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Dark <endeca_term>Irony</endeca_term> 1.0.1

Dark Irony 1.0.1

On sale!Dark Irony is an exciting new work of Venture Fiction - an illustrated novel where... Read more

5 March, 2011
Not Enough <endeca_term>Irony</endeca_term> 1.0

Not Enough Irony 1.0

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23 July, 2011
Microsoft vs Google: Birth of a new world

Microsoft vs Google: Birth of a new world

...line: "There, of course, will be some who will point out the irony in today's filing". The sheer chutzpah of the complaint, which outlines... Read more

31 March, 2011 by Leader

Which passwords do I need to change?

Beyond the irony of Gawker releasing some of its own secrets for a change - or... Read more

14 December, 2010

Things Google is bad at: running a company

...someone using that access point). As the FCC says (with thinly veiled irony): "Although a world leader in digital search capability, Google took the position... Read more

14 May, 2012
Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

...Anamartic wafer memory One of the ironies of computer memory is that multiple chips are made on one silicon... Read more

2 May, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

My fight with Microsoft: why APIs need to be free

With Oracle choosing APIs as a legal battleground on which to tangle with Google's Android, I'm reminded of another time... Read more

18 April, 2012

Are RIM and Microsoft too secretive?

...has Metro, RIM has Cascades (which for those with a sense of irony is built on Qt, the system Nokia abandoned to switch to Windows... Read more

15 February, 2012

Can I be the first to say the 'social network' is dead?

So Facebook has announced a new data centre, the latest in a series of moves to keep on a par with Google, even as the... Read more

27 October, 2011
David Brin: state secrecy and science fiction

David Brin: state secrecy and science fiction

A decade ago, novellist and essayist David Brin said that surveillance of the state by the people was the best counterbalance to Big Brother. ZDNet UK caught up with him to see how his future has panned out Read more

19 September, 2011 by Mary Branscombe

An enterprising approach to cloud management

...better, than the established systems that it supplants. But one of the ironies of new technology in general is that management is frequently an afterthought... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Analysis: there's no killer app for LTE

...will grow by 92 percent over the same period. There's an irony here: operators sold the idea that users could get as much data... Read more

7 April, 2011

Microsoft files antitrust complaint against Google

...Internet Explorer to Windows users. In his post, Smith admitted there was "irony in today's filing". "Having spent more than a decade wearing the... Read more

31 March, 2011 by David Meyer

IBM's Watson program to enter TV contest

...optimised to quickly analyse clues for complex language such as subtle meaning, irony and riddles, the company said in a statement announcing the contest. The... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Steven Musil

UAE and Saudi Arabia to block BlackBerry services

The federation will beging blocking featurings including RIM's smartphone's messaging, due to national security concerns Read more

2 August, 2010 by Staff

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bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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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...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

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...

4 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
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...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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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....

10 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...

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

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

12 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

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

16 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

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

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT