Previous DayAnother tech movie myth
Blog Leafing through the current edition of PC Pro magazine last night and came across a rather entertaining article giving 10 regular movie technical myths. You know the ones we all laugh at, like a...
Funding future tech at Motorola
Q&A Jim O'Connor, who heads the company's internal venture capital fund, explains how it's helping the mobile-phone maker gain competitive ground
City-wide Wi-Fi networks set to soar
News Datamonitor report predicts a surge in the number of urban Wi-Fi networks, as local governments and ISPs recognise the potential rewards
AT&T and Apple differ on the iPhone figures gap
Analysis Apple reported selling 270,000 iPhones in 30 hours, while AT&T activated only 146,000 in about the same period, so where did the other 124,000 iPhones go?
Informatica signs OEM deal with SAP
News SAP will embed Informatica's integration software products into its performance-management and analytic apps, as well as the NetWeaver platform
Rant: A ringing sound would suffice
Blog Today I would like to rant about the current trend of having tinny music, instead of a normal ringing sound, play to people when they call a mobile phone (and no, I'm not talking about ringtones;...
Olympics fuels demand for IT contractors
Interview Number of IT contractors in the engineering and construction sector has almost doubled in the last year, as work progresses on London 2012
User pressure leads SugarCRM to GPLv3
News The open-source CRM supplier has disputed the charge that it bowed to user pressure in its decision to adopt GPLv3
IBM launches 16-core processor server
News Company has announced a version of its System i business server range that uses its 4.7GHz Power6 processor, and a new version of the i5/OS operating system
Ofcom: VoIP services must allow 999 calls
News Under proposals published by the communications watchdog, VoIP phone services must offer access to the emergency number by early 2008
US to keep EU passenger data for 15 years
Blog The US will now keep European Union passenger name records (PNR) data for fifteen years -- far longer than the the three and a half years it kept it previously, reports Out-Law.com. The...
BT ditches mobile TV service
News Telco, together with Virgin Mobile, packs in its mobile broadcast TV service following poor sales and official EC backing for a rival standard
The ZDNet code
Blog We've been seeing a wave of activity that doesn't fit with the idea behind this community--that is, with its being a place where you can meet like-minded people and exchange ideas. Some is...
Mozilla patches Firefox URI flaw
News Zero-day vulnerability could have allowed computers to be compromised by visiting websites infected with malware
Forrester: Consider unorthodox sources for IT staff
News Poaching IT staff is a short-term solution, according to a new report. Instead you should look to students, academics and super users; even blogs and social-networking sites
EC calls for 3G over 2G spectrum
News European Commission grants mobile operators their wish by proposing the 'refarming' of the 2G spectrum for 3G services
Photos: HP's hardware graveyard
Photo Roseville, California is home to HP's huge recycling centre, where computer equipment, printing supplies, rechargeable batteries and other items go to die
Surface PC: Microsoft rediscovers innovation
Feature The software giant's touchscreen PC may have given it an early lead in third-generation user-interface technology, but for how long can it head the pack?
London plans for shared content management
News Greater London Authority and London Development Agency plan to provide a content-management system as a shared service for the capital
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook P1610
Review Although the LifeBook P1610's screen is small, its keyboard cramped and it lacks an optical drive, this ultraportable convertible Tablet PC delivers much more than any UMPC of similar footprint and...
IT fails to staunch DWP fraud losses
News DWP lost £2.5bn to fraud and error in benefit payments last year, with limited IT integration one of the causes, says the National Audit Office
Paging Arthur and Martha
Blog If I was called Arthur or Martha and I worked as a saleswonk for a certain mobile phone shop, I'd be pretty miffed at the company's new "motivational" ploy. According to reports, managers at the...
Businesses don't reap mobile-working rewards
News Choosing the right staff and offering suitable leadership are two ways companies can increase productivity from remote working, says research
BBC 'committed' to iPlayer platform neutrality
News The Open Source Consortium has met with the BBC Trust to discuss concerns over the corporation's online on-demand television service
E-TEN Glofiish X500+
Review The Glofiish X500+ isn't the most attractive of handhelds, but it packs in a huge range of features. Some of the software extras may have limited appeal to business users, but the core Windows...
Apple rakes in profits after strong quarter
News Fuelled by strong sales of Macs, third-quarter profit jumps 73 percent; company reports 270,000 iPhones sold in about 30 hours
