions' largest IT projects, £24m has been swallowed up by another project
BT launches managed WAN optimisation service
News Integrating Riverbed's WAN service into its portfolio for corporates, BT will also resell Compuware's apps-performance monitoring service for online businesses
RE:Get ready for a transparent future
Blog Comment From time to time we get work experience students in for a stint. Typically in their penultimate year at second level, typically around the age of seventeen, they get to shadow key people in the...
Ballmer ordered to testify in 'Vista Capable' lawsuit
News A US judge has ruled Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer must testify in the next 30 days in a class-action lawsuit over the Vista Capable logo programme
Gmail exploit may let attackers forward email
News A security flaw may allow attackers to set up filters on users' email accounts without their knowledge, according to a proof-of-concept exploit
Microsoft may rebrand Live Search as 'Kumo'
News The software maker is expected to rebrand and relaunch Windows Live, with reports suggesting 'Kumo' may be the new name
Queen's University to found anti-cybercrime centre
News The Belfast university has landed £25m in funding to set up a Centre for Secure Information Technologies
XING CEO quits, head of eBay Germany announced as successor
Blog The usual "focusing on new challenges" line punted out as former eBay Germany head fills his shoes at business focused social network. Thanks to Mike Butcher...
Low-paid tech jobs on the rise in UK
News An increasing number of IT workers are finding themselves on the lowest rung of the salary ladder, according to silicon.com research
EDS took year to notice loss of prison-staff data
News The HP subsidiary only realised it had lost data on prison staff one year after the event, and now faces an annual security audit after a Ministry of Justice probe
Gov't may shelve comms-database plans for 2009
News Whitehall sources have said the Communications Data Bill will not now be included in the Queen's speech in December
Giving us the finger
Blog You see it every day - probably every few minutes - online. Monty Python was fond of it, the Victorians found it invaluable, and its history goes back at least to Elizabethan times, where it...
Palm confirms layoffs
News The company has not said how many jobs are being cut, as it works to get a next-generation OS ready to compete with Apple and RIM in 2009
ID cards could replace passports, say gov't officials
News Identity and Passport Service officials have suggested that ID cards could be used as identification when travelling beyond the EU
Qualifications launched for outsourcing industry
News The National Outsourcing Association has launched the UK's first academically accredited qualifications and training programmes that cover both the supply and use of outsourcing
RE:College gives up on email - corporates next?
Blog Comment Email is more than just a message delivery mechanism, though. It signifies membership. The only way you can get a .edu email account is if you're in the education system in some way, and there are...
Get ready for a transparent future
Blog The dust is settling on the affair of the leaked BNP membership list. For those of us of a more liberal persuasion – by my calculations, roughly 60,764,238 UK citizens – and who feel that the best...
Dialogue Box 5.1: 'I can't believe it's not Vista'
Video Rupert and Charles poke and prod the 'pre-beta' of Windows 7 and find it looks and feels like Vista Service Pack 2
AA1 Ubuntu bugs & niggly bits
Blog I recently installed Ubuntu Linux 'Intrepid Ibex' on my chintzy Acer Aspire One and there have been a number of glitches with the updates (no sound, fan not working properly, keys playing up, card...
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook S6420
Review The LifeBook S6420 combines portability, 3G support and an integrated webcam, and supports an optional second battery in the optical drive bay. Although we have a few gripes, it's a good choice for...
