Previous DayRE:Google Chrome - first benchmarks. Summary: wow.
Blog Comment If you go to srware.net, there is a version of Chrome called SRware Iron which has some of the insecure/annoying elements removed to create a more private surfing experience. These are explained...
Very interesting!
Talkback This is another great article! I've been looking at whether to buy more Google stock or invest in Yahoo and after the lay-off I think their company has more profitability in sight. I can't want to...
RE:UK ID card fuss is only temporary
Blog Comment Retail organisations are already tagging clothes and other items with RDIF chips. Chip frequency+Facial regognition+Card details and we're nearly there. The next step is to emmbed RDIF trackers in...
No spat here says US cybersecurity investigator
Blog In an earlier post, I flagged up the fact that the head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just happens to be at the same IT security show in London as someone who...
RE:Even tech-savvy telcos can't look after data
Blog Comment "Data Managment Issues" eh? I read a rather disturbing artical in a fairly recent issue of micromart, suggesting that many IT departments are being manipulated into a situation which sets them up...
Tories pledge to curb abuse of surveillance powers
News The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act needs to be cleaned up to prevent abuse by local authorities, a Conservative peer has said
RE:SightSpeed Acquired By Logitech
Blog Comment I've been reading your blog for a while and am very conversant with your feelings about Skype. I don't disagree, but the one thing Skype has going for it is an enormous (relatively) user base....
HP adds Mini 1000 to netbook lineup
Photo The company has launched three new netbooks in its Mini series, seeking to expand the line beyond the education market, and add a little style as well
Microsoft research does the PDC keynote
Blog Wednesdays keynote here at PDC was given by Rick Rashid from Microsoft Research, some interesting highlights of the reams of facts and figures that were given here - Microsoft Research is modelled...
Win a Yoggie Gatekeeper Card Pro
Competition Gatekeeper Card Pro is an evolutionary device designed to protect laptops both in and out of the office. ZDNet UK has seven up for grabs.
Ballmer memo to customers: Ready for the revolution
Blog The following is an e-mail Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent Tuesday addressing new technologies, some of which were showcased this week at the company's Professional Developers Conference. The...
Avoiding the SOA Dead End
Blog I'm sure many of you are either contemplating joining or actually sitting on the SOA bandwagon with high hopes of delivering the business benefit that we as IT professionals promise to our lords...
Privacy tsar: 277 data breaches since November
News Information commissioner Richard Thomas says the government and private sector must realise that more databases mean more data breaches
Success of Azure comes down to trust.
Talkback Once again we are asked to trust Microsoft, only this time it is with our personal information. The LSE comes to mind as a recent, good reason to question their trust. I would hate to find out my...
Microsoft unveils Office apps in the browser
Photo At the Professional Developers Conference, the software maker gave a preview of its newly confirmed browser-based Office apps
Get Set... (Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex)
Blog As Peter Judge has pointed out in his blog, tomorrow's Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) release is certainly not focused exclusively on improvements for mobile computing. However, that is where I use...
UK ID card fuss is only temporary
Blog That was the warning from security guru and BT chief security office Bruce Schneier who said that in five years or so, people won't have to worry about ID cards anymore. Not because...
Docs in the cloud.
Talkback Good points, but in practice documents are far less likely to be lost, damaged, or overwritten by old versions when they are stored in the cloud. Google Docs is amazing, and, if paid for, support...
Windows 7: Mixed reviews from PDC attendees
News Developers received copies of Windows 7 and a spacious portable hard drive, and gave mixed reviews after playing with the new OS at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference
Even tech-savvy telcos can't look after data
Blog As if being crunched by credit wasn't bad enough, some banks,and other firms, are facing more shame on Weds following the publication of a report from the information commissioner Richard Thomas....
Yahoo takes Zimbra email service to school
News The internet company now offers educational institutions discounted pricing to run its Zimbra server software for email and collaboration
IBM offers banking security on a USB stick
News IBM Research has developed a USB device that protects online bank transactions by creating a protected channel directly to the bank's server
Yahoo, Google and the race for transformation
Analysis The internet behemoths are battling to lure coders and remake themselves, as faster-moving start-ups show how hard it is for a massive site to transform itself
Inconsistency in the air over UK software patent examinations
Blog The hallowed halls of the European Patent Office (EPO) have been reverberating with disquiet this month and it’s all as a result of the software industry in the form of the long-running Symbian...
Xen: The start-up in Citrix clothing
Q&A In the second of our two-part interview, Citrix's vice president for special products, Ian Pratt, describes how the XenSource buyout has affected the virtualisation company, and where Citrix is...
SightSpeed Acquired By Logitech
Blog What an interesting piece of news to wake up to this morning! SightSpeed is to be acquired by Logitech! Not a lot of information available yet, but Peter Csathy, SightSpeed CEO, who has posted...
IT contractors focus on job security
News With long-term unemployment rising among IT freelancers, more are placing a premium on job security, according to Giant Group
