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Talkback Sorry but that's complete garbage. What is Tiscali whingeing about? iPlayer and 4OD can't use much more than 15-20k/s. I can get 850k/s on my 8mb Sky broadband (IPStream not LLU), so around 50...
Patent nonsense revisited
Blog I really can't believe - can barely understand, given its dense legalities - this latest ruling, which seems to want to reinstate software patents in the UK. I had thought that the reasons software...
RE:Europe: endless speculation about Firefox
Blog Comment I wonder about the anything-but-Microsoft factor - but can it really be that the Germans, who in my experience have a complex but quite positive cultural resonance with America, are far more up for...
RE:Europe: endless speculation about Firefox
Blog Comment I think the language/localization issue will be one of the biggest factors in Firefox's acceptance in Europe. I can think of two more, which I initially thought of as one, but the more I try to...
RE:OLPCs land at ZDNet Towers
Blog Comment We'll certainly be testing battery life, in both mono (ebook) and backlit (colour) modes. Already started, in fact, although it's too early to begin bandying results around. We'll keep an eye out...
Not this nonsense again!
Talkback Is that the same America where even Microsoft is calling for sweeping patent reform, due to 'a flood of patent applications and an "explosion of sometimes-abusive litigation"'?...
EPC article 52 is just wrong
Talkback An investion can be both the creation of something or a new (method) of doing something, a method doesn't always require a physical part of the invension, as long as you can demonstrate it. When...
File Formats - MS v OpenOffice
Talkback For older versions of MS formats Microsoft made the National Archives (UK) use Vista running Windows Virtual PC running Windows 3.11 running Office 95 (which all require licences per machine)....
Europe: endless speculation about Firefox
Blog So passes the most full-on Monday of the year so far, during which I have learned: 1. Three minutes on the Today programme gets you two emails from posh people (those who still wear ties with...
Different varieties of Apple are healthier
Leader Apple has everything it needs for enterprise success, except the will to win
HP rallies developers around open-source tools
News The PC maker has released tools to make it easier to manage open-source software licences
Not really...
Talkback ODF is a document format, by no stretch of the imagination does it "provide backward compatibility" as implied by the Microsoft representative. Think PDF, another published standard, does it...
Cisco lifts the lid on female-recruitment drive
Photo In a range of announcements at the company's annual user conference, the networking giant revealed how it's trying to attract more female workers
Who's Responsible
Talkback A Hypothetical question? If I do not have a TV or any means of recieving a TV signal and say for instance I watch something via iplayer, do I leagally require a TV licence? I think the answer to...
Flexing US muscle in supercomputing
Q&A The US is still number-one in the world in high-performance computing. IBM's Dave Turek discusses whether it can maintain its current domination
Gates to make last UK appearance for Microsoft
News Bill Gates will be dropping into London this week to show off the latest upgrade CRM 4.0, but from June onwards he'll be focusing on his charity work full-time
Web site personalisation - or information intrusion?
Blog I’m trying hard to get a handle on whether the new breed of personalisation and recommendation technologies currently spawning across the web are likely to be in the, “oh my god how did we ever...
We're the customers!
Talkback Not AT&T! We want a sweet phone, not a lack of choice as to what network we're allowed to use it on and that's why so many are being unlocked. The average joe just wants a cool phone and couldn't...
Modern computing on the head of a pin
Photo In the 60 years since its invention, the transistor has shrunk from hulking origins to the point where more than six billion can fit in an area the size of a credit card
Cally Leeming
Forum I can only assume it's down to some desire to show that councils can save taxpayers money and use 'new' products at the same time. For me, virtualisation is old hat. We've been running virtual...
Time to dig out all the old programs then
Talkback Amongst other things I am sure I had a method for modifying data based upon the entirely random contents of other data. I will have to rush as they are nearly as old as Cliff.
Accenture: Embrace Web 2.0 cautiously
News The company says businesses should recognise the value of blogs, wikis and other Web 2.0 tech, but should be aware of possible adverse impacts
Judge rules computer programs can be patented
News The High Court ruling has cast doubt on the UK's application of the European Patent Convention
Gov't denies scrapping fingerprints for ID cards
News The Identity and Passport Service has dismissed reports that fingerprinting could be dropped from the National Identity Register
Online TV blamed for choking broadband networks
Analysis The huge increase in bandwidth-heavy online TV downloads by UK broadband users is causing rifts over who should pay for upgrades to gridlocked networks
Wiebetech Drive eRazer
Review Need an economical yet effective way to prevent your old files from getting into the wrong hands before you dispose of (or recycle) your old hard drives? Drive eRazer is a great place to start.
Virgin hikes broadband speed for customers
News The company will give some of its customers a free upgrade from 4Mbps to 10Mbps, as it also prepares for a 50Mbps rollout
Sony VPL-CX155
Review The well-built and stylish Sony VPL-CX155 is easy to use and features impressive networking capabilities. However, for a business projector with such a high price tag, poor image quality and a lack...
RE:Should more web sites be able to integrate with my diary?
Blog Comment From a developers point of view this would be horrible! Its bad enough having to design cross browser friendly websites without having to worry about the multitude of different mail clients etc!...
