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Blog Comment Following your blog update, I downloaded Ubuntu 8.10 and then realised that I didn't know how to upgrade. In Ubuntu 7.10 the upgrade was offered during the update process. Not so in Ubuntu 8.04 as...
Sweepstake
Talkback Who out there is in for a sweepstake on how long this commitment will last after the declaration of a Conservative government. In Seconds. Oh and the single digits are already heavily oversubscribed.
The Cloudy Koolaid !
Talkback I was starting to wonder if I was missing the point somewhere. 95% of the planet seems to have bought gallons of this "Computing in the Cloud" koolaid and quaffed the lot. The other 5% (in which I...
Mobile banking: ease-of-use is more important than trust, really?
Blog I attended a meeting this week with a company called Vasco that works with authentication software. The upshot of this encounter was that I ended up debating the single most important factor...
RE:Windows 7 launches
Blog Comment I learnt today (via Paul Thurrots windows weekly) That anyone who wants a sneak peek at the w7 UI need only go as far as windows live one care, as it uses the same one Will the W7 be 64 bit...
Google to issue third Chrome beta in 'next few days'
News The search giant is to rid its open-source web browser of a few bugs, while improving performance and fixing security issues
Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?
Blog You wouldn't expect one of the FBI agents involved in the case of Gary McKinnon to have much sympathy with the alleged Nasa hacker. Ed Gibson, who now works for Microsoft as its security adviser to...
Symantec outlook overshadows strong profits
News Second-quarter results beat analyst expectations but Symantec cut its third-quarter forecast on fears of weak consumer spending
Microsoft: Police e-crime unit 'giant step forward'
News The company's chief UK security adviser says the Police Central e-Crime Unit will provide businesses with a reporting mechanism for low-level e-crime
Is supercomputing just about performance?
Comment You may think you know what 'HPC' stands for — but conflicting views on what that 'P' really stands for reflect important changes taking place within the field of supercomputing, says expert Andrew...
RE:Go! Ubuntu Linux 8.10, Intrepid Ibex - Installation Tips
Blog Comment James, you forgot to mention the 'Wubi' option for installing Ubuntu on a Windows PC. Wubi creates a folder on any Windows disk or partition, including an external disk and installs into that...
LHC - what actually happens when superconducting magnets go wrong...
Blog I came across a very interesting explanation of what actually happens in an incident such as the one which felled the LHC, from Vern Paxson, vern@icir.org. He worked on software for the 1980s big...
Intel invests in Taiwan mobile WiMax
News The US chip company will invest £6.7m with the government of Taiwan to establish an open-source software-development centre for mobile devices
OpenOffice patches file-processing flaws
News An update to the productivity suite, found on the Asus Eee and other netbooks, has been issued to fix two problems that could let outsiders in
RE:SightSpeed Acquired By Logitech
Blog Comment @PeterH - it's certainly not presumptuous, it's a very good question, it goes right to the heart of what is happening in the video IM market today, and I'm always happy to engage in an interesting...
Singapore to offer commercial grid computing
News From 1 November, three government-appointed service providers will make computing services over the grid available to businesses in Singapore and Asia
Ozzie gives the lowdown on Windows Azure
Video Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie talks with CNET News.com's Ina Fried about Microsoft's OS for the cloud
RE:SightSpeed Acquired By Logitech
Blog Comment It's presumptuous of me to ask a follow up after your long and very well thought out reply to my first question, but I will anyway. I'd like to hear your opinion on the question of standards....
How Windows Azure avoided a HailStorm of criticism
Analysis Microsoft's latest cloud-computing vision has received a warm reception compared to the torrent of displeasure that greeted HailStorm seven years ago
Android phone hits UK shops
News T-Mobile has started selling the first Android device, the G1, in the UK, with Carphone Warehouse to offer the handset from Friday
RE:Google Chrome - first benchmarks. Summary: wow.
Blog Comment I still really like it, but as with most early adopters, I guess, I've got a bunch of plug-ins in FF that I'd rather not live without. I use Chrome from time to time, but it's not ready to be the...
Microsoft announces Windows Server 2008 R2
News At the Professional Developers Conference, the company said virtualisation will be a key feature of the second release of Windows Server 2008
Intel, Asus website invites ideas for 'dream PC'
News The two companies have launched a site that aims to incorporate consumer suggestions into 'the world's first community-designed PCs'
Facebook worm exploits Google's reputation
News A worm crawling Facebook accounts leads victims to 'videos' on Google Reader and Google Picasa pages that link to malicious server sites
BlackBerry Partners Fund steps up investments
News The fund, created in May to help start-ups develop smartphone applications, has announced its first three major investments
Ubuntu's Intrepid Ibex: A peek at what to expect
Photo Canonical plans to release Ubuntu 8.10 on Thursday. It's striving for ease of use, a challenge given the complexities of Linux
Google offers limited API support for OpenID
News The search giant has jumped into the OpenID fray with its own solution, which lets developers integrate a universal log-in for their users to sign on with their Google account
Home Office begins work on comms data
News Home secretary Jacqui Smith has confirmed that her department already has a team working on how it might gather communications data
Banks set to boost online-banking security
News With so many home PCs now infected with malware, high-street banks are preparing to increase password protection for online services
Yahoo-Google deal sparks fresh concerns
News US legislators, a consumer group and Wall Street have all contributed commentary on Yahoo's proposed search-advertising deal with Google
Cyberattacks target UK's national infrastructure
News Companies that play a key role in the Britain's national infrastructure are facing sustained cyber-espionage attacks, says a UK cyber-defence chief
