'Godfather of Spam' sentenced to four years
News Alan Ralsky, the 'Godfather of Spam', has been given over four years' jail-time for running a 'pump-and-dump' spam operation. On Monday, Michigan resident Ralsky was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $250,000 (£150,000) by a...
[November 25, 2009, 16:04]
Bugzilla
Downloads Bugzilla is the leading open-source/free software bug tracking system, with high-profile installations at mozilla.org (250,000 entries), Gnome, Red Hat and NASA, among others. It features a comprehensive set of fields, attachment management, inter...
[November 19, 2009, 5:01]
VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts
News VMware has unveiled version 4 of its View desktop virtualisation software, which has expanded features designed to streamline and speed up deployments. In an announcement on Monday, the company said it has simplified provisioning and improved...
[November 9, 2009, 15:36]
Email archiving - who needs it?
Blog Comment I don't know about overkill Mankek - but it suspect that it is a hard sell to convince the more sceptical (or perhaps lazy) SMEs out there who fail to regard compliance issues with the importance they deserve.
[November 5, 2009, 13:11]
Former YouSendIt chief accused of DoS attack
News A former chief executive of file-transfer service YouSendIt has been accused of launching denial-of-service attacks against the company. Khalid Shaikh, who is also a co-founder of YouSendIt, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday, the...
[November 2, 2009, 14:20]
HTC Tattoo - Android on a budget
Blog The Tattoo is HTC’s attempt to bring the Android platform to an audience on a budget. But don’t get too excited about that. While we did indeed find it online for around £100 less than the top-end HTC Hero, it will still set you back something like...
[October 28, 2009, 10:44]
Nokia Qt Developer Days: from the show floor
Blog After 36 hours of developer ‘show-submersion’ I think I have a pretty good idea of how the Nokia X-factor is playing out in the Qt cross-platform world. There are very few blue Nokia logos around and everyone is wearing Qt green.
[October 14, 2009, 12:48]
Linux Foundation offers members @linux.com perk
Blog The Linux Foundation is adding to its list of membership benefits this week by offering individual members the chance to secure a lifetime @linux.com email address. For a onetime fee of $99, members will receive their own Linux.com email address, a...
[October 13, 2009, 12:12]
iPump Core Sports for iPhone
Downloads iPump Core Sports for iPhone contains many workout programs now available in iPump FitnessBuilder, 400 ready-made workouts, 4,000 exercise images and videos. Drag and drop workout builder, exercise image creator, fit calculators, complete tracking...
[October 13, 2009, 4:43]
Avaya offers single-server Aura UC package
News Avaya has unveiled a single-server unified communications product for medium-sized businesses that uses standards-based virtualisation technology. The Avaya Aura midsize product, announced on Monday, is based on the Aura architecture that the...
[October 12, 2009, 17:29]
Touch-centric Windows phones go on sale
News Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile 6.5, and announced that Windows-branded handsets with the operating system will go on sale around the world on Tuesday. The 'Window phones' branding marks a shift, as devices using the Windows Mobile operating...
[October 6, 2009, 16:36]
ICO raises fees for larger organisations
News The Information Commissioner's Office has increased its fees for large public-sector organisations to register as data controllers. It raised the annual charge for bodies with more than 250 staff from £35 to £500.
[October 2, 2009, 8:26]
Bookeen Cybook OPUS
Blog Ebook readers have come a long way since their inception, the market being pushed along by the likes of Sony and Amazon. Sony in particular has set the bar high in terms of physical design, and the several companies currently active in the market...
[October 1, 2009, 11:09]
NHS EMIS - Intel? Xeon? processors Transform National Healthcare Supplier's Data CentreNHS EMIS - Intel? Xeon? processors Transform National Healthcare Supplier's Data Centre
White Papers EMIS is the UK's leading IT supplier in primary healthcare. As the market segment leader for general practice systems, it is widely acknowledged as being at the forefront of medical informatics. Around of doctors in the UK currently use EMIS...
[September 28, 2009, 16:56]
Coders to hold Bletchley fundraiser
Blog A developer body is to hold a conference at Bletchley Park to raise money for the home of British WWII code-breaking. ACCU, which up until 2006 was known as the Association of C and C++ Users, will hold the conference on 7 November 2009.
[September 28, 2009, 12:13]
Keyclick
Downloads Keyclick is a Mac OS X preference pane that provides subtle audio feedback for each keystroke the system recognizes. Human factors work on video terminals in the 1980s showed that the perception of keyboard crispness is correlated with audio feedback.
[September 24, 2009, 18:34]
American Dominoes
Downloads With American Dominoes gamers can play the three most popular versions like five up, draw, and block. Learn how to play American style dominoes through the help tutorial, a training mode and in-game hints.
[September 23, 2009, 6:24]
VeriSign PKI-Based Certificates Are Rock Solid: From the Tumultuous Launch of the Integrated Cargo System to Today
White Papers Representing 250 customs brokers and freight forwarding businesses in Australia, the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia Inc. CBFCA) is an industry association that represents members' interests in various Australian Customs and...
[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
Windows 7 Needs Liposuction
Blog Comment There are at least two kinds of "evaluations" possible, or perhaps better said, two ends to the spectrum of evaluations; precise, controlled environment laboratory tests, and overall usage and performance evaluations.
[September 15, 2009, 10:42]
Geekender Gallery: Top 10 usability greats
Articles Isn't there an easier way to do this? If asking the question demonstrates our intelligence, it's finding the answer that proves our usability expertise. More intuitive use, a more enjoyable experience and improved productivity — in other words...
[September 11, 2009, 19:08]



