Previous DayRE:A tool
Blog Comment I think the biggest problem of all is the perception of complexity rather than it's actuality. A modern car is vastly more complex that a modern PC, but people have grown up over decades tinkering...
RE:Gestural interfaces for futuristic applications need standar...
Blog Comment Nice one Roger - I think you've identified a desperate need for the definitive list of Top 10 Interfaces to be drawn up. http://www.top10lists.com/ Personally, I'm very happy with a keyboard and...
RE:Gestural interfaces for futuristic applications need standar...
Blog Comment Hmm, we may be about to go through a juggling of many interfaces it seems. The ones I d like to be in it for the long haul are 1 the trusty mouse.(although it may go) 2 the laptop style...
Citrix rebrands Presentation Server as XenApp 5
News The company has changed the name of its flagship software, completing a rebranding exercise begun after the purchase of XenSource last year
Adobe introduces Photoshop Elements 7
News The company says the photo-editing software, as well as video-editing package Premiere Elements 7, will be released in October
Motion-charged mobiles edge closer
News Start-up M2E Power plans to release a charger in 2009 that can harvest enough energy from walking to replenish small gadgets
Making the case for the mainframe
Feature The mainframe endures, despite its many critics. How can an idea from the 1950s thrive half a century later?
Intel chairman's quest to put tech in the classroom
Video Craig Barrett gives his take on Intel's relationship with OLPC, defends the company's bullish stance on WiMax and explains why, at 68, he's showing no signs of slowing down
Gestural interfaces for futuristic applications need standards
Blog With PDC on the rapidly approaching horizon there is already talk of ‘how to prepare for the development road ahead’ – and discussion around ‘Oslo’, Microsoft’s “family” of technologies for...
Intel looks beyond silicon to prolong Moore's Law
Video At IDF, Intel's Justin Rattner and Michael Garner talk about materials and processes that will be used in the next 40 years to increase chip performance and advance production
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred
Review Capable of fast and accurate speech-to-text processing, application control and audio file transcription, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is an excellent dictation program. You'll still have to spend...
Amex, RBS, Natwest customer details sold on eBay
News Over one million customers' details have been compromised due to a data-archiving company's NAS box being sold on eBay
Talking to machines via mind control
Video At IDF, Intel's Justin Rattner talks to Emotiv Systems president Tan Le about new interface technologies that are making humans more like machines
RE:A tool
Blog Comment I know what you mean, but that is exactly the attitude that we have to struggle against. It shouldn't matter to us, as consumers, whether PCs are relatively complex devices or not, they are being...
How times change.
Talkback When I was taught management principles, I was taught to make thorough enquiries not to pass blame but to look for endemic failures that can be rectified. Since the advent of NuLab it is all a case...
Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing
News What should be the world's most powerful particle accelerator to date is now clear for its 10 September switch-on
ZPower promises longer-lasting laptop batteries
Video Chief executive Ross Dueber says his company's technology will extend battery life by 40 percent over that of the lithium-ion batteries currently being used
Microsoft shows off 3D photo viewer Photosynth
Video Microsoft Live Labs's latest project is an old one with a new twist. Photosynth lets you stitch together an entire roll of photos into 3D environments
Researcher delays release of SSL exploit
News A security researcher has delayed releasing details of the exploit after talks with Google, the only company to respond to complaints about SSL implementations
Red Hat, Fedora servers compromised
News The Linux vendor says Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora servers were breached last week but customers have not been affected
AMD sells digital TV unit to Broadcom
News The sale of the digital TV business for £105m is a result of efforts at the chipmaker to streamline its business and boost financial results
Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox
Review If data security is paramount, the DataTraveler BlackBox is the USB flash drive of choice, despite its relatively high cost.
Infosys snaps up UK-based SAP consultant
News The Indian IT services giant has beefed up its consulting division with plans to buy SAP consultant Axon Group
Ex-Yahoo execs take on brand ad network
News Brand.com is set to announce that it has raised $10m, as investors turn thier attention to the potential of online brand advertising
Google Suggest aims to speed up search
News The new feature from Google's labs is designed to help users formulate better and faster searches by suggesting popular terms
Microsoft invests in online TV firm Move Networks
News The software giant has bought a stake in the internet video company for an undisclosed sum, in a move to broaden the reach of its video-streaming technology
Ubuntu users get patch for Linux kernel flaw
News Canonical has warned users to update all machines running recent versions of Ubuntu
RE:JavaScript - a Flash competitor?
Blog Comment It's also amazing how slowly things happen - or perhaps not. FOSS is excellent at clever things, where smart coders can get hold of a bright idea and push it into the limelight in double-quick...
Google, pubs and magnetic cows
Blog A splendid report in Nature reveals a great secret about the cow. It has a compass. To be more precise, a wide-ranging study of cow herd orientation as revealed by Google Earth has shown a...
