Previous DayBridge the Digital Divide - share your PC
Blog I recently spoke with Dr Quentin Stafford-Fraser and John Naughton from the Ndiyo project. In a similar mode to the One Laptop per child project, Ndiyo aims to help the developing world get a...
Microsoft to extend security programme
News Security vendors will get more information from Microsoft, in an expanded effort to keep Windows users safe from the latest threats
Microsoft lifts lid on EC Vista probe
News The software giant has revealed that the EC raised potential anti-competition concern about four aspects of Vista
MacBook Pro laptops get Core 2 Duo processor upgrade
News With the souped-up chips, Apple estimates that the 2.33GHz dual-core model is up to 39 percent speedier than the previous MacBook Pro
Fedora Core 6 revamps Xen virtualisation
News The new enthusiast distribution gives a preview of Red Hat's upcoming enterprise server
Join the Firefox 2.0 launch party
News Mozilla will officially launch Firefox 2.0 early on Wednesday morning and everyone is invited to the bash
Cisco dives into top end conferencing
Blog There's been much excitement at the ZDNet newsdesk today after Cisco revealed it would make a renewed play into video conferencing. Seems Cisco's existing conferencing partners Polycom, Tandberg...
Cisco launches £160k conferencing kit
News The networking vendor strides into high-quality, high-price video conferencing, the third stage in its communications evolution, but buyers may need deep pockets to experience it
ID card plan 'worryingly vague'
News Government's first report does little to increase public confidence in the scheme, according to the LSE
Dell predicts quick Vista growth in enterprise
News Consumers will fall in love with Vista, then get their employers to upgrade, according to Dell's CTO
Oracle's latest buy: MetaSolv
News Oracle OpenWorld: MetaSolv, acquired for £117m, automates network management for the telecoms industry
BitTorrent moves into hardware
News Upcoming products will be able to download peer-to-peer torrent files without the need for a PC
Sat-Nav leads German to toilet
Blog Here's a comedy tale from Germany, about a guy whose satellite navigation system led him straight into a portable lavatory. According to the guys at The Register, when the device ordered him to...
Oracle unveils Database 11g
News Oracle OpenWorld: The new database focuses on scalability and 'flashback' data recovery
Adobe takes another look at e-books
News A new, stripped-down e-book reader uses Flash and is suitable for shorter articles as well as bulky PDFs
Oracle's new strategy: Making friends
Analysis Oracle OpenWorld: The company has begun to exhibit signs that it can't 'own the world' via acquisitions, and instead is turning to partners
Google lets users customise search engine
News Google Custom Search Engine is aimed at Web site and blog publishers
Microsoft promises not to sue over Sender ID
News The company is making the anti-spam Framework available under its Open Specification Promise programme
Autodesk warns of IE 7 compatibility bug
News The new browser won't display sites using Design Web Format files
Sony recalls more batteries
News The company will recall hundreds of thousands of batteries that shipped with Fujitsu, Gateway, Sony and Toshiba laptops
Open source Java coming this year
News By releasing the source code to Java Standard Edition and Java Micro Edition Sun hopes to get more developers on board
Dell rolls out AMD-based servers
News Oracle OpenWorld: The two Opteron-based PowerEdge servers mark the end of an Intel-only era at Dell
