Previous DayIt is all a matter of COST and who PAYS!
Talkback Whatever format (if any) Boris had in mind will result in funding to implement and guess who will pay - taxpayers again. Who will lose? All those who are already connected at their own expense. In...
RE:Patching things up
Blog Comment Hi JW, My biggest problem with a trusted authority is that to be of any use they must check software for malicious and spyware. Aside from who's to be trusted to do this, and how they make the...
We never get over the need for speed?
Talkback A little off topic but I question whether we really do hanker for speed. I really think there is very little difference between my boot time in 1994 and the present day. I think my word proccesser...
Oracle launches 'world's fastest database machine'
Video HP CEO Mark Hurd joins Oracle CEO Larry Ellison via videoconference to show a new hardware solution developed by the two companies
Oracle unveils Exadata storage server
Video At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, chief executive Larry Ellison unveils the company's first-ever hardware product: the Exadata storage server
Get the most out of your data
Video How do companies deal with information management? Jonathan Steel, CEO of tech-research firm The Bathwick Group, gives insights based on a recent ZDNet.co.uk benchmark survey
Adobe hits UK users with £1k premium for CS4
News UK users of Adobe's Creative Suite 4 Master Collection will still pay an almost £1,000 premium over the US price, as was the case with the previous version
BBC squares up to operators over iPlayer
Blog Next Wednesday the BBC and Nokia will be launching the iPlayer on the N96, as a kickoff for the media player's eventual availability across a variety of phones. At yesterday's Westminster eForum...
Indian outsourcing feels credit-crunch squeeze
News The 'turmoil' in the US economy could adversely affect Indian BPO firms, a trade body has warned
Facebook’s future as a search engine
Blog A roundtable hosted at the Emerging Technology Conference at MIT puts money on Facebook doing search better than Google. I have long been saying that Google is broken. When you want a PR...
Ten tweaks to love (and hate) in IE8
Feature Microsoft has made substantial adjustments to its browser with Internet Explorer Beta 2, but users may not find all the changes to be equally satisfactory
NHS trust finds lost CDs holding 18,000 staff details
News Four discs containing payroll details of 18,000 staff have been found by Whittington Hospital NHS Trust after going missing earlier this month
Firefox v Opera
Talkback Ummmm! Know how you feel. I very much like Firefox and have been using it for a long time now. It seems a bit disloyal, but I will most likely try Opera. Then, either stick with it, or ask Firefox...
Getting To Grips With Data Security
Blog Information security is no longer solely an issue for the geeky IT department. With well over half* of data leakages caused by staff, the issue has to be addressed by all employers who give two...
Skype to be integrated into Asterisk PBXs
News Small businesses that use the Asterisk open-source PBX platform will be able to control Skype calls using such systems, after Asterisk-makers Digium and Skype announced a deal
Mundie: How Windows will survive in the cloud
News Microsoft's research chief says the company is thinking about how to keep Windows relevant as cloud computing becomes more widespread
Open Office to the Rescue
Blog Case #1: I was just working with Vista booted on my laptop (running one of the few remaining programs I have that requires Vista), when I got a call from one of our service technicians. A...
Microsoft's Mundie offers glimpse of computing future
News The research and strategy chief says 'spatial computing' will see people and sensors producing trillions of bits of data, with programmers scrambling to mask complexity
RE:First UK ID Card unveiled
Blog Comment I've heard that the new ID cards are causing a bit of a stir. Apparently the one for the British people only has the bull on it and yet the immigrant one has all British flags on it. Why does the...
RIM shares fall, despite soaring earnings
News Despite a 72 percent jump in net income, RIM stock fell 20 percent on warnings that the price of building new BlackBerry models will hit future profits
Maybe we should all join FON
Talkback I come across a really handy website recently called FON. I wonder if Boris Johnson will use FON to create a wi-fi London. This is a really clever service that is creating wi-fi cities throughout...
Watchdog chides TalkTalk over 'free broadband' ad
News The advertising watchdog has censured Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk unit over a TV ad that promised free broadband, despite it being unavailable to some customers
ISPs, lawmakers debate ad-privacy regulations
News With targeted online campaigns gaining favour with advertisers, US lawmakers have been listening to the privacy views of internet service providers AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner Cable
Antitrust regulators want a less 'grudging' Microsoft
News Officials have questioned whether Microsoft is committed to meeting the requirements of its antitrust consent decree
Research leads to fresh calls for data-breach laws
News A recent survey has revealed many companies hide security lapses from clients, leading to renewed calls for mandatory reporting of such mishaps
Details emerge of MacBook redesign
News According to AppleInsider, new MacBooks are set to follow Apple's recent design shift toward aluminum
Court favours Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent case
News A US federal appeals court has said Microsoft doesn't have to pay damages in a long-running patent case over the MP3 music format
Ballmer: Beating Google on search will take time
News The Microsoft chief executive has said it will be a long haul in the search battle with Google
WiMax
Talkback I'm not particularly a Boris Johnson fan but I agree completely with his comment on WiMax. It is already available in China and India. What's more, it's cheap and it's effective. I don't...
