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Novell - Microsoft deal extended
Who would have thought the Novell-Microsoft deal would lsat this long? It originally seemed to be Novell inviting its customers to cave in to Microsoft's unsubstantiated patent... More
Transys comment speculation
I've been pondering why it's so difficult to get any official comment out of any of the organisations involved when it comes to what is happening with Transys. Transys is the consortium... More
IDF: Intel announces TV platform, chan...
I'm in a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, and Intel has just announced two major iniatives in combining IT and TV. In conjunction with Yahoo, Intel has created the Widget Channel,... More
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The days of desktop antivirus apps are numbered
Robert Vamosi Security vendors are exploring new avenues in the fight against malware, making the death of the desktop antivirus app a serious proposition more
Amazon S3 outage rains on cloud-computing parade
Stephen Shankland Initial problems with cloud computing, such as the occasional outage, should not put you off the idea. These hiccups are only to be expected more
The man who transformed internet security
Robert Vamosi When security researcher Dan Kaminsky discovered a potentially disastrous flaw within the Domain Name System, his measured response led to the biggest-ever multiparty patch release more
Official MS Windows 7 Bloggers
Check this out: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/14/welcome.aspx Its an official blog "Engineering Windows 7" Nothing. That's what is revealed. Until there is real information...
Xwindowsjunkie
Microsoft's Mojave just a desert vista
It didn't seem fair to wade into Microsoft's “Mojave Experiment” advert quite so soon after the flat earth incident. But The Economist has no such qualms: in this week's issue, it wonders if it had...
Rupert Goodwins
... But Still a Few Things Amiss (with Vista)
It's not all roses with Vista, of course. I had my first BSOD over the weekend, when I was turning the laptop back on after suspending it. They typical long blurb about "If this is the first...
J.A. Watson
Featured Talkback
Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.
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Asus to ship 60 percent of Eee PCs with Windows XP
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Acer Aspire One price drops
Of the currently available netbooks (although more are on their way soon), the Acer Aspire One is, IMHO, the coolest - it looks more idiosyncratic than its rather more mini-me brethren,... More
Wallet Phones Are Coming:Visa Should J...
Wallet Phones Are Coming:Visa Should Jump On Board Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com I have touched on the subject of wallet phones (a mobile handset capable of eliminating... More
Mobile Networks Threatened - DEFCON Ha...
Mobile Networks Threatened - DEFCON Hackers Could Help Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com If you are worth your weight in code, you know that the “hot spot” this month... More
