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Talkback * I have never used Linux * I have ALWAYS (until the purchase of Spore) paid for EVERYTHING including movies (over 350 DVDs) Games (Every game that has come out, I probably own a copy legally, up...
RE:Seven Steps to Heaven & Five to the Cloud
Blog Comment It really struck me as I read this, that the end of windows as the "be all and end all" may soon be upon us. I read this blog after reading the "why wait for windows" blurb in the Asus...
Schneier: Why are people terrified of Olympics?
Blog Security polymath Bruce Schneier told ZDNet UK that the hype over computer security around Olympics 2012 was "kind of silly". Never one for beating around the bush, Schneier asked whether David...
International experts launch anti-cybercrime plan
News At Infosecurity 2009, US and European government security agencies announce a high-level plan to tackle cybercrime
Investment in tech could help UK reinvent itself
Leader The impact of IT investment goes far beyond the technology itself, as a recent LSE reports highlights
Tech investment would boost jobs, says LSE
News A London School of Economics report suggests that a £15bn investment in broadband, smart grid and intelligent transport technology could create 700,000 jobs
Tech suppliers not being penalised for failures
News A report by the Public Accounts Committee says financial penalties are not being enforced when vendors fail to deliver
Forget Conficker — focus on the real threats
Comment Despite all the headlines, it is not the Conficker worm people should be worrying about, says Mary Landesman
Blunkett: Olympics 2012 could bring security storm
Video At Infosecurity 2009, former home secretary David Blunkett tells ZDNet UK that a co-ordinated attack on systems linked to the Olympics could have serious repercussions for Britain
Ubuntu Jaunty - Positive and Negative
Blog After a few days of working with Ubuntu 9.04, I have two comments to make about it - one positive and one negative. On the positive side, the release notes say that they improved handling of...
RE:Emails suggest Home Office colluded with Phorm
Blog Comment There's even more -- one Phorm objector created a petition on the Number 10 web site, which the Stop Phoul Play site described as being an "attack" by "privacy pirates". Phorm further claims that:...
Open-source cloud platform goes commercial
Blog Eucalyptus, an open-source project aimed at making it possible to set up Amazon Web Services-compatible private cloud infrastructures, has established itself as a private company, Eucalyptus...
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
News Microsoft is releasing the second service pack for Office 2007, adding various stability and performance updates along with support for Open Document Format and PDF files
Swedish ISPs to erase users' data in privacy bid
News In more fallout from the Swedish antipiracy 'Ipred' law that went into effect on 1 April, three ISPs say they will erase IP data to protect their customers' privacy
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440
Review Although Seagate's BlackArmor 440 is not the easiest NAS server to set up and use, it's a good choice for small businesses and advanced users.
Wired blogs switch to open source
Blog Matt Mullenweg, the creator of the open source blogging platform WordPress, has announced in his blog that Wired.com has switched from using TypePad to WordPress for its blogs. TypePad has lots...
Sweet interface
Blog After reading Rupert Goodwin's post about Ubuntu 9.04, I realised that I didn't really need to install the latest and greatest Ubuntu. I had the opportunity to on my old PC tower, and I was swayed...
RE:Not Such A Vine Idea
Blog Comment To give Microsoft some credit, they've obviously realised that its days of making money from selling licence fees to the same people over and over again are coming to an end, and is moving more...
Microsoft boosts Windows 7 security for USB drives
News Windows 7 will not automatically launch programs using AutoRun when USB drives are inserted, the company says
Linux group takes aim at Microsoft patents
News In the wake of Microsoft's settled suit against TomTom, open-source advocates are stepping up an attempt to invalidate some of the software giant's patents
Vodafone's HTC Magic
Blog Yesterday afternoon I was given a preview of Vodafone's new HTC Magic. Due to go on sale on 5 May it is available for free on plans costing £30 a month and up. The HTC Magic runs version 1.5 of...
Adobe Reader JavaScript security flaw emerges
News A security vulnerability in Adobe Reader prompts experts to recommend switching off JavaScript in the PDF reader
Microsoft: Second Vista service pack sewn up
News The software maker says it has finalised the code for the second service pack update to the operating system
RE:Experimenting with Alternate Desktop Managers
Blog Comment There are several Ubuntu based distributions that are not official. One that I found interesting was Enlightenment based Moon OS 2.0 (http://www.moonos.co.cc/) which is very nice looking, and seems...
