Previous DayRupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's been more than ten years since I wrote my first diary entry for ZDNet UK. At the time, the site was hosted as an offshoot of ZDNet.com, which has, like us, seen astonishing changes on and...
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Comment Big changes afoot for Rupert's diary, and that's not the half of it
Microsoft gets tough on Office fakers
News Microsoft's voluntary scheme for Office licensing checks is about to become mandatory
UN summit reopens debate over control of the net
News Hundreds of diplomats and technology ministers are to gather in Athens to resume a debate that has often pitted the US against Brazil, India, China and African countries
Oracle's Red Hat salvo falls short of mark
Analysis The database giant has yet to prove its Linux credibility, and may not even be such an attractive choice for support, according to customers and observers
Is this the way to Kensington Olympia?
Blog London's Kensington is not the easiest way to find your way around, especially if you're being lured by all those tall multi-million pound Georgian buildings and the odd limousine gliding past. ...
Acer: Vista is an excuse for Microsoft price hikes
News Vista is tailored to increase its licence revenues by introducing a basic edition that no user will put up with, the Taiwanese PC giant has said
Google apologises for Blogger outages
News Legacy hardware difficulties caused multiple outages this week, affecting many bloggers
Court rejects patent for form-filling program
News Australian patent-seeker's defeat at the Court of Appeal is welcomed by campaigners against software patents
Wi-Fi rollout completed on East Coast trains
News GNER's trains are all Wi-Fi-enabled ahead of schedule, but one rival operator claim there's little demand for wireless on the railways
Motorola eyes Sagem acquisition
News Shortly after its buyout of Symbol, Motorola has confirmed its interest in the French phone and fax maker
Businesses urged to favour IT over cars
News Wikis, videoconferencing and Wi-Fi can cut traffic congestion and save cash, argues the RAC
If you're feeling flush...
Blog As a musician myself, I would almost be tempted to buy one of these, but questions remain. Which chord plays when you flush? Where do you attach the other end of the strings? What's the reverb like?
RFID passports go live
News Nearly all of the 27 countries whose citizens can travel to the US without a visa are now issuing 'e-Passports', the Department of Homeland Security said
Open source support firm SourceLabs bags $7m
News The company will sink the funding into its 'secret weapon' — a proprietary automated support system
HP loses services chief
News The company declined to comment on whether Steve Smith's resignation was related to the company's boardroom scandal
Sun drops hints on Java open source licence
News Oracle OpenWorld: Sun has pledged to release open source Java components by the end of the year, but so far has remained mum about which licence it would use
