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Air-traffic-control glitch hits London area
News ZDNet.co.uk blogger Matt Loney wrote on the site from Jersey Airport, where he said he had been informed that there had been a "failure of UK air-traffic control". We've heard it's a data-link problem affecting the south east, with the result that...
[September 25, 2008, 18:33]
MySQL backtracks on closed-source plan
News ZDNet.co.uk's Matt Loney contributed to this report. Sun has backtracked on previous plans to release important backup features for its MySQL database under a proprietary licence, following widespread criticism from the open-source community.
[May 8, 2008, 15:17]
Vista versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment But at work I don't think we're quite at the tipping point Matt Loney talks of in his article. Again you're right the cost of the software does cost more than windows + office. But the point I'm trying to make is that, not just in my job now, but...
[October 22, 2007, 20:53]
ZDNet.co.uk wins Best Business Website award
News Editor and site director Matt Loney said: "This is tremendous news for everyone who worked on the project, from the developers, designers, HTML coders and project managers to the editorial team who now run it and, of course, for our members who...
[October 4, 2007, 12:20]
ZDNet site compromised?
Talkback If you can supply the link where you attempted to download this file then we can check it out. In our downloads section the Filemaker Pro 9 trial download is listed as 278.5MB - not even Windows Notepad will fit into a 1.2Mb file.
[August 20, 2007, 14:57]
Search Engine Marketing: In-house or outsource?
Blog Comment Usually we ask people to not post ads, but this is an interesting case Peter :-) You obviously know enough about search engine optimisation and marketing to know that ZDNet.co.uk has a good Page Rank (well, we have been around for 11 years), and...
[July 16, 2007, 9:46]
Microsoft sets date for Vista SP1 beta
Blog Comment We're aware that we could have made some elements of navigation easier to follow - any experience, good or bad - that you have to share are very valuable in this respect.matt I believe we'll be uncovering nasty bugs in Vista for years, and I think...
[June 26, 2007, 9:00]
Actual Transformation of all Networking Layer (Including IT Office Renov)
Blog Comment This network transformation will be fascinating to watch. It would be good to hear about some of the applications that you're running on this infrastructure - what is the radio frequency P2P all about?
[June 22, 2007, 21:36]
The BIG idea (part 1)
Blog Comment Reminds me of Memento. I know some people hated that movie, and others loved it. I'm in the latter camp, mainly because I found myself grateful to have my short term memory and acutely aware of how debilitating it could be to lose it.
[June 19, 2007, 12:42]
Why there is no traffic on ZDNet.co.uk?
Blog Comment Thanks for the post Mario, you raise an interestnig issue. First I'll share a couple of numbers, then my general thoughts. Our audited traffic is 10.5 million page impressions a month from 2.1 million unique users, with over 500,000 registered...
[June 12, 2007, 8:54]
Software developers, your chance to appear on ZDNet UK
Blog If you think you might fit the bill then send me a message or email me at matt.loney@zdnet.co.uk saying why. Do you think you know software development? Would you like to share your experiences and knowledge with your peers, build your profile and...
[June 11, 2007, 11:24]
Holiday Gadgets
Blog Comment And with all that tech, you packed you clothes where, David?
[June 4, 2007, 12:24]
Strengths of Open Source opposing Microsoft patent threats
Blog Comment Sounds like it would make a great spectacle. I wonder whether we could organise something like this.
[June 4, 2007, 12:18]
Group blogs now open to all members
Blog Here's Matt Loney's take on them: Good news--we've made it easier for you to join in our new group blogs. Instead of having to ask me for permission to join in, all members will automatically be able to post an entry to them.
[May 21, 2007, 16:00]
Those B****y adverts
Blog Comment Thanks for your coment Julian. We realise that the balance of useful information vs advertising is a very real issue for people coming to ZDNet (and to those driving along the motorway! and we have taken great pains to get it right.
[May 16, 2007, 9:52]
Photos: Your starter for ten...
Blog Filmed in CNET's (ZDNet UK's parent company) brand spanking new video suite - the final saw technical editor Rupert Goodwins, site director Matt Loney, news editor Richard Thurston and reporter David Meyer triumph over the IT manager team from Nexus.
[May 4, 2007, 11:45]
2007 CNET Networks Awards open for entry
News The judging panel, comprising a broad range of industry experts, is co-chaired by ZDNet UK site director Matt Loney and Tony Hallett, site director of our sister site silicon.com. Entries for the prestigious CNET Networks UK Business Technology...
[April 30, 2007, 12:44]
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Talkback One comma, one ampersand, is how the author Lynne Truss put it - the joke being that the inclusion of the comma totally changes the meaning of the sentence. Check the book cover and title on Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/Eats-Shoots-Leaves...
[April 25, 2007, 14:35]
Agile Development: Enough's enough!
Blog Comment Interesting posts. Looking back at the development of this version of ZDNet - a huge project consuming the time of many people - we worked hard to employ many good practices but even so could have been sooo much more agile.
[April 23, 2007, 17:37]
Actually
Talkback This month we doubled our subbing contingent with a new hire who brings with him experience from law journals plus conversational Latin! Sadly not quite in time to spot that typo, which has now been fixed :-)
[April 23, 2007, 11:47]
