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Talkback Politicians who don't understand the complexities of software development naively think that just because they set up a contract with a supplier who claims to be able to deliver, the supplier can...
sounds like the same lies to me
Talkback "I would like to see a release when everything is working properly. Trying to keep to a fixed date is a common reason for a faulty release. -- Debian have hid behind this lie forever. How does...
Massaging the figures
Blog One of my pet hates is massaged statistics. Now you might think that with a degree in Mathematics I might be fond of statistical manipulation. But here my journalistic side digs in. Accurate...
Cisco gives away £3m of conferencing kit
News Networking giant donates systems to the governments of Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, but can't name any paying customers
BT under fire over GPL 'violation'
News Update: The Freedom Task Force has started contacting Linux copyright holders over BT's use of software released under the GPL
Western Digital boosted by notebook sales
Interview Drive manufacturer records a boom quarter, thanks to the popularity of removable storage
Bonus day for O2 staff
Blog Things must be going well at the British subsidiary of Telefonica - "each eligible O2 employee" (i.e. full-time workers, although part-timers get something too though) has just received a thousand...
Ray's a laugh
Blog In its endless inventiveness, the US military has produced an "active denial system" disguised as a cross between a Transformer robot and a microwave oven. The system, as you've doubtless seen on...
Q&A: Lotus wakes up to social networking
News Lotus general manager Mike Rhodin has overseen the addition of online collaboration functionality to the groupware tools
Email and DNS issues and no customer support
Talkback If a week without email wans't bad enough they randomly reset all our dns entries on tuesday and we couldn't change them back again. Also our new Virtual Server complained about having no memory...
Mobile Linux group names itself
News Six months after setting up, an alliance including Motorola and Vodafone has become the LiMo Foundation
Debian tipped for February release
News Linux community says fourth version of Debian is most likely to be released in February, but many are hesitant to commit to a timescale
Our Christmas competition is now closed. But you can still win stuff...
Blog Thanks to everyone who entered our mega Christmas competition this year - we had loads of prizes from notebook PCs and projectors to wireless networking and storage kit, and even a Google Mini...
Anger over EC medical data-sharing scheme
News Experts are outraged by a plan that would make UK citizens' medical details accessible across Europe
It's a PDA. With a freekin' laser
Blog It may not be as good as sharks with lasers, but it the Opticon PDA with built-in bar scanner is likely to appeal more to those implementing stock-taking systems and haven't got to grips with RFID...
Open sourcing your proprietary app: an act of desperation?
Blog Having dinner with James Reinders, head of Intel's software division this week, conversation turned to the wisdom of releasing proprietary software as open source. Intel is currently grappling with...
Windows Vista overview
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Maine rejects Real ID Act
Blog Dissension in the ranks! Maine overwhelmingly rejected federal requirements for US national identification cards on Thursday, marking the first formal state opposition to controversial legislation...
Apple plugs another Wi-Fi hole
News Security update fixes a flaw in Apple's AirPort that was disclosed in November as part of the Month of Kernel Bugs campaign
Microsoft earnings unscathed by Vista delays
News Software giant reported quarterly earnings on Thursday that topped expectations and its own forecast
Intel reclaims place in Google servers
News Chipmaker has won back a sought-after customer, a year after Google chose to give its business to AMD
Judge grants restraining order against HP accuser
News Former executive who claims HP snooped on Dell has been ordered by a judge to withdraw his countersuit against the company
Microsoft search business losing out to Google
News Software maker's financial chief says he is 'not happy' about the struggle to keep pace in the online search market
Video: Torvalds surprised by resilience of 2.6 kernel
Video Linus Torvalds explains why the unexpected resilience of kernel version 2.6 has delayed the move to version 2.7
IT Solutions have equal and exceed the ID theft problem
Talkback The crooks think link us bankers thought in the past which is way too parochial. So the future requires novel thinking. I think the big IT solutions of software to fight software, or worm wars, is...
