Previous DayRetrospective legislation
Talkback The Conservative leader must make it very clear that he will introduce retrospective legislation to enable such contracts entered into have a non compensatory cancellation retrospectively added....
RE:Windows 7? No arm in it
Blog Comment Our office only upgraded all its CRTs to LCDs within the last 12 months, so anyone who expects us to replace our LCDs with touch- sensitive *anything* in time for Windows 7 (say, 2010) must be...
Microsoft's mysterious Windows 7 missive
Comment The software maker has been accused of not talking enough about Windows 7, but its latest communication on the subject hasn't made matters any clearer
RE:Windows 7? No arm in it
Blog Comment Two seperate issues really, firstly the whole guerilla arm is a red herring. Think about it, it would cost very little to develop a stand that would allow a screen to be pulled forward and down,...
Online backup insecure, says Heise
Blog Some online backup services are easily fooled, according to the folks over at Heise security. An undisclosed Heise employee hacked into some online backup services by intercepting the connection...
Apple releases 'huge' Mac OS X update
News The company has released a Leopard update that patches over 40 security flaws
Mobile technology's world-saving mission
Comment Countless anecdotes reveal the value of wireless communication for the developing world, but does technology hold the key to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable people?
HTC Shift
Review The HTC Shift is not without interesting features, but its sluggishness under Windows Vista and high price will rule it out for many mobile professionals, who now have a range of attractive...
Via opens up its subnotebook design
News The chip designer has open sourced the reference designs for its Mini-Note device, in a bid to make it easier for laptop makers to incorporate Via's platform
Cable & Wireless may buy Thus
News The telecoms company has expressed an interest in buying its smaller rival, but both firms have stressed that no offer has yet been made
Raging against the internet machine
Q&A Cultural critic and author Lee Siegel believes the time is ripe for a mature debate about the web's impact on society, personality and culture
Google's Gears turns one
News The project formerly called 'Google Gears' is increasingly being used to make online apps function when connectivity is unavailable
Mozilla eyes world record with Firefox 3
News The organisation is hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the total number of downloads of an application in a 24-hour period
EU sets target for IPv6
Blog The European Commission wants a quarter of European industry, public authorities and households to use IPv6 by 2010. "This is very much a case of a stitch in time saves nine," according to our...
Google demos Android software
Photo At the Google I/O conference, Steve Horowitz, Android's engineering director, showed off the company's mobile-phone software
RE:Windows 7? No arm in it
Blog Comment The most interesting aspect of Microsoft's position at the moment is the almost complete disconnect from its customers. The size of the problem is nicely illustrated by headlines like Microsoft...
Not Suprised
Talkback Working as an IT Consultant and Engineer for many years has taught me that people are processes are to blame for most issues. As a technical solution architect I'm very weary of the promises...
Tesco gears up for £100m network overhaul
News Teaming up with Cable & Wireless, the retail giant expects its five-year telecommunications network overhaul to save it up to £10m per year
Tories liable to compensate ID scheme vendors
News A future Conservative government would have to compensate suppliers of the National Identity Scheme for lost profits as well as costs if it cancelled the project
Google tops list of UK's best workplaces
News The Great Place to Work Institute compiled its list based on employee surveys, and commended the search giant for retaining its start-up ethos and embedding its brand into all aspects of the...
Acxiom authentication process gets personal
News The new service asks users random questions based on their personal lives to authenticate them online; but privacy advocates have raised concerns about intrusion
Die Hard 5: The Developer Bites Back
Blog Gartner’s latest tenets on the subject of lifecycle management (LM) appear to have channeled the relatively widely accepted concepts of LM towards an additional acronym: namely IAM - Identity &...
