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Compaq steps closer to PCTV
News But Compaq, among others, believes the future for the home computer industry lies in consumer electronics. The Houston-based PC maker is working on a new class of products made for playing video and delivering it via the Internet, said Mike Winkler...
[April 25, 2001, 14:22]
Hi-tech police to join new UK force
News Bill Hughes, director general of the National Crime Squad, said in a statement: "Multi-agency and multi-partnership working, such as that displayed today to the prime minister and home secretary at the National Crime Squad's Hi-Tech Crime Unit, is...
[February 10, 2004, 10:45]
Your phone's watching you
Blog Working with a company called Workbrain, the world leader in time clocks for corporates with lazy employees (or similar), Cisco has built an application which will enable workers to log in and out of work from right at their desks.
[January 16, 2007, 16:24]
IBM, screensaver to tackle smallpox
News IBM and a host of technology partners are working on software for the US Defense Department that will let the idle time of anyone's computer be devoted to investigate antismallpox drugs, the companies are expected to announce on Wednesday.
[February 5, 2003, 8:21]
Birmingham wants affordable broadband for all
News The council linked the appeal to the government's formation of a home-access taskforce to get more school pupils online. It said it is the only local authority to have had officers working to prepare for the launch of the taskforce.
[January 24, 2008, 12:46]
Police told: Resign to join SOCA
Blog To join SOCA, which effectively supplants the National High Tech Crime Unit, it appears that police have to resign and become civil servants working a 37.5-hour week. We hear that police do have their salaries protected when they resign to join...
[April 24, 2007, 15:12]
Experts unconcerned by imminent Sober attack
News Tell users to watch out for malicious links, especially those working from home who may be outside the firewall," Toshack said. After 19th of January the list becomes: people.freenet.de/idoolwnzwuvnmbyava/ people.freenet.de/mhfasfsi/ people...
[January 4, 2006, 13:15]
Vocera puts Wi-Fi on your collar
News For example, Internet Home Alliance (IHA), a non-profit home networking research company, is working on a system that would let a car pulling into the driveway automatically arm or disarm a home's security system, turn lights on or off in the home...
[October 8, 2002, 10:48]
Adobe to tailor Flash for Intel's web TV processor
News According to Monday's statement, Adobe and Intel are also working on an optimised version of AIR for Intel's digital home platform. William Leszinske, the general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group, said in the statement that the CE3100 would...
[January 5, 2009, 14:37]
Planning the future of privacy at Microsoft
News He's working to make long privacy policies a part of history and helping to make Windows Vista the most privacy-sensitive operating system Microsoft has ever built. Like other Microsoft employees, Cullen, who calls Vancouver home, is proud of...
[July 3, 2006, 12:10]
China signs up to WiMax rollout
News Earlier this week, the chipmaker announced that it is working with Chinese gaming company Shanda Networking to develop online content for the digital home and entertainment sectors. Next-generation broadband wireless technologies like WiMax are...
[June 11, 2004, 13:15]
New boost for open-source supercomputing
News Platform is working with the Globus Project to commercialise the Globus Toolkit for governing the use of computers and storage systems joined into a large computing "grid," Platform said Wednesday. Grid computing is a relative of distributed...
[November 12, 2001, 14:41]
MS ponders licensing by satellite and smart card
News Instead, he can download software and license specific to the country in which he lives, therefore avoiding any later licensing complications when he returns home. Gregory added that these are still "blue sky" solutions but said that the labs are...
[February 3, 1999, 16:52]
Public sector IT staff get bigger pay rises
News Flexible working hours are offered by 99 percent of authorities; 76 percent allow selected staff to work from home; and 92 percent offer job sharing. IT staff working in fire services have received the greatest increase (6.7 percent) while, at a...
[May 15, 2006, 11:20]
Google Docs & Spreadsheets review
Reviews Rather than having to clunkily email ourselves a file of a story we were working on, we just uploaded the text to Google Docs & Spreadsheets to make after-hours tweaks. If you're working on a spreadsheet, tabs arrange editing, sorting and formulas.
[November 28, 2006, 8:26]
Refurbished PCs enlisted to fight AIDS
News UK IT charity Computer Aid is working with an education charity to provide schools in the developing world with the technology to educate pupils about the spread and prevention of the HIV/AIDS. Computer Aid, announced on Thursday that it is working...
[October 20, 2006, 12:45]
A DC-based culture is growing.
Blog Comment I spent 7 years working for the UK NRPB including on the hazards of microwaves .no thanks. I do use WiFi on the road when mobile, NOT when its not needed in office or home. Seriously I have a LAN at home and all my wireless connections are turned...
[July 13, 2007, 20:32]
Time to filter out the Internet effluent
Leader Clearly, existing approaches to network security, such as patch management, are not working. Even if every IT manager patched every computer on their network before letting it talk to the outside world (an impossible task in itself), the millions...
[August 18, 2004, 11:30]
Internet The Most Important Tool For Small Business Survival
Blog When it comes to creating new opportunities, 46% are looking to create new products and services on the Web and over 58% are looking to use the Web to expand into new markets at home and overseas. SMEs are also keen on using the Internet to power...
[July 17, 2009, 20:03]
Dell predicts quick Vista growth in enterprise
News Businesses will upgrade to Microsoft's Vista in droves as consumers bring their love of the next-generation operating system from home to work, according to Dell. Consumers eager to try out the next-gen OS' "sexy" entertainment features will also...
[October 24, 2006, 13:21]
