Previous DayUndocumented eXtensions and Standards
Talkback As marbux pointed out, ODF and OOXML specifications allow for what might as well be unlimited use of undocumented eXtensions. This is indeed good for market leading applications use to competing...
RE:Stirling work for cooling your chips
Blog Comment The thing about the Stirling engine is that it is either simple, robust and inefficient (as in the Victorian engines that powered pumps and generators in the country) or efficient but unbelievably...
RE:Specs released for £99 laptop
Blog Comment That's really minimal, one of the things kids do on their computers is play games or watch DVD's, am not sure that spec can handle multimedia, they should call it the choke PC!
RE:Stirling work for cooling your chips
Blog Comment Sterling idea! Almost seems like it violates the laws of thermodynamics. The energy saving seems really minimal but the "impress your friends" value is priceless. The main thing for me is low fan...
RE:Unsealed Microsoft emails reveal pre-launch Vista pain
Blog Comment Before I put Vista on my laptop (aware that I had 915 graphics) I ran the upgrade advisor, told me that all was good but would need new drivers for my printers - I can live with that. Truth is,...
Nokia Nano-candy?
Talkback Nice, but as with anything new it appears to be a new type of eye candy than the next 'must have' phone. It's all very well making it look pretty and stick on a couple shiny bits as an after...
Inside the Symantec Security Response labs
Photo ZDNet.co.uk was given a peek behind the scenes at the security specialist's European anti-malware operation in Dublin
Stirling work for cooling your chips
Blog Here's a top idea - use a Stirling engine that uses the heat from a processor to drive a fan that cools that processor. Stirling engine design is one of those ideas that feels almost illicit -...
Virtualisation not key driver for Server 2008 adoption
News Microsoft's hypervisor technology comes close to the bottom of the list of reasons for adopting the company's new server platform, a ZDNet.co.uk survey reveals
"We are caving to Intel"
Blog I'm more and more intrigued by the Vista sticker emails, and what they reveal about Microsoft's relationship with its partners. Intel is in a particularly complex position: neither company is a...
Leeds cuts storage energy costs by 75 percent
News The city has replaced its SAN arrays, cutting energy costs per terabyte by three-quarters
TD-SCDMA may not make Olympics deadline
News Industry watchers say China may struggle to meet its deadline to roll out TD-SCDMA handsets by the Olympic Games this year
Ten tips for trimming IT budgets
Feature As concerns over the economy continue to mount, IT departments can employ certain tactics to make budget cuts as painless as possible
Nokia's nano handset
Talkback MMmmm ... looks a bit big to fit my pocket. Interesting new features - but what are the benefits for me? Why should we embrace technoloogy just because it's new? BL
Facebook and the price of user privacy
Comment Aaron Greenspan warns that Facebook is sacrificing user privacy on the altar of hyper growth
Specs released for £99 laptop
Blog We finally have specs for the Elonex One laptop (previous story here), which is being pitched at the educational sector. Apparently the thing runs on a 300MHz LNX (nope, me neither) processor...
Charity funds IT training for disadvantaged groups
Analysis IT charity AbilityNet has secured £700,000 in lottery funding to help disadvantaged groups take advantage of technology
Google Health to host patient e-records
Talkback Personally I would have no qualms about having my medical record stored on GOOGLE servers. It would nice to have them all in one place and which I could have access.
here in the UK
Talkback Home users in the UK may be slow to convert as we are in an expensive time at the moment. Our TV is being switched to digital soon and this means purchasing a lot of new equipment. OK satellite...
Tiscali boss gets the boot
Blog Tommaso Pompei has been ejected as CEO of Tiscali, to be replaced by current board member Mario Rosso. Apparently shares have risen on the news. Hard to say, but it's difficult to see this as...
Ubuntu takes community ideas from Dell
News The Ubuntu Brainstorm website is based on Dell's IdeaStorm site, which led to Ubuntu being preinstalled on many Dell PCs and laptops
Software behind the scenes
Blog Despite a white-knuckle taxi ride to Nice airport yesterday that left me fairly green (my Sicilian taxi driver “Amadeo” clearly thought he was auditioning for the next Italian job remake) I left my...
More marketing, Lower Prices - How About A Better Product?
Talkback Microsoft says that Vista is "doing great", "exceeding expectations", or whatever the latest overblown hype is. But then they say they need to dump a few hundred million dollars more into...
Reasons for lack of interoperbility in ODF
Talkback I think that especially Sun in the ODF TC is against any changes they cannot implement in StarOffice/OpenOffice at the time that the format specification is standardized. IBM on the other hand is...
HMRC appoints data guardians
News Following the loss of two discs containing child-benefit details in November, HM Revenue & Customs has appointed 37 staff to protect information
CIOs give Windows Server 2008 a cautious welcome
News Half of a CIO user panel have said they plan to move to the OS at their next refresh or upgrade cycle, but others were more cautious
Microsoft: Virtualisation is over-hyped
News The company says current server virtualisation software is removing a utilisation problem and creating a management one, but Hyper-V can handle both
Satellite comms may 'connect the unconnected'
News The UN has called on governments and the private sector to join it in exploiting satellite communications to bridge the digital divide
Interoperability and the binary ODF conversion dilemma
Talkback There are two important issues to consider, especially wherever there are government pilot studies and ODF mandate proposals. The first is whether or not we can convert volumes of existing...
RE:Unsealed Microsoft emails reveal pre-launch Vista pain
Blog Comment Interesting that the Intel 915 was one of the "problem children" in all of this. As you know, I spend quite a bit of time testing and working with a variety of Video chat programs; in my...
Remember that demented WHS box, Kraken? RIP, snap, crackle and pop
Blog Been doing a lot of reading and programming both at home and the office. VB.Net(2005) at the office and C at home, its enough to make you a little schizo! Anyway, been reading security notices...
ODF and OOXML are standards in name only
Talkback Goldie, the problem really is more that both ODF and OOXML are signed, blank checks. Neither specify a minimum set of features that must be supported and both allow vendor- and application-specific...
Palm Centro
Video Despite a few misses, the Palm Centro for AT&T is a solid, easy-to-use and affordable smartphone for first-time buyers
