Previous DayDevelopers embrace Google Wave
News The search giant's ambitious Google Wave project has developers at Google I/O mulling the possibilities, and even comparing it to the iPhone
UK will not get HP's new business netbook
Blog HP's latest business-oriented netbook, the Mini 1101, will not be coming to the UK, a spokesperson for the manufacturer has confirmed. The news came a day after HP announced the Compaq Mini...
We have to embrace them.
Talkback Tools such as twitter have gained significant presence across corporations now, we have no choice but to embrace them. It's more critical that the business identifies the risk associated with the...
COOL-ER: a home-grown e-book reader
Blog A week or so ago, Phil Wood, marketing director of UK start-up Interead, handed us a shiny new ('vivid violet' coloured) e-book reader called the COOL-ER. It launches officially today, at £189...
RIM warns of BlackBerry PDF vulnerability
News The BlackBerry maker has highlighted a flaw in its software that could be used to shut down a server or execute malicious code
Symantec warns of spam 'triple threat'
News Spammers are combining their circumvention techniques to increase the efficacy of attacks, according to security company Symantec
IDC: Biggest quarterly drop in 12 years for servers
News First-quarter figures for server revenue and shipments are the worst seen by the research firm for years, as buyers pull back on spending
Google shows Native Client built into HTML 5
News The search giant has shown a version of its technology for making web apps perform at similar levels to those associated with native desktop applications
Ubuntu Netbook Remix For Acer One
Talkback Yes! Ubuntu NBR worked out of the box on my first gen Acer One. Also used my Linux Ubuntu USB Thumb drive to boot on a PC with windows 7 installed. Up comes the linux desktop with the complete...
Asus and Microsoft launch pro-Windows website
Blog Asus and Microsoft have launched a website that promotes the use of Windows, arguing that the operating system provides users with a familiar environment and no compatibility issues. The site,...
HP refreshes small-business portfolio
News The manufacturer's new SME line-up includes new server, storage, virtualisation and client devices, as well as new printers
Photos: Google shows off Wave's potential
Photo Google demonstrates some of the functionality of its new online communication and collaboration tool, Google Wave.
Whitelisting provides a convenient way to manage critical ri...
Talkback A Whitelisting approach has gained prominence in recent years with hackers bypassing traditional perimeters to penetrate business critical data and systems. As illustrated by the Gumblar attack,...
Ten top Linux distros for your netbook
Comment With so much choice in Linux, why soldier on with the clunky operating system that came with your netbook, asks Jack Wallen
Wave Hello, Say Goodbye (to closed-off collaboration platforms)
Blog I'm still reading through what little detail we have on Google Wave, but there certainly appears to be enough for developers to get excited about. Before we even get to the technical details of...
Searching with Microsoft's Bing: screenshots
Photo A sampling of search results using Microsoft's upcoming search engine, formerly code-named Kumo, shows some of its new features.
Ingres, Red Hat team on developer stack
News The open-source developer stack combines the Ingres database with JBoss packages from Red Hat and is meant to measure up to proprietary tools from IBM, Oracle and others
Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn
News The website compromise attack adds new domains, steals data and continues to propagate after infections are cleaned up, making it worse than Conficker, ScanSafe says
Google Chrome adds HTML video support
News Chrome joins Firefox, Safari and Opera with the ability to display video without a plug-in such as Adobe's Flash
Dell sees earnings tumble 63 percent
News Revenues, net income and earnings per share all declined in a difficult first quarter, while the company stresses its expense cutting
Microsoft to patch DirectX hole
News The vulnerability in DirectX could allow an attacker to take control of a computer, if the user visits a site and runs a maliciously crafted QuickTime file
RE:Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" - It Just Keeps Getting Better
Blog Comment @paradox - I don't notice any significant difference in speed between Mint 7 and Ubuntu 9.04, on any of my systems. I haven't looked at this carefully, and I haven't done any specific testing for...
HTC Touch Diamond2
Review The HTC Touch Diamond2 brings some notable improvements over its predecessor and is a powerful touch-screen Windows Mobile smartphone.
The Twitter Book: worth a quick look if you're hooked
Blog So there I was just about to take a flight to the US. Leafing through my as yet unread Bill Bryson books that I have left, I was about to dive headfirst into A Short History of Nearly Everything,...
