Previous DayMicrosoft's Sphere in action
Video Researchers demonstrate the globe-like, touch-controlled Sphere computer
Intel, HP, Yahoo create cloud-computing labs
News A global cloud infrastructure for researchers will help advance the technology, according to the companies
People don't know Pt.II
Blog I very graciously let a friend use my hallowed & fusty old Ubuntu-fuelled ThinkPad X60s to check her Hotmail account using Firefox. It all went without hitch, except for the snide comments...
Oracle sounds alarm over serious WebLogic flaw
Blog Oracle has posted a security warning about a vulnerability in the Apache component of its WebLogic Server, even though it doesn't have a patch ready yet. It's taken the rare step of making an...
Open Tech offers latest Mac 'clones'
News The computer maker is making efforts to sell cut-rate Mac systems, but will leave end users to sort out software installation for themselves
WhatsUp Gold v12 Premium Edition
Review WhatsUp Gold v12 will satisfy existing and new users alike. And it's not just for large enterprises: small and medium-sized businesses can also monitor all their web servers, email servers, SQL...
Intel already up to speed
Talkback The Intel 4965agn wireless N adapter in most modern laptops is already dual band. It's the routers that seem to be behind in using this tech. I also got a linksys wireless N router as it was one of...
SAP rejects user concerns over price rises
News The software giant has said it has no plans to adjust pricing after UK users complained about the terms of their support contracts
Let's get Physical ! (sorry couldn't resist...)
Blog IT Security consultants scare me. But I guess that’s their job isn’t it? I have a very good appreciation for security. Belonging to a company that specialise in Data Centre Hosting, security is...
Meru shields wireless networks from eavesdroppers
News The company's RF Barrier tech uses antennas placed around an organisation's physical perimeter to disguise legitimate network data
BT guns for Android and Skype with Ribbit buy
News Ribbit, which provides an 'open platform' for developers looking to combine web and voice tech, has been bought by BT for £53m in cash
Makes even bigger difference for the home user
Talkback In the office their is probably 1-2 other wifi signals at the 2.4ghz frequency and a few people that have bluetooth turned on on their phones or laptops. At home I have so many competing devices: a...
hypocrisy
Talkback every single argument that was raised against the web also exists in real life and every other medium of communication. for example people "faking secrets", this happens in conversation and...
Insider security threat not exaggerated
Blog I was reading recently some research claiming that the insider security threat had been exaggerated: (http://www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/security/databreachreport.pdf). The report said that...
Alcatel-Lucent to lose both CEO and chairman
News With the company announcing its sixth consecutive quarter of losses, CEO Pat Russo and chairman Serge Tchuruk will step down later this year
The future of social networking on mobile phones
Video At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, moderator Adam Zawel of INmobile.org leads a discussion on mobile social networking
Dialogue Box 4.4: Dual-band 802.11n shoot-out
Video Which 802.11n frequency band goes fastest and furthest — 5GHz or 2.4GHz? Dialogue Box fires up its new router and takes a laptop on a wireless walkabout
New Gizmo5 for Windows Release
Blog When it rains, it pours! Gizmo5 came out with a new release today (4.0.3.383), which makes some nice improvements and cleans up some old problems. I use Gizmo extensively for text chat (every day...
Flickr founder knocks Yahoo's culture
News During a recent visit to Australia, former Yahoo staffer Stewart Butterfield criticised the search giant for its lack of an innovative culture compared to rival Google
Sophos bids for German rival
News Internet security firm Sophos has offered $340m to buy Utimaco Safeware, a German software specialist in data loss and encryption
Microsoft offers a glimpse of Sphere
News Academics attending the software maker's Faculty Summit will be among the first to see the spherical surface computer developed by Microsoft Research
Apple may spurn Intel for next-gen MacBook
News Apple is not dumping Intel's processors, but it might be using another company's chipset inside new notebooks expected to arrive within the next month or so, according to an AppleInsider report
