Previous DayThe Internet Is Doomed (& I feel Fine)
Blog One of the world’s leading academics, Professor Jonathan Zittrain, has warned that the Internet may come to an end under the weight of malicious code. [end dramatic music] Zittrain has called for...
Lawyers, analysts: ICANN vote will cause URL chaos
News The decision to let custom top-level domains be created will result in a 'nightmare' for brand managers, according to observers
ICANN sites hijacked?
Blog Just a day after ICANN opened up domain rules, a Turkish group of hackers has messed with some of the Internet body's sites, according to a report on Zone-H. The report says that the NetDevilz...
Is Dell being paid to be green?
Blog Following from an earlier post around Dell's claims this week that it had achieved 80 PLUS Gold power supply certification for a server product, I have done a bit more digging (well, reading...
Dubai’s 360-degree rotating skyscraper: an algorithm too far?
Blog Have you seen the BBC report on Dubai’s first ‘rotating skyscraper’ this afternoon? There’s some French architect saying how much he’d observed the wind affecting skyscrapers, so now he wants to...
RIM reports healthy profits, BlackBerry sales
News The company's quarterly profits have doubled year-on-year, and there are now 16 million subscribers to its BlackBerry service
RE:A new threat from the datacentre: you're making your staff d...
Blog Comment No probs, welcome to the club or maybe try and support mark thomas et al in move things forward. One of the key factors in this is the EU who are getting through legislation to have more protection...
Virtualisation to drive use of staff-owned PCs at work
News Gartner claims PC virtualisation tech could give staff more freedom to use their own hardware at work, without compromising network security
Gates and friends depict end of an era
Video At the Consumer Electronics Show 2008, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and friends took a comical look at what life would be like in the run-up to Gates's last day
Gates prepares for life beyond Microsoft
Video CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried discuss how Bill Gates and Microsoft will proceed, as the company's chairman prepares to step down from full-time work
Dell Video Chat by SightSpeed - Excellent Technically and Commercially
Blog I've had some time now to look into the "Dell Video Chat powered by SightSpeed" announced yesterday. I am very impressed with what they have done, both technically and commercially. I said...
ICANN relaxes domain-name rules
News The organisation has accepted a proposal allowing companies, cities and others to use almost any suffix they want for a web address
Yahoo hits refresh with exec shake-up
News The web giant has reorganised its upper management in a bid to improve its products, underlying technology and operational execution
Gov't: Fujitsu missed 'key milestones' in NHS IT deal
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw claims the £896m NHS IT contract was cancelled over the company's inability to fulfil vital elements of its 'core contract'
Microsoft to snap up MobiComp
News The software giant has made plans to acquire the mobile-data company to bolster its Windows Mobile and Windows Live offerings
Operators pressured to cut mobile-termination fees
News European telecoms regulator Ecta is pushing for operators to charge less for connecting calls to each other's networks
