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Blog Comment A good way to get a grip on music software is to turn to the games consoles. Codemasters make music 3000 on the PS2, and whilst some may scoff this software is "powerful" It lets you get a feel...
What he said ..
Talkback The thing that bothers me is why they even wrote this tool in the first place. It bothered me when I first heard it announced. It bothered me when I realised people were actually using it and it...
Gov't U-turns on compulsory ID cards for pilots
News Pilots will not be required to have national ID cards, while pensioners over 75 will be given the cards free under new Home Office plans
Firefox 3.5 released for download
News The major upgrade to the popular open-source browser provides private surfing, location awareness and support for HTML 5 features such as open-standards video
Vodafone, roaming and the €60 beer
Blog The world of European mobile communications was not rocked to its very foundations this week, as 3 announced a £1.25/MB data roaming deal followed by Vodafone offering up £5 per diem/25MB max. ...
BT hooks BlackBerry up to unified comms
News Integration of RIM service with BT's unified communications platform means BlackBerry users will be able to use Wi-Fi rather than cell networks to make calls
TV on your dashboard
Blog First, a lengthy quote from the Mio Web site: “Wherever you go, the V505 TV’s 4.7" widescreen helps you get the most out of navigation and also gives you Digital TV in sharp detail*. The V505 TV...
Gratification, instant and otherwise
Blog My brother lectures in music performance and technology at SERC in Bangor, Northern Ireland. We had a discussion the other day about the joy of simple programs that get beginners going, and...
Win 7 on USB and Win 7(E)
Talkback It's easy to extract the download ISO with WinRar and use Xcopy to write the extracted files to USB. Similarly, Xcopy will copy an installation disk to USB, all this as long as you have access to...
Turn your iPhone into an office
Photo The iPhone isn't just a fun toy: here's how you can make it into a productive work tool.
More on Moblin
Blog The Moblin steering committee has announced the "release" of the Moblin 2.0 Beta for netbooks and nettops. I have a couple of questions and comments about that, before I get into the last few...
Swedish company to buy Pirate Bay
News Global Gaming Factory, which develops distribution software for use in internet cafes, has announced it will buy the file-sharing site for £4.7m
Carphone gets EU green light for Tiscali buy
News The merger of Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk ISP and Tiscali UK will not be anti-competitive, the European Commission has ruled
Parliament to probe Digital Britain plan
News A select committee is to investigate Lord Carter's Digital Britain recommendations, which include a 2Mbps universal minimum broadband speed and a 50p-per-month levy on fixed lines
RE:Windows Embedded: Seeds of Hope for Student Developers?
Blog Comment The cynic in me never likes to see contests like this, organised by large corporations and taking advantage of young, enthusiastic people to create publicity and indoctrinate people into using one...
Scottish minister urges end to ID cards
News Fergus Ewing, minister for community safety, has written to the UK home secretary reiterating the Scottish government's opposition to national identity cards
'Billions' of everyday objects going online by 2020
Analysis With mobile connectivity doubling every year, it is on track to reach even the smallest of household items. So expect smart toothbrushes and the like in a decade's time, according to Ericsson
Plaintiffs sought in potential battery-life class action
Blog A Californian law firm is looking for potential plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over laptop makers' battery life claims. Girard Gibbs has put up a webpage referring to AMD's claims that...
Windows Embedded: Seeds of Hope for Student Developers?
Blog Back in 2003 when we all had travel budgets and that sort of thing, Microsoft would fly journalists out to locations like Brazil to cover the finals of its student developer competition which it...
Apple's Steve Jobs returns to work
News The company's chief executive has officially returned from a six-month medical leave of absence
Report: Dell developing Android gadget
News Dell is developing a pocket-size internet device to take on Apple's iPod Touch, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal
Parliamentary tech boss backs calls for gov't IT loans
News MP Andrew Miller, leader of parliament's IT committee, has lent his support to a consortium calling for a £1bn fund to stimulate investment in green tech and shared services
Stallman warns of Mono 'risk'
News The GNU project founder has urged developers to drop use of the open-source toolset, saying it could expose their work to legal action from Microsoft
Windows 7 on a Read-only Flash Drive?
Blog Considering that the price of a 4GB USB flash drive has been as low as 5 dollars on close-out specials, financially it wouldn't make sense UNLESS Microsoft decides to go into the Flash RAM...
