Previous DayIt's the business processes that are bound to MSOffice
Talkback 15 years of workgroup oriented business process automation based on the MSOffice productivity environment has had an impact. Microsoft pretty much owns the "client" in "client/server" because so...
RE:To Err, Is Human
Blog Comment The problem I've long had with Microsoft is they work very hard and spend billions to frustrate interoperability and interchangeability -- among programs, platforms, and even open standards like...
RE:To Err, Is Human
Blog Comment Biz64: I think with the issue of having to keep an old XP rig running to keep that old app in check, then maybe it's time to get the hang of running virtual machines. Then you could have a nice new...
At last - Antikythera reborn!
Blog Even though we're fans of the 2000-year old precision astronomical device known as the Antikythera mechanism, reports that it had been rebuilt slipped past us earlier in December. The mechanism...
RE:To Err, Is Human
Blog Comment An impartial observer might also suggest that we all to often become dependent on technology (or engineering of any kind) that works pretty well and that we become reliant on. Would you curse and...
HP printers find favour in Iran
News Despite a trade ban, a third party is selling HP's products in cities such as Tehran. According to one newspaper, that could be a violation of the law
To Err, Is Human
Blog I feel like I spend a fair amount of my life defending Microsoft. I am not paid to do this yet I do it anyway. The number of people who slam Microsoft for pretty much everything they do seems to...
Intel's quad-core gets a lot cheaper
Blog Looks like Intel's quad-core mobile processor range now extends into the cheapish space. According to a pricelist that came out a couple of days ago, the new Q9000 processor will cost you $348...
Here Here!
Talkback They used to say carelessness lost lives. It is not quite a hanging offence - but surely such information should not ever have left the 'office'. Why is all this data getting lost? Can it not be...
MSI launches hybrid HDD/SSD netbook
News The Taiwanese manufacturer's latest low-cost subnotebook uses a solid-state drive for primary tasks and a hard-disk drive for storage
RE:Which “one” word sums up information technology for you in 2...
Blog Comment To be honest, I think the word for 2009 will be SURVIVAL, especially for all us independent developers struggling to get paid for work done from larger clients. It could also have been GREED shown...
A look back at 2008 in pictures
Photo ZDNet UK presents a photographic look back at a year that saw colliding atoms, cryogenics, Google in Ancient Rome and a whole lot more
High hopes at Intel, Yahoo for web-enabled TV
Analysis Comfortable in the realm of the PC, Intel and Yahoo hope internet connectivity will help them conquer TV too
more of these sort of thing may become common place
Talkback with money being tight, I would expect over the coming months if not years copyright issues, will be come a common thing, as more people and, companies claim they own the rights to a thing....
Microsoft denies Windows Media Player flaw
News The company has dismissed reports of a vulnerability in Windows Media Player that could allow for remote code execution
Stalking Horse by the Biggest Patent Troll on the Planet
Blog Another thought occurred to me about Microsoft's Christmas Morning Scrooge Event. Perhaps Microsoft is using this patent to push against Android OS being used on FPGA based CPU's. Field...
Win a SecureLinx Spider remote-management kit
Competition Lantronix's SecureLinx Spider kit lets you manage IT remotely, from any web browser. There are two to win in Day 6 of our competition series
