Previous Daywhy so desktop obsessed?
Talkback Having worked with many different organisations, I have never understood the apparent cultural dependency on such high maintenance, short lifecycle desktop hardware. Adopting thin client solutions...
Cracking a walnut with a sledge hammer
Talkback Apart from the infringement of human rights and invasion of privacy, this wonderful sounding idea will, if it is IT successful, result in a massive expenditure of taxpayers funds on the...
Maybe but...
Talkback Let me think - how many hours of computing time were lost to this security flaw? Er, that would be none. So although Apple may not be the fastest at responding the truth is they did not NEED to...
As Opposed To...
Talkback All those older Macs which are still running software and make pretty good machines for the kids / web surfing etc.
Greens: Vista means more dead PCs
News Hardware requirements of Microsoft's successor to XP could force thousands of older PCs to be scrapped, campaigners claim
Microsoft launches SME licensing crackdown
News Son of SAM campaign will see mid-range companies forced to share information with Microsoft or risk a visit from the BSA
VoIP spam tipped to rocket
News NEC wants to combat the rise of VoIP spam with a new application, but Cisco denies that junk calls over IP will be a problem
UK to get Sony's mini-VAIO
Blog The US and Japan have had Sony's UX series ultra-mobile PCs for a while, and now it's the UK's turn. Today the company announced that we are to get the VAIO VGN UX1XN, pictured below. With...
Monopoly by stealth
Talkback HD Photo, like XAML, are vehicles designed *solely* to lockin unsuspecting Microsoft customers who have more to worry about than file formats. The technical benefits are marginal at best. Given the...
Countdown to Vista is nearly over
News The Week Ahead: Bill Gates comes to London for Microsoft's biggest launch in years
BumpTop - putting physics in the desktop
Blog This heavily Digged demo is well worth viewing if you have not seen it. It is the work of Anand Agarawala, an MSc graduate at the University of Toronto. The theory is explained in Anand's paper...
China gets 4G? Come again?
Blog According to this Reuters piece, China is "leapfrogging" 3G in favour of, er, 4G. Say what? I know China doesn't really have to worry too much about the rest of the world due to the size of its...
Fujitsu staff start five-day strike
News After a two-day strike fails to get a response from management, staff at Fujitsu Services' Manchester outsourcing division begin a week of disruption
TomTom ships malware on sat-nav
News Satellite navigation and services company has admitted shipping two Trojans on a number of its devices
Prudential cracks Egg sell-off
News UK internet success story has been snapped up by US financial services giant Citigroup
Tracking e-crime
Leader The railways could hold the key to dealing with growing threat of computer-based felonies
Apple MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz, 17in.)
Review Apple's Core 2 Duo-based 17in. MacBook Pro is especially thin and light for a desktop replacement, making it an attractive choice for mobile multimedia users.
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Talkback This could be excellent news for the industry, but only if there is no barrier to implementing a pdf creation tool that implements the new standard. If there is any protected IPR embedded in the...
Social net-shirking
Blog Here's a very funny parody of the whole Web 2.0 start-up spiel. What's scary is how accurate this is, and how many times you have to sit there blinking at releases like this before you realise...
Refreshing change
Talkback For my part I am sick to death of software companies releasing new versions *before* they are ready. I want to have confidence that when the company release the software, they have done their level...
Lacking
Talkback What is lacking then is a solution that will automatically put in place steps to safeguard the average user. while give those that require a great level of access an opt-out(disable) option. John,...
Internet guru warns of botnet pandemic
News Vint Cerf has painted a bleak picture of the internet's future if the spread of botnets continues at its current pace
Open-source projects link to Microsoft system
News Higgins and Bandit projects have claimed a milestone in the development of open-source identity services that are interoperable with Windows CardSpace
Adobe seeks formal standardisation for PDF
News Company is expected to submit its Portable Document Format for ISO standardisation, in an effort to ensure its longevity
Microsoft guns for JPEG with Vista debut
News When the operating system launches to consumers, it will include Microsoft's own HD Photo format
Video: Kernel developers are 'unfriendly', says Torvalds
News Part four of our interview sees Linus Torvalds explain why it is getting more difficult to attract new blood to the kernel development process
