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Talkback The loser of the mem stick and the next two superiors up should be dismissed regardless - it was lost and the regulations governing mem sticks failed to prevent it. If there has been a disregard of...
Who needs pay per use computing ?
Talkback Before launching an anti microsoft polemic, perhaps we should consider the need for pay-per-use computing (PPU). As someone who routinely runs complex finite element simulations, it would be...
DejaVu time of year...
Blog Yes, it's that end of time feeling again, when lazy repeats masquerade as best-of-the-year. My DejaVu experience is somewhat more prosaic. A current client has a job designed using the DejaVu Sans...
Pre-pay and the developing world
Talkback It has been pointed out to me that Microsoft has already inflicted a similar stunt upon its 'developing world' customers, viz:...
San Francisco man to stand trial over network hijack
News A network administrator is to stand trial for allegedly hijacking the network he designed and maintained for the city of San Francisco
OpenOffice.org, the 'dying horse'
Blog A very interesting post from OpenOffice.org contributor Michael Meeks makes the whole OO.o project look rather shaky - according to him, the total number of active, core developers is currently 24:...
Microsoft pay-per-use
Talkback "Rather than suffering through less-than-adequate performance for a significant portion of the life of a computer, a user can increase performance level over time, at a slight premium of payments,"...
Oh what a crazy world we live in!
Talkback Greed will stifle innovation! How an earth can such a vague coverall patent be used to attack actual useful products, independently developed with actual specific uses in mind. In any case ,...
Copyright issues have gotten out of control
Talkback It seems like drawing a square on a piece of paper is now copyrighted by somebody and I can get sued. The whole idea of copyright to not to deprive a creator of rightful financial gain in the sale...
Microsoft outlines pay-per-use PC vision
News A Microsoft patent application details a business model whereby the user gets a free or heavily subsidised PC but is charged for usage time, application and performance
Shared-services project makes DfT tech bill soar
News A late-running shared-services programme has raised the cost of the Department for Transport's IT projects from £300m to nearly £400m
Welsh council loses 'confidential' child details
News An employee of Neath Port Talbot Council has lost a memory stick containing information on vulnerable children
Verizon wins largest-ever cybersquatting damages
News A US court has awarded $33.15m to the company in a cybersquatting case a domain registrar, but Verizon may have difficulty collecting the damages
Apple, Microsoft, Google sued over preview icons
News A US-based networking company alleges the tech giants infringed on a patent related to document thumbnails used in operating systems
RIAA, Lead Dog for the IP Entertainment Industry
Blog Here's a URL related to the RIAA recent push into ISP-land. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/12/riaa-v-people-turns-lawsuits-3-strikes Essentially the RIAA wants the ISPs to send an email...
Which “one” word sums up information technology for you in 2008?
Blog An impossible task I know, but a pleasant distraction from the turkey and cranberry overload this yuletide had me rummaging through my stack of this year’s 200-odd blogs to try and produce a single...
Win a Crucial 4GB notebook memory kit
Competition In today's competition, 10 winners will each pick up a Crucial memory kit to give their laptops a boost
