Previous DayApples and Oranges (or KDE and Vista)
Talkback My goodness, I spend one day away (trying to find a job), and look what an interesting discussion I miss out on! First, I generally agree with Moley - I use Gnome almost exclusively, because I find...
Single point of failure
Talkback The Internet was designed as a high resiliency system built out of strategically disposable components. Each element was envisaged as a self contained, autonomous unit that could look after itself,...
Analysts advise caution on Oracle-Sun deal
News Acquiring Sun elevates Oracle to 'powerhouse' status, but CIOs should wait for its hardware and middleware roadmaps before deciding on licence agreements, says Gartner
Police eye tech for reporting live crimes via video
News Police are looking into technology that will allow witnesses to report criminal activity simply by uploading videos taken from their mobile phones
EU calls for 'Mister Cyber Security'
Blog The European Union's telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, has called for the creation of a European cyber security chief. Speaking on Monday in her weekly video address, Reding claimed that...
Windows vs Linux
Talkback Quote: "the operating system itself really no longer comes into the equation for me as Ubundu and Windows are so similar" You may be able to mimic the "Windows look" with Linux (or even the other...
Toshiba Portégé A600-122
Review The Portégé A600-112 is a well specified ultraportable with particularly good wireless connectivity. However, the build quality seems a touch flimsy in places, including the keyboard.
Samsung Android phone due in June
News O2 Germany has confirmed it will carry Samsung's i7500, which is likely to be the first non-HTC Android phone to be released in Europe
Google and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Blog Google have used their mapping technology to track the spread of the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus. An interesting use of the technology though perhaps a little scary. If you are interested you can use...
Not realy an XP 'Mode' is it
Talkback This is a poor solution where you effectively run a windows XP VM within windows 7. I can hardly believe what I'm seeing here, it's like something you would expect to be announced on April 1st....
Gov't outlines Facebook monitoring plans
News In a consultation launched on Monday, the Home Office described how it wants service providers to retain and process data about their users' activities on social networks and other third-party...
More on geomagnetic storms
Talkback The threats to power grids are being taken seriously: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/2012storms.html
It's a different perspective
Talkback sleightholme says: "I do think that the "battle" between KDE and Gnome exemplifies the problems Linux has had for years getting users to use it - while the Linux community bicker amongst...
Dialogue Box 6.1: Satellites, the sun and IT
Video There's a lot of hardware orbiting our planet, generating ever-increasing space debris. Further afield, the sun is currently in a quiet phase, but is unlikely to stay that way. Rupert and Charles...
Windows 7 will have 'XP mode'
News Microsoft is planning to use virtualisation to allow Windows 7 to easily run applications designed for Windows XP, according to CNET sources and an enthusiast site
Pixelar e-Reader: photos
Photo E-book readers have yet to take off in a big way, but if you're an early adopter there's a reasonable choice of devices. Here's a tour of the latest one to hit the market.
Facebook to offer developers more access
News The social-networking site plans to announce it will open up user-contributed information to third-party developers at a developer event Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal
