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Top e-cop: Olympics suppliers may be cyber targets

Olympics suppliers and sponsors may be more of a target for cyberattack than central Olympics IT systems, according to Police Central eCrime Unit head... Read more

30 May, 2012 16:05 by Tom Espiner

Police expect Anonymous backlash to Assange verdict

UK police expect hacktivist group Anonymous to launch distributed-denial-of-service attacks in protest over a UK Supreme Court decision that Wikileaks... Read more

30 May, 2012 14:05 by Tom Espiner

Ordissimo Laptop 15"

There has been a fair amount of recent 'buzz' around a pair of Ordissimo notebooks from a French company called Substantiel SAS. In fact, Linux-based... Read more

30 May, 2012 14:05 by Charles McLellan

Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives

The official release of Fedora 17, code-named the "Beefy Miracle" was made available for download yesterday. The Release Notes give all the gory... Read more

30 May, 2012 12:05 by J.A. Watson 4 comments

Google Apps jumps ISO security hurdle

Google Apps for Business has been awarded ISO 27001 certification, which the company hopes will reassure enterprises about security in its... Read more

29 May, 2012 18:05 by Karen Friar

Kroes: I will end net neutrality waiting game

Europeans are a step closer to seeing new net neutrality rules put in place, after the release of an EU regulators' report on how often ISPs and... Read more

29 May, 2012 18:05 by Ben Woods

Mobile payments to reach $617bn in 2016, says Gartner

Gartner is predicting that worldwide mobile payment transactions will grow dramatically from $105.9 billion in 2011 to $171.5 billion this year: an... Read more

29 May, 2012 17:05 by Jack Schofield

London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots

BT is to add 25,000 extra hotspots to its Wi-Fi network ahead of the London 2012 Olympics. The telco plans to have 500,000 hotspots up and running in... Read more

29 May, 2012 11:05 by ZDNet UK News Network 1 comment

Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC

IDC has published a white paper that explains "Why Sticking with Windows XP is a Bad Idea". It claims that upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays... Read more

28 May, 2012 19:05 by Jack Schofield 9 comments

Turing & His Times: centenary videos now online

The National Museum of Computing held an event at its Bletchley Park base on 26 April to celebrate the centenary of Alan Turing's birth. Today... Read more

28 May, 2012 14:05 by Jack Schofield

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The future of .NET (Mono) on non-Windows platforms

Blog Post I've always been skeptical at using Mono and Moonlight. In fact, I've always...

30 May, 2012 by apexwm
Charles McLellan

Ordissimo Laptop 15"

Blog Post There has been a fair amount of recent 'buzz' around a pair of Ordissimo...

30 May, 2012 by Charles McLellan
J.A. Watson

Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives

Blog Post The official release of Fedora 17, code-named the "Beefy Miracle" was made...

30 May, 2012 by J.A. Watson
Rupert Goodwins

You're being watched - by a rock

Blog Post The stones will cry out! It’s a nice phrase with a Biblical ring,...

30 May, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

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Jack Schofield

Moonlight wasn't a Microsoft product, so it's not really a failure for Microsoft, more a failure for open source. Or, specifically, for Novell,...

1 hour ago by Jack Schofield on The future of .NET (Mono) on non-Windows platforms
J.A. Watson

@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...

2 hours ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
Moley

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

2 hours ago by Moley on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

2 hours ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

4 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

5 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

5 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

8 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

8 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

12 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

19 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

19 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

20 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

22 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

24 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

1 day ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

1 day ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC