Previous DayApple joins universal phone charger list
Blog The world is rejoicing today at the news that we will all be getting a single mobile phone charger, using microUSB. Personally, I'm delighted at the news — as delighted as I was the first time...
Apple and Intel increase their Imagination stakes
Blog Apple has almost tripled its stake in the Hertfordshire-based company Imagination Technologies, which provides graphics technology for the iPhone. On Friday, Imagination sold 2.2m shares to...
Microsoft, the NHS, licence fees and oddness.
Blog While looking around in the strange and interesting world of Microsoft and the NHS, I found this; a page offering NHS employees in England and Scotland (sorry, Wales and Norn) downloadable MS...
Dell delivers SaaS package to Europe
News The company's first cloud-based services package enables European businesses to outsource email, software licence management and other functions to Dell
HTC Hero gets SIM-free release date, pricing
News Amazon has put HTC's own-branded Android handset, the first not tied exclusively to one operator, on its site for pre-order
O2 mobile broadband hooks up to BT Wi-Fi
News An upgrade to O2's mobile broadband connection software gives access to BT Openzone hotspots, and also adds a data counter and warnings when the user is close to their usage limit
Nokia N97: Bye-bye Communicator
Blog Nokia’s N97 hit my desk on Friday courtesy of Clove and I’ve been fiddling with it over the weekend. Nokia is trying to pull off a clever trick with the N97. The handset is right out of the...
G20 protesters hit gov't with email attacks
News The government was subjected to targeted email attacks during the G20 protests in April, according to official email provider MessageLabs
D-Link DNS-343
Review For sharing media files and other documents on a home network, the DNS-343 would be fine. For business use, the awkward permissions system makes management more difficult than it needs to be.
Tory think tank proposes new data model
News A Conservative policy group has proposed an alternative model for managing personal data used in public services
RE:Skype founders' spat with eBay threatens IPO
Blog Comment Thanks for posting this, David. I have been very careful to stay away from it, because of my personal history and feelings about Skype. But I have to admit to more than a little Schadenfreude...
Skype founders' spat with eBay threatens IPO
Blog EBay's intended spin-off of Skype as a new public company could be threatened by a dispute between Skype's founders and the internet telephony firm's parent. The online auction giant intends to...
Beware geeks bearing advice
Talkback That survey covered a lot of ground, which means there's going to be a lot of variation across those geographies. So just to be parochial for the moment and, I'd hope, not too complacently...
Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh
News The chipmaker is calling on businesses to avoid lengthening their PC refresh cycles as a cost-cutting measure, as security-risk and maintenance bills could prove more costly
OLPC Sugar interface made available on USB
News Sugar Labs has released the One Laptop per Child XO-1 interface online for loading onto any USB flash drive greater than 1GB, and will allow it to be used on 'any PC or netbook'
US extends probe into Oracle-Sun deal
News The Department of Justice wants more time to consider Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun, but Oracle is confident the deal will still go through without problem
