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Video Despite a few misses, the Palm Centro for AT&T is a solid, easy-to-use and affordable smartphone for first-time buyers
Terse markup for speed -- NOT
Talkback Albert, you're repeating a myth propagated by Microsoft. I'm not in love with either ODF or OOXML. Both are standards in name only. But the OpenDocument Foundation's da Vinci plug-in for Excel...
Open Standards
Talkback A 'standard' is open for anyone and everyone to adopt and use, free of incumberance. It is not propreiery, it is not, per se, software, it is not copyright controlled, and it is not the exclusive...
Well Spoken
Talkback I would just to say 'Hear Hear' BUT I would like to mention one of my greatest concerns about this and nearly everything else put out by anyone in in any kind of authority these days. Just how...
Actually, you're making all the "fuss ... about backwards co...
Talkback Basically, you're saying that OOXML having backwards compatibility with old binary Microsoft formats is a Good Thing, whereas ODF not having such backwards compatibility with Microsoft is a Bad...
Unsealed Microsoft emails reveal pre-launch Vista pain
Blog Over in the US, a class action lawsuit against Microsoft is gathering steam. It's just been passed by a judge as a valid case, which means that a group of consumers can sue for being sold laptops...
Knowing when to give up
Talkback First they lost the support of the public with all those data scandals (51% of the population are against I.D cards) and now even the corporate world is turning its back on the scheme. Why does the...
Could have been worse.
Talkback The article gives the impression that encryption actually saved the day! The luck is not that the disc and laptop were encrypted, the luck is the fact that they fell into the hands of the wrong...
Widespread support for OOXML already exists.
Talkback Additionally some info Here an example of why OOo does not comply with ODF spec: http://idippedut.dk/post/2008/01/Do-your-math---ODF-and-MathML.aspx Here a list of some applications that are...
Microsoft's virtual spin
Leader The software giant loves virtualisation so much it's slapped the term on everything, for virtually no reason
Health committee chair backs database plans
News The chair of the Commons Health Select Committee has said he finds it 'sad' some doctors are campaigning against the NHS electronic patient-record system
Proprietary past looms over Microsoft OOXML hopes
News More than 30 member countries of the ISO have attended a ballot resolution meeting in Geneva to prepare for a final ruling on Microsoft's OOXML document format
00o writes compliant files
Talkback [quote] MS Office 2007 implementation of OOXML is may not 100% perfect which possibly starts those suggestions but it is a lot better and more complete than OOo which does not implement a number of...
Ballmer talks EU, economy and virtualisation
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks about Windows Server 2008, as well as relations with Brussels
Microsoft officially launches Windows Server 2008
News At an event in London on Wednesday, Microsoft launched Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, and announced that SQL Server 2008 will be available later this year
Somerfield trials WiMax in Manchester
News The supermarket chain is trialling the high-bandwidth, long-range wireless technology, supplied by the virtual network operator Vanco
Ooh, a barrel, where's my fish gun ?
Talkback "Hillier said that human error was involved in the HMRC data loss, whereas fewer than 100 people will have access to the National Identity Register." .. but she can't even keep the story straight...
What is the purpose of the national identity database?
Talkback If, as the government say, fewer than 100 people will have access to the data in it, what is it going to be used for? Is it simply gathering personal information for the sake of holding that...
Home Office laptop and disc 'bought on eBay'
News IT repair technicians near Manchester have found an encrypted Home Office CD under the keyboard of a laptop, apparently purchased recently on eBay
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007
Review Microsoft has delivered a remarkably effective first attempt at centralised virtual machine management. It can only get better when it supports Hyper-V and other platforms.
London losing lustre as data-centre destination
Analysis High lease prices, limited space and a lack of power may be combining to make the capital increasingly unattractive as a data-centre location
Europe and US lead rise in IT governance efforts
News An IT Governance Institute study reveals that 50 percent of US and European businesses are implementing IT governance practices
Office and OOXML
Talkback The way I look at this particular issue is that Microsoft would be insane to build OOXML into Office, since it hasn't been ISOd yet - and may require alterations to gain that honour. Then again, if...
Third supplier drops ID cards procurement bid
News Steria joins BAE Systems and Accenture in retiring from the race to become a main supplier to the IPS's multi-billion pound procurement
Oracle skills shortage spells jackpot for contractors
News Demand for contractors with Oracle skills is set to rise over the next 12 months, with the daily rate of payment averaging £418
Third of GP practices adopt e-records system
News The GP2GP system for the secure electronic transfer of patients' records is being used by over 3,500 English GP practices
Of course ODF isn't backwards compatible with old Microsoft...
Talkback How could it ever be? Are you expecting bug-for-bug compatibility? Are the binary Microsoft formats even documented? Besides, not even today's MS Office is backwards compatible with all the old...
BlackBerry gets voicemail-to-text app
News SpinVox has launched a plug-in that allows BlackBerry users to have voice messages emailed to them in text format
Bookeen Cybook Gen3
Review Compact, lightweight and usable, the Cybook Gen3 is currently the best e-book reader on the UK market. It could, however, still benefit from a few tweaks.
How Do You Pick the Right Internet Technology for Enterprise Presentations?
Blog To know some technologies for further activities on Internet as it’s worth the effort. We are entering an era of online business, and many enterprise managers are facing the dilemma - which way...
They should move to 3G SIM cards on pay-as-you-go for a star...
Talkback At the moment, O2 is just about the only operator who are not distributing new pay-as-you-go SIM cards with 3G support on them. All other operators SIM cards are now all 3G enabled (USIMs) by...
