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Google's self-driving cars hit the road in Nevada

Nevada has become the first state in the US to license the web giant's driverless cars for testing on public roads Read more

9 May, 2012 by Dara Kerr

BBC hits out at Chinese broadcast blocks

The BBC has condemned Chinese censorship of BBC satellite broadcasts and website pages. The latest satellite... Read more

4 May, 2012

Raspberry Pi hits new snag over CE certification

The cheap educational computer's distributors have put everything on hold until the Raspberry Pi gains the CE mark, which the foundation behind it says should not be needed Read more

29 March, 2012 by David Meyer
Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a <endeca_term>hit</endeca_term>

Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a hit

Thanks to a number of real improvements, the latest release of the Ubuntu operating system has put earlier disappointments behind it, says Jack Wallen Read more

8 January, 2012 by Jack Wallen

Raspberry Pi waiting list hits 250,000

In a sign of the popularity of Raspberry Pi, a quarter of a million people are on just one distributor's waiting list to... Read more

18 April, 2012

iPhone 4S hits UK stores as Siri stutters

The iPhone 4S is now available to buy in the UK, but some fans were disappointed that Siri, the personal assistant app, was not fully functional on launch Read more

14 October, 2011 by Ben Woods

Patents granted in US hit new high in 2011

...tally.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Patent grants hit all-time high in 2011; IBM leads the way on CNET News... Read more

12 January, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Telecity datacentre power outage hits customers

One of Telecity's Docklands-based datacentres took a hit on Wednesday when the mains power supply to the seventh floor of... Read more

6 July, 2011

Codemasters hit by hack, data compromised

UK game developer Codemasters has been hit by a cyberattack leading to a loss of user data and the... Read more

11 June, 2011

Twitter hit by JavaScript hack

...see Sophos highlights Twitter URL vulnerability on CNET News. Twitter has been hit by a Javascript hack Screenshot: @Wiggysan Read more

21 September, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy
The <endeca_term>Hit</endeca_term> List 1.1.1

The Hit List 1.1.1

The Hit List is a simple, yet sophisticated application to manage the daily chaos... Read more

4 May, 2012

North London hit by major power outage

...spokeswoman confirmed to ZDNet UK. Islington, Angel and Kings Cross were all hit by the power cut, according to reports on Twitter Read more

5 April, 2012

Solar storm hits Earth

...8)," the report said. A coronal mass ejection from the sun has hit the Earth. Image credit: NASA/SDO/AIA "So far the orientation of... Read more

8 March, 2012

Post Office hit by 'national' IT failure

...UK on Thursday. "It's happened before." The Post Office has been hit by an IT failure, with signs at a branch in London warning... Read more

1 March, 2012

Hard-drive woes hit PC shipments in fourth quarter

...year ago, according to data from IDC and Gartner. The industry was hit by hard-drive shortages and competition from tablets, phones and e-readers... Read more

13 January, 2012 by Larry Dignan

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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...

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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...

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Jack Schofield

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

6 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

6 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

9 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

11 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Burn-IT

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