Previous DayRE:Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 1
Blog Comment Hi, have you used the best working installation (SimplyMEPIS 8.0 RC2) to obtain hardware and software information (e.g. dmesg, lspci, .config and URL to download the working kernel) that you could...
Seems they totally missed the point of a netbook
Talkback Whereas Asus have take a small step backwards, it would seem Acer are determined to do better, and take a giant leap backwards!
Sony VAIO VGN-Z11WN/B
Member Review My Z series laptop (Z11VN) is quite simply the best laptop I have ever used, brilliant performance, superb screen, good battery life. It simply does everything it should do well and the build...
Inside the BlackBerry app store
Q&A ZDNet UK caught up with Mike Kirkup, RIM's head of developer relations, to discuss the upcoming launch of the BlackBerry Application Storefront and what it means for mobile developers
Cisco takes the greener network path
News The company has launched a three-point strategy aimed at reducing energy waste in datacentres
Western Digital launches 2TB hard drive
News The 3.5-inch Caviar Green range now goes up to two terabytes, the largest capacity yet for one HDD
IBM, universities team up on cloud project
News The company joins forces with Carnegie Mellon, Qatar and Texas A&M universities to develop one of the first cloud-computing platforms in the Middle East
RE:Torvalds abandons KDE for Gnome
Blog Comment KDE 4.1 is Linux's equivalent of a Vista desaster. The KDE4.1 desktop is not really one anymore. simple things like right-click on the desktop to get a meaningful menu with entries like New...
HP ProCurve puts emphasis on the datacentre
News The company's ONE strategy is teamed with new software and a new blade strategy to target datacentres
Texas Instruments sheds 3,400 jobs
News The job cuts follow a 95 percent year-on-year drop in quarterly profits, largely attributable to declining sales of chips for mobile phones
How come e-book software/hardware is so poorly executed ?
Blog May be its me but given the new interface of the iphone and palmpre I am really taken back everytime I look at an e-reader and see how clunky the software is. Ok it's displayed in e-ink but I...
Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 1
Blog It is important to note that the following information is based on my trying various of the publicly available Linux distributions on my new HP 2133 netbook. I did NOT order it with the...
Details emerge of Acer 10-inch netbook
Photo The first update to the Aspire One will go on sale within weeks, but without the option of Linux or solid-state drives
iphone users show significant use of web and apps
Blog The iphone may be a niche handset, and their users may be rather smug, but a number of statistics show that the users of Apple's phone are disproportionately high in the mobile web and application...
Microsoft seeks to regain lost ground in mobile
News Andy Lees, head of Windows Mobile efforts, admits the software giant has made mistakes in mobile and hints at plans to deal with them
Failed on Earth? Try orbit
Blog Some good space-based militaria has arrived on that reliable source of interesting intel, Wikileaks. An unclassified document (PDF) from the US Space and Missile Systems Center ponders long and...
Boris Johnson calls for Nasa hacker pardon
Blog London's mayor has called for Barack Obama to halt extradition proceedings against Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. Writing in the Telegraph on Tuesday, Johnson said that the extradition was "one last...
Indian IT sector boosts security post-Mumbai attacks
Analysis India's IT sector has stepped up surveillance measures and introduced integrated security products as safety concerns rise across the country
RE:Microsoft accused over $8.52bn Vista bill
Blog Comment Perhaps this is the reason that Microsoft is pushing so hard to get Windows 7 out. If they do in some way get stuck with a bill for the Vista Capable fiasco, rather than offering to fix/upgrade...
Linux.conf.au: Sysadmin role changing via the cloud
News Google sysadmin Tom Limoncelli told attendees at Linux.conf.au that the uptake of cloud computing was rendering many traditional systems-administrator functions obsolete
Wrestling with Sumo Paint
Blog Most of us are familiar with Google's web-based applications, but useful as they are, Google Spreadsheet and its perpetual-beta brethren don't yet deliver the look and feel of a desktop...
VMware reports leap in quarterly earnings
News The virtualisation software maker posts a 25 percent increase in Q4 revenue and an increase in profits, beating Wall Street's expectations
Hackers steal user data from Monster job site
News A database containing information such as passwords, emails and phone numbers was illegally accessed, but the stolen data does not include CVs or financial information, says Monster
Experts: Broadband access is priority over fibre
News There should be greater focus on making broadband available to the UK's 'notspots' before concentrating on the rollout of faster next-generation networks, industry experts argue
Microsoft ready with IE8 release candidate
News The software maker says it has hit the release candidate stage for its updated Internet Explorer browser, and the code is available from Microsoft's download centre
RE:HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Hi Jamie, I been reading up about Broadcom Wireless and it all appears to be quite fraught, but not impossible, with too many choices according to which Broadcom chipset and which kernel....
A Deeper Approach to Transaction Performance Management
Blog As a journalist, I always take a slightly guilty glance over my shoulder when I have to look up a new word. But when working on a performance management editorial project this week, I had to make...
