Previous DaySony VAIO VGN-Z11WN/B
Member Review This a great product for a traveller. Good size screen and keyboard but light and compact. One infuriating problem: The battery looses power when the computer is switched off. Typically after a day...
RE:College gives up on email - corporates next?
Blog Comment I think the membership angle would still be covered by either the email header itself or allow the email header to convey the "view as" data. PGP is a good idea and an excellent protocol but like...
When will they ever learn?
Blog There is a huge gap now between those institutions who have moved ahead with new technology and funded roles like Directors of E-learning, ILT Co-ordinators and staff to support them and those who,...
Would Open Office help?
Talkback I have Ubuntu Linux, with Open Office included. A nice feature is that I compose a message, or reply, with Open Office, and then export the file to PDF format. I've also heard of the Open Document...
Dealer files antitrust complaint against Microsoft
News A Dutch software dealer is arguing that by charging more for its software in Europe, Microsoft is violating antitrust laws
Europe pumps money into space
Blog Ambiguous headline I know -- I couldn't resist, sorry. Member states are going to pour ten billion Euro into the European Space Agency (Esa) funding, the BBC reports. The budget is for the...
EU fights cybercrime with 'remote search' strategy
News The EU Council of Ministers has adopted an EC cybercrime-fighting strategy that includes 'cyber-patrols' and police searching suspect systems remotely
Why SOA is the 'perestroika of IT'
Q&A Independent middleware can help businesses escape the grip of 'monopolistic' software makers, says Software AG CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich — and that will help the SOA provider grow
LHC restart pushed back further
News The world's most powerful particle accelerator now looks likely to be operational again in late summer 2009, rather than June
RE:UK IT training: does it make the grade?
Blog Comment Well I hope Theresa enjoyed the course, even if it was about java. I have been a Microsoft 'guy' for many years. I really don't see that changing anytime soon. Over the years I have taken various...
Apple pares UK prices in one-day sale
News The company has cut prices on MacBooks and other devices on its online store and some of its high-street outlets
Business intelligence tools up for the recession
Analysis The economic downturn could mean BI tools are no longer confined to certain departments within an organisation. But what pitfalls await managers who attempt to spread the technology to ordinary staff?
Lord Ashdown: Cyber-terrorism 'a big threat'
Video The former leader of the Liberal Democrats explains the need for an internationally co-ordinated response to combat cyber-terrorist threats
IPTV may help telcos fight mobile-broadband threat
News Informa Telecoms & Media says bundling an IPTV service can help telcos seeking to stem the flow of customers ditching their fixed lines
Fire-control centres delayed due to IT problems
News The deployment of a new £380m emergency fire-control network for England has been delayed because of a number of IT difficulties
Yahoo loses Europe chief
News Joining the exodus of high-level Yahoo staff, Toby Coppel will step down from as executive vice president and managing director of Europe and Canada
Nokia to exit Japanese market
News The company says the economic climate means it's 'no longer sustainable' to make phones for one of the largest markets in the world
Gov't adviser: More data breaches on the way
News A Whitehall information-security expert has said that more government data breaches are inevitable, although they will diminish in number
North Wales launches high-speed fibre network
News The £30m 'FibreSpeed' network, enabling broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps, is initially available to around 1,000 businesses in the region
Irritate the User into Upgrading
Talkback Do you really wonder why they don't warn about the incompatible document format? They didn't do it the last time they made this kind of change, either, so it is no surprise. In my opinion this...
RE:More cloud tales - what happens on rainy days?
Blog Comment That's cool. I think people should read the license agreements with great care, because; although the hosting firm may not hold the triple decrypters or whatever may be needed to read your data,...
