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Microsoft vs Google: Birth of a new world

Microsoft vs Google: Birth of a new world

Microsoft's antitrust moves against Google are full of irony, but they could do the search giant, and the rest of us, the power of good Read more

31 March, 2011 by Leader
Stop the data-roaming madness

Stop the data-roaming madness

Data-roaming rates are unjustifiably high, because the operators see no reason to change. Let's give them that reason Read more

29 March, 2011 by Leader
Dell and HP: a last chance for relevance

Dell and HP: a last chance for relevance

Dell and HP are the last of their kind, but that's not a good guide to their future survival, especially when neither seems a good fit for what's likely to happen next Read more

20 August, 2010 by Leader

silicon.com merges with TechRepublic to create essential read for tech leaders

...as it shares the same mission as silicon.com: to help business leaders take smart tech decisions that make their organisation more effective and successful... Read more

13 March, 2012 by Steve Ranger

Android 'new leader' in mobile app market, analysts say

...operator app stores. These conditions alone explain why Android is the new leader in the mobile application market." That mobile application market will by the... Read more

26 October, 2011

Political and industry leaders mourn Steve Jobs

...figureheads ranging from rival companies to President Obama. Politicians, friends and industry leaders have paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died on... Read more

6 October, 2011 by Ben Woods

BT and union leaders agree pay deal, avert strike

...BT has agreed a pay deal with union leaders, in a move that will avert a strike if approved by workers... Read more

9 July, 2010 by David Meyer

US follows tech leaders into big data

The US government's 'Big Data Research and Development initiative' initially sees six government departments invest $200m into big data research to help them improve the technology used to make sense of vast amounts of data Read more

30 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

LulzSec leader 'Sabu' was FBI informant

A prominent member of the LulzSec hacking group was an FBI informant, ZDNet UK understands. 'Sabu', whose real name... Read more

6 March, 2012

Gartner warns business leaders not to ignore iPad

The analyst firm has urged chief executives to collaborate with their technology officers to harness the possibilities of the iPad, which has the potential to shake up markets Read more

4 November, 2010 by Renai LeMay

BCS leaders win vote over transformation plan

An EGM called by members complaining about a lack of transparency in the trade group's efforts to transform itself has ended in victory for the leadership Read more

1 July, 2010 by Ben Woods
The Client Virtualisation Imperative: IT <endeca_term>Leaders</endeca_term> Embrace Virtual Desktops That Require Hybrid Tools, Skills and Managed Services

The Client Virtualisation Imperative: IT Leaders Embrace Virtual Desktops That Require Hybrid Tools, Skills and Managed Services

...server virtualisation now well established in the world's data centres, IT leaders are turning their attention to client virtualisation to address some of their... Read more

1 September, 2011
Self-Stabilizing <endeca_term>Leader</endeca_term> Election for Single-Hop Wireless Networks Despite Jamming

Self-Stabilizing Leader Election for Single-Hop Wireless Networks Despite Jamming

Electing a leader is a fundamental task in distributed computations. Many coordination problems, such as... Read more

19 May, 2011
Optimal Regional Consecutive <endeca_term>Leader</endeca_term> Election in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Optimal Regional Consecutive Leader Election in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Leader election is a challenging task even in a static infrastructure since node... Read more

4 May, 2011
Self-Stabilizing <endeca_term>Leader</endeca_term> Election Algorithm in Highly Dynamic Ad-Hoc Mobile Networks

Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithm in Highly Dynamic Ad-Hoc Mobile Networks

The authors propose a self-stabilizing leader election algorithm that can tolerate multiple concurrent topological changes. By introducing the... Read more

18 April, 2011

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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bobandroid

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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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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...

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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.

8 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...

8 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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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....

11 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...

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

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

13 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

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minzhu

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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...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
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
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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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