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Guy Kewney's Diary
News What would be fun, while I'm waiting for the vet to call back and say, "no point in bringing a perfectly healthy bunny in," would be to play Quake II. Back to the sick rabbit. So they'll call me back?
[April 4, 1998, 7:00]
Compaq ups the server stakes
News Madden also said Compaq would be looking at the back-up issue in greater depth. Back-up is customer issue number one at the moment and back-up technology has not kept pace. Compaq threw down the gauntlet to server rivals Dell, IBM and Hewlett...
[November 10, 1997, 15:00]
Fanfare for new search launch
News A Web search upstart is cutting the ribbon on a new service with the celebrity muscle of Bill Clinton, a sure sign that dot-com hype is back. Back then, many celebrities trumpeted Internet services. Dot-coms coming back now seem to be much stronger...
[December 7, 2004, 12:55]
SlowGold
Downloads Play back each loop at half speed or less without changing the pitch. If you're trying to learn a jazz solo, for instance, from an old recording made with a slightly flat piano, then you can actually make the playback sharper in tiny...
[October 4, 2003, 8:00]
HP launches first storage blade
News This is designed to integrate into existing back-up applications and can emulate up to 1,024 tape drives and 128 libraries, the company said, and it can reduce back-up time by emulating multiple tape drives simultaneously.
[November 1, 2006, 14:25]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback Eg, the call got disconnected and the tech called you back. I got disconnected an no one ever called back. Hi, I work for the same company that is being abused here. Agreed that there is an accent problem but not with all.
[September 17, 2006, 9:19]
Keeping your side of the net up.
Blog In the event of a suspected failure, swapping the router out with an identically configured spare in the cupboard will quickly tell you if the problem is yours or your ISPs - and get you back on the air in minutes.
[November 26, 2008, 7:38]
Windows 7 Ultimate review
Reviews Both XP Home and XP Pro users will have to back up their data, then choose Custom from the install disc. Vista users merely need to back up their data before choosing the Upgrade option from the install disc.
[August 4, 2009, 14:44]
AOL faces hard-sell ad dilemma
News Jakob Nielsen, a Web design and usability guru, said that he believes that there will be pop-up backlash and mainstream sites will start to scale back the number of pitches to avoid losing consumers. Since the dot-com implosion, Web publishers have...
[April 19, 2002, 14:14]
Tech's view of Customers
Talkback No, another Indian…” and then hang up, but then we can also call back and Say “ Oh! You waste our time on the calls and then we are unable to call back some other customer who will get irate because of a delayed call back
[July 30, 2006, 19:35]
Intel alone in seeing glass half full
News We anticipate the normal seasonal up-tick in the second half -- the back-to-school portion and then the holiday buying season at the end of the year," Barrett told CNN during a stopover in Tokyo. While Intel is looking for back-to-school sales to...
[August 3, 2001, 9:15]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback I was a Dell customer for quite a few years awhile ago and I have to say that the products I purchased back then have not had to be replaced until now. So I have to send the machine back. Dell requires you to send the computer back for repairs...
[March 23, 2005, 23:49]
Could "Fremium" social media evolve into a pay once unlimited access model?
Blog I read with interest an article on TechCrunch revealing that the free Google Apps that everyone was so excited about a couple of years back have now been hidden to new users, who are now channeled towards the paid for version of the same if they...
[July 7, 2009, 14:18]
DEF CON: Fear and fascination in Las Vegas
News Despite a crowd close to 2,000, the conference was fairly tame this year -- the hotel is even considering asking them back, according to the manager of Jackie Gaughan's Plaza Hotel. Considering how in its six years of existence, DEF CON has never...
[August 4, 1998, 14:09]
Trojan 'kidnaps' data
News Experts warned computer users on Wednesday of a Trojan that could steal their data and try to sell it back to them. Sophos had not heard back from e-Gold. Zippo-A (also known as CryZip) searches for word documents, database files and spreadsheets...
[March 15, 2006, 16:20]
Botnet expert: Cut cash flow to cybercriminals
News Researchers have focused on trying to stop attacks, but once they get a botnet operator kicked offline by shutting down its hosting provider, it is usually not long before the botnet cranks back up with its command-and-control server at a...
[April 23, 2009, 9:31]
Tuesday
Blog But BT would rather go back to the days when it cost five pence a minute. adverts in the back of the newspapers that explain in the small print that they mean you pay at national rate, not at five zillion quid a nanosecond.
[October 4, 2002, 18:06]
Philips DesXcape 150DM review
Reviews Alternatively, you can use the stand on the back of the display to prop it up on a desk without the dock, or put it at a shallow angle for writing comfortably. The docking station is small but heavy, which means you can safely tilt the screen back...
[July 17, 2003, 7:17]
Bulldog fixes broadband problems
Talkback EVEN NOW WHEN I PHONE AND SIT WAITING FOR UP TO AN HOUR I'M TOLD THE COMPUTERS ARE DOWN AND TO PHONE BACK LATER! Come monday 28/8/06 I rang your customer services Several times waiting a long time to get through again as usual, when I did...
[October 9, 2006, 13:03]
Best Firefox plug-ins for work review
Reviews When you mouse back to the original page, the pop-up disappears. So I can get my brain downtime in faster and then get back to work quicker. I use Firefox, and not just because it's a more secure browser with better user interface features.
[June 8, 2006, 9:05]
