Previous DayMicrosoft does not want a standard, they want the word "open...
Talkback Microsoft will never stick to any standard as forcing regular uppdates is the way they make money and the way they try to save their monopoly. On the positive side, of course, is that they again...
Worth a look ...
Talkback Have a look at this analysis on Groklaw http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080326151405938 which suggests plenty of loopholes in M$'s OSP which will enable a continued lockin to M$ Office...
We won't sue over future OOXML
Talkback And how many times has Micro$oft altered their stance? Are we supposed to believe this time will be different?
Fingertapps
Talkback The application / demo suite you are seeing in the first part of the video with the gestures, double touch, zoom etc. was developed with the Fingertapps application framework:...
RE:Symposium survivor
Blog Comment I hope more of these conferences begin using the speaker submission system similar to Agile 2008. I've learned a lot just by reading the speaker proposal submissions and have a much better sense of...
SEO rapper drops it like a swot
Blog Is this a genius way to get students to remember basic web design principles or a joke? The SEO Rapper, a Houston-based hip-hop music maker who also goes by the Poetic Prophet or Chuck, is...
Bruising Apple's ego!
Talkback I bet the guys at Microsoft will love that headline; "Leopard hacked in 30 seconds". In fact, after years of Apple bragging about making more secure Operating Systems, I wouldn't be suprised if the...
That plus...
Talkback The default setting for OS X is firewall off (I don't know why) while the default for Vista and Ubuntu is on. Ah well, it would've been nice to get one of those shiny new Macs, but no one would pay...
Mac Book Air: Our Honeymoon is over
Blog I’m currently sitting in the office; I have two Mac laptops in view (company property). The first, a normal Mac Book and the second a new Mac Book Air. I find myself thinking why! Why would I...
OOXML process in deranged finale
Blog Catching my breath, I thought it might be worthwhile to recap a bit on the insane flurry of updates coming through about the ISO votes on Microsoft's OOXML spec. Remember, the deadline is the end...
Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting
News At last month's OOXML ballot resolution meeting, 81 percent of the technical issues around the format were apparently resolved without being properly addressed
RE:Intel servers and Chinese hackers
Blog Comment I get around this issue by using OpenVPN to log into my servers: only one port ever needs to be open and you need a username/password combo AND a pair of PKI keys to get into it. Works for me...
Denmark changes OOXML vote to 'yes'
News The country's change of heart takes Microsoft's document format one step closer to becoming an ISO standard
RE:Company Memorandum: Watch Your Behaviour!
Blog Comment Yeah, I'm all for scaring the bajeebers out of the unexpected... Though can't a meme propagate itself and can move through a 'culture' in a manner similar to the behavior of a virus? I still reckon...
AMD Phenom X4 9850
Review AMD's new Phenom X4 9850 is overpriced and outclassed compared to its Intel-based quad-core competition. If PC vendors can use this chip to make cheap systems (as they did with older Phenoms), we...
Super Techies: Marc Benioff
Video Salesforce.com's chief executive discusses his early work as a programmer for Apple, honing his sales and marketing skills with Larry Ellison at Oracle and his current role
OpenOffice 2.4 released
News Version 2.4 of the free office productivity suite boasts a number of enhancements, as well as the dropping of the 'OpenDocument' file-type description in favour of 'ODF'
BA offers free Wi-Fi in airport lounges
News British Airways has signed up for the BT Openzone service in its 25 UK lounges
Companies using 'counsellors' to manage IT suppliers
News An increasing number of businesses are employing 'vendor- management offices' to avoid contract problems with IT vendors
What? No background apps? Hurry-Switch to MS/Android before...
Talkback Interesting premise - releasing a limited SDK for a limited device somehow will make it even harder for Apple to sell all those iPhones. I guess I had better ditch my iPhone and go back to my...
RE:Symposium survivor
Blog Comment Excellent checklist, Adrian, thanks. Of course, I have a couple of observations and comments: - I would combine your points 1 and 10, and add "Get out of the conference center and explore the...
Symposium survivor
Blog With some of the bigger software conference and events just around the corner many of us are braced for a week or two of technical briefings, keynotes and – wait for it – ‘birds of a feather...
Thunderbird 2
Review Mozilla's Thunderbird 2 is a fine, free, extensible email client and a solid alternative to the pricey Microsoft Outlook 2007 or the free Windows Live Mail.
Google's Android platform far more flexible than iPhone
Talkback Good points here. In the long run, the iPhone SDK shortcomings may hurt it in comparison to Android, which does allow background processing. iPhone's lack of (3rd party) background processing will...
Apple's Leopard lasts '30 seconds' in hack contest
News Security firm Independent Security Evaluators exploited a Safari flaw to compromise the OS, with Vista and Ubuntu remaining secure
Motorola urged to speed up handset unit spin-off
News Research firm Ovum claims, if the spin-off of Motorola's handset unit is not completed within six months, the new entity may struggle to compete
UN evicts record number of cybersquatters
News The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization has seen an 18 percent rise in complaints since 2006
Microsoft: We won't sue over future OOXML versions
News The software giant has made assurances that a pledge not to sue developers using OOXML will apply to future version of the document format
Inside Firefox 3
Video An inside look at what you can expect from the next version of Firefox
