Previous DayYahoo's Identity crisis!
Talkback "Yahoo's been weighed down by trying to do too many things and not being very good at any of them, [and] not having the commitment to excel at any of them." This is their problem exactly; people...
It's not all the systems fault.
Talkback Whilst people really should be told the realities of contention and not 'up to's' I think that a lot of the problem is in third parties putting up content that requires a lot more bandwidth that...
Nokia's big plans on the Qt
Leader With the acquisition of Trolltech, Nokia has made its largest bet yet on changing the course of the industry
RE:Currys £16.99 USB cable rip-off.
Blog Comment So there have been a couple of comments on this blog entry – that have taken the supercilious “why didn’t you read the box” stance. Well, I didn’t and quite frankly I shouldn’t have to. If I buy a...
Best of UK graphic talent to be celebrated
News Lord David Puttnam will host a gala event celebrating the best in the UK graphics community at the inaugural UK Escape Awards
RE:OLPCs land at ZDNet Towers
Blog Comment Could you test and monitor power consumption levels somehow? Test battery life in black and white ebook mode.. Even though it seems from the OLPC wiki, that they still have some battery...
Easynet's green Rally cry
Blog It’s a good job that the majority of our press releases arrive by email these days as if we were still back in the times when snail mail predominated then the sheer volume of missives detailing the...
Solving Yahoo's identity crisis
Analysis The troubled web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could benefit from looking at its past
Won't hold my breath
Talkback As a web developer it has been incredibly frustrating having to support Microsofts buggy browsers. IE7 was a good step in the right direction. I'd never use it as my browser of choice but...
ICO warns against sound-recording CCTV
News The Information Commissioner's Office has launched a CCTV code of practice that describes the use of sound recording as 'highly intrusive'
Speed is subjective
Talkback I agree with James on his comments. I'm with VirginMedia (ex NTL) cable. I have 4 Mbps service. I run the Broadband Speed Tester championed by ComputerActive magazine and average download speeds...
Microsoft has a second shot at Vista SP1
News The company's second spin at a Service Pack for Vista should be last before an official launch next month, but no final date has been confirmed
PlusNet is one of the best.....
Talkback .....even though its now owned by BT. But concentrating on pure download speed is probabaly misleading. Your enjoyment of just surfing the web is going to be just as dependent on the the speed of...
EMC pushes online backup services
News The storage specialist is pushing hard to become a leader in hosted storage and backup services with its MozyEnterprise offering
Fast handoff in Wi-Fi for VoIP
Forum We have mesh network setup where we want to use VoIP services. I am worried about handoff in Wi-Fi. Will wireless VoIP phones take fast handoff in roaming ? Please let me know the solution for...
OLPCs land at ZDNet Towers
Blog We are now the proud, if temporary, possessors of no fewer than four OLPC XO laptops. The XO is Nicholas Negroponte's brainchild: a machine that, he and his team hopes, will change the way...
Apple MacBook Air (1.8GHz)
Review The design is revolutionary, but Apple's MacBook Air will appeal to a smaller, more specialised audience than the standard MacBook, thanks to a stripped-down set of connections and features.
Double up on databases
Blog For those techies out there who are also film buffs, you'll know that Dante's Peak came out at around the same time as Volcano – and that Deep Impact hit the screens at just about the same time...
Nokia to buy major Linux company
News The Finnish handset manufacturer is buying Trolltech, which specialises in graphical user interfaces for Linux and other platforms
Bringing Computer Aid to Cuba
Blog It’s too late to sign-up unfortunately, but I am sure IT charity Computer Aid would bite hands off for more donations for its annual charity cycle ride which kicks off next month. Last year’s event...
Its BT
Talkback I have no problem with my isp (plusnet) it's BT who are the problem, I keep loosing ADSL sync and my router then tries to re-sync repeatedly, it some times takes an hour or so to get it back on...
Nokia buys Trolltech
Blog Nokia is buying Trolltech, probably the most important mobile Linux company out there in terms of current deployment. I'm listening to the audiocast right now, so expect a story soon... this is...
UK vents spleen at broadband frustrations
News Poor connection speed and customer service are among the major gripes of UK broadband users, according to a survey
Cisco targets data centres with Nexus 7000
Analysis The data-centre switching product will be the centerpiece of a strategy to help companies build new and more efficient data centres
Of Qtrax and broken dreams
Blog Last thing last night - around 2am, Goodwins Mean Time - I was preparing to turn in. A last look around the news, and an outfit called QTrax was making some waves. Free music downloads,...
RE:Status Update, Vista to XP Retreat (Advance?)
Blog Comment Yes, I think that a lot of people are having similar problems with Vista on older PCs. The ones that are really surprising are those which "should" be able to run Vista, and perhaps actually...
(SIP) Session Initiation Protocol and Windows Mobile 6.0
Forum Hi guys, Does anyone knows if there is a vendor which sells and api for windows mobile 6.0? BAsically, i would like to make my HTC Touch work with our Cisco call manager.
RE:'Why Linux is inferior to Windows and Macintosh'
Blog Comment Cough cough. Compiz fusion cough cough. ssh cough cough --> remote desktop ... gui-less operation cough cough (coming to windows server 2008 i believe- core mode). true Multi-user operating...
