Previous DayGoogle takes action to build IPv6 momentum
Analysis The search giant believes there is now a financial incentive for companies to support the next-generation internet standard — and Google itself could profit
Microsoft shuns Open Cloud Manifesto
Blog On Monday, an 'Open Cloud Manifesto' will be published. It appears that Microsoft will not be a signatory, and the major cloud player Amazon has also given it a cool reception. The manifesto was...
Must be - New iPhone Pro - June 8th
Blog With Apple opening channels to no contract iPhones in the US and the same with Play.com selling them here in the UK we must be on for the 3rd generation iPhone and iPhone Pro on June 8th when the...
Rackable announces low-power rack system
News The CloudRack C2 rack is the company's second for the cloud market, allowing greater density of servers and blades than its predecessor
OpenOffice to the Rescue
Blog I got a call earlier this week from the son of a close friend. He had received a Word document which he urgently needed to open, and MS Office refused, complaining that it was damaged or corrupt....
Why you should care about the Conficker worm
FAQ The worm's latest variant is set to start hitting random domains on 1 April, although security experts say the damage might not be as serious as the hype suggests
Users drive future development
Talkback When Steve Jobs launched the iPhone he claimed "the killer app is making calls." The Comscore findings would suggest that users have found many other uses for their iPhones. Of course this is not...
Good Info
Talkback Good information and good summary David, thanks. I've installed the Beta release on all three of my laptops (Intel, AMD and VIA CPUs), and all three installed very smoothly, and work very well. I...
iPass chief shares plans for the cloud
Q&A Evan Kaplan, chief executive of hotspot aggregator iPass, talks about cloud computing and how he plans to keep the business buoyant in the economic gloom
RE:What Do We Expect from Netbooks?
Blog Comment Thank you very much for all your postings on your mini-note experiences. I also have a mini-note (1024*600 version) and I am very happy with it. I was able to pick it up for a very cheap price. I...
Ten ways to smooth the switch to Linux
Comment There is no reason why moving users to Linux should be traumatic for them or stressful for you, as Jack Wallen explains
'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu goes into beta
News Version 9.04 of Canonical's popular Linux distribution is now into the final testing phase before its April launch
Political accountability? What's that?
Talkback In the commercial world this casual approach to projects would result in heads rolling. Why does there seem to be no accountability in politics and those involved in one debacle after another from...
UK iPhone users reveal thirst for news and email
News A ComScore report reveals that British iPhone users have an appetite for news that exceeds the average phone user, while many depend on the handset for picking up email
Public sector panned over approach to IT projects
News Westminster's approach to running large tech projects is like 'trying to avoid a car crash by looking in the rear-view mirror', according to a panel of chief civil servants and MPs
IBM layoffs hit apps services unit, says union
News The company is handing out pink slips to 1,674 workers, part of a larger round of layoffs expected to affect up to 5,000 people in its Global Business Services unit, according to Alliance@IBM
ICO 'increasingly concerned' about NHS data safety
News The Information Commissioner's Office has taken action against Camden Primary Care Trust after computers containing patients' unencrypted data were left beside a skip in hospital grounds
Google announces sales, marketing job cuts
News The search giant will eliminate about 200 jobs, a cut of about one percent of its workforce on top of earlier relatively small cuts
In for a little stormy weather?
Talkback So, from Sun to Cloud! What's next? Thunder? Lightening? Rainstorm? Whatever the case may be, the move is interesting in the fact that 2 industry majors are in the process of consolidating...
