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Blog Comment Thank you Gary Something has just occurred to me about the cooling theme. Maybe there is a way to convert this heat into light before it gets too hot, then perhaps this light could be focused...
Android Killer... More Like "Me Too Branding".
Talkback David, I enjoyed your story on this so-called "Android Killer" and I couldn't help but reply. This seems more like a desperate attempt to not get left behind (burried in a creative twist of "me...
Caught in the GoDaddy red tape
Blog This is one of those situations that would be funny if I wasn't the one caught up in it. I blogged on Tuesday that I'm listed on WHOIS as the administrator of a charming site called...
lame excuses!
Talkback So, the cost of an event is part of the reason UK prices are doubled? are we to assume this event didn't take place in the US? how about those customers who aren't interested or didn't attend the...
Mobile Linux standards forum gives up
News LiPS has merged with LiMo, in a major blow to the idea of creating formal mobile Linux standards rather than ad-hoc implementations
ICANN has .cheezburger
Blog According to the Beeb, ICANN's board has unanimously approved major changes to the way web URLs are constructed. We'll be running a full story on this shortly, but here's the main gist of what will...
Microsoft finally launches Hyper-V
News Analysts have welcomed the release of the hypervisor, but rival VMware claims Hyper-V has been a long time coming and lacks functionality
Microsoft's future as Gates steps back
Video CNET News.com's Ina Fried and Kara Tsuboi discuss the impact of Gates's decision to step down as a full-time employee, and take a look back at his career
Tech luminaries bid Bill Gates adieu
News Technology insiders say their fond and not-so-fond farewells as Bill Gates steps down from full-time work at the software giant he founded
buying in coding skills
Talkback Why do these academics need to government to set up a site? Can they not do it at least for their own University ? - if not I know some Indian guys who can knock out a site !! Seriously though I...
Facebook rolls out status comments
Blog Ah, jolly good! I've just noticed Facebook has suddenly made it possible to run a comment thread off status updates, or anything else that appears in a user's mini-feed - a very useful feature, if...
Gates's greatest hits and misses at Microsoft
Video ZDNet.com's Larry Dignan rates Bill Gates's many conference keynotes and product launches, separating the successful from those that missed the mark
RE:LinkedIn taking a wrong turn on the way to revenue?
Blog Comment I do feel that valuation and actual revenue/ profit & loss are somewhat detached at the moment. There are sound reasons for this: 1. The market for 2.0 is still very young and the full potential of...
RE:Dell trumpets green moves, Greenpeace begs to differ
Blog Comment Enjoyed reading your post, but respectfully I don't think it captures the data-driven process of 80 PLUS, Climate Savers or our new power supplies. 80 PLUS and Climate Savers are two of the best...
Dell Video Chat - A Coup for SightSpeed
Blog Dell made several announcements today. The one which caught my eye was "Dell Video Chat powered by SightSpeed". The newly announced Studio line of laptop and desktop computers will have Dell...
BT buys two German IT companies
News The telecoms and IT services company has bought Stemmer and SND, which formed the enterprise IT services section of net AG
Openmoko ships Neo FreeRunner Linux phone
News The open-source, touchscreen Neo FreeRunner is part of Openmoko's shift away from the early-adopter set and towards the mass market
Symbian vs Android: How they square up
Analysis ZDNet.co.uk looks at how the Symbian Foundation and Open Handset Alliance measure up in terms of membership, licensing and projected time to market
ZDNet.co.uk is upwardly mobile
Blog ZDNet.co.uk has updated its mobile site to make it even easier to find the latest tech news, blogs, reviews, and features as well as comment from other IT professionals on the hottest issues. ...
Acrobat 9
Review This update should be worthwhile for security-minded businesses and creative firms. With Acrobat 9, Adobe brings new web relevance to print-ready PDFs by enabling embedded video and animation....
RFID can disrupt medical tech, claim researchers
News Dutch scientists say electromagnetic interference generated by the track-and-trace chips can disrupt medical devices, posing a threat to patients
Flexible working still frowned upon, say IT pros
News Research claims half of IT workers believe the industry has not adapted to flexible working
UK tech students farm out coursework to India
News Academics at Birmingham City University have warned that IT students are hiring coders in India to complete their coursework for as little as £5
Oracle revenues soar on software licensing
News As it increases prices across its portfolio, the company has reported a 24 percent year-on-year rise in revenue for its fourth quarter
Dear Bill, Thank you and good luck!
Talkback Dear Bill. 30 years! Is that how long it's been? It's a wonder you can still see after all the time you've spent staring into glowing computer screens. I for one now require glasses after years...
BBC launches iPlayer 2.0 beta
News One year after its intial launch, the on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed to make it more appealing and easier to use
File Sharing
Blog Recently, I have read a number of items about file sharing, both here and elsewhere. When I became aware of file sharing of copyright material, before even the wide spread adoption of broadband,...
