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Blog Comment Adrian...funny that, I've just been trying out safari on my pc over the last three weeks, it didn't quite crash but it did have a funny turn (major memory leak) on me, and I found my CPU usage jump...
RE:OpenOffice 3.0 - 5m downloads and counting
Blog Comment They also deserve kudos for the quality of the product they have produced. After using 3.0 for a couple of weeks now, on both Windows and Linux, I would say that it is a significant improvement on...
Enterprises urged to make IPv6 migration
News Networking experts have advised businesses to begin planning now for a move to IPv6, to avoid a future lack of IPv4 addresses hampering growth
Microsoft unveils 'Azure' cloud OS
News At the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announced the Azure Services Platform, the company's cloud-computing platform
Europe to have 14m SIM-toting machines by 2009
News Analyst firm Berg Insight claims there will be 14.1 million machines hooked up to European cellular networks by the end of 2008
Oyster cracked in public, researcher claims
News A researcher claims to have developed code that can undermine the cryptography on NXP's Mifare Classic chip, used in London's Oyster card
Dell Inspiron Mini 12 muscles in on notebook turf
Photo The relatively large screen of Dell's Inspiron Mini 12 takes it into the uncharted territory between mini-laptops and notebooks
OpenOffice 3.0 - 5m downloads and counting
Blog According to OpenOffice.org evangelist John McCreesh, the free office productivity suite has seen more than 5m downloads since it was made available two weeks ago. A week ago, McCreesh blogged...
Citrix: Cloud to carry Xen against VMware
Q&A In part one of our two-part interview, Citrix senior executive Ian Pratt explains how the company is looking to Xen's foothold in cloud computing to mount a challenge to virtualisation leader VMware
Yahoo Messenger for Vista discontinued
News The Vista-specific implementation of the program has been discontinued by Yahoo, which is now focusing on one IM product for all Windows users
Orange gets UK exclusivity for Touch HD
News The high-resolution handset will be available in the UK only through Orange, which has released pricing and availability information
Five killer web apps for the downturn
Blog The ever-reliable telecoms analyst James Enck has blogged a spoof list of five new "Web 3.0" apps suited to the economic crisis and its effects. I won't replicate it, as the post deserves to be...
Researcher warns of Android browser vulnerability
News According to reports, a security researcher has identified a flaw in Google's Android platform that could allow keystrokes in the browser to be recorded
Windows Vista SP2 beta due this week
News Microsoft has said it is ready with a test version of the update that adds native Blu-ray support, faster searching and improved Bluetooth connectivity
How the financial crisis is affecting IT firms
Video ZDNet UK's Colin Barker asked Storage Expo attendees whether the credit crunch has had an impact on their business
Mobile-botnet threat 'a ticking time bomb'
News An F-Secure security researcher says mobile-phone botnets do not currently exist but conditions are ripe for their creation
Is virtualisation really gaining a foothold?
Video At Storage Expo 2008, IT pros describe how their companies are using virtualisation — if at all
Apple's iPhone gets Google Earth
News The first mobile version of Google's virtual globe has been made available to users of Apple's handset
Microsoft PDC: What to expect
News At the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft is expected to focus on Windows 7, netbooks, its cloud operating system and the latest version of Office
RSA: We are spending too much on security
Blog That was the interesting admission from the chief executive of RSA Security Art Corviello at his company's conference in London today. The show is running for three days and has some interesting...
Microsoft joins server-messaging working group
News The company says it is joining an industry effort, initiated by competitors, to establish a standard way for business apps to communicate
Facebook open sources Scribe code
News The company has released as open-source code a product developed internally to help scale the social-networking site
Phishers take a break during holiday season
News It seems phishers need time off just like the rest of us, with recent research showing email scams dropping off significantly during July and August
EU: master of wasting money
Talkback That's another way of waste our money by EU. 55m Euros? Much, but not, if you consider dividing it to 27 countries. Let's take 2 milion Euros per country. For that money, each country has to: -...
NHS urged to make better use of tech
News Well-established technology such as the internet and email is not being routinely used by the health service to help members of the public access the care they require, says a report
A Solace for Quantum Computing
Blog A year on from a spectacular controversy in quantum computing, it looks like rationality is breaking out. Last year, D-Wave Systems, the only commercial start-up in the highly demonstrated a 16...
Yahoo reveals its wiring to developers
News Following the launch of its new profiles site, Yahoo starts the next phase of its effort to socially overhaul its web properties, as developers get access to Yahoo Open Strategy technology
OLPC laptop gets a Windows makeover
Analysis One Laptop per Child's XO laptop is now available in a Windows as well as a Linux model, but what will this mean for the user, and does the software really matter?
Vendors snuggle up for Microsoft PDC
Blog Just a short train ride from Hollywood, the great and good of the software development industry are buddying up with Microsoft this week to celebrate PDC (Professional Developers Conference) 2008....
Gov't rules out e-voting for 2009 elections
News The government has said it has no plans to use electronic voting for next year's European or local elections , but has hinted that further trials of the technology could take place in the future
RE:Renaissance development for enlightened users: no thanks!
Blog Comment I think the words “code creation” is the most prevalent issue in this topic. Over the past decade we have seen many RAD tools, almost all being flawed in some aspect, most a complete abomination as...
