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RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths

RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths

Research In Motion chief executive Thorsten Heins tackles questions about the Canadian mobile maker's enterprise focus and the need for the new BlackBerry 10 operating system Read more

7 May, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
Photoshop Extended CS6

Photoshop Extended CS6

...screen quickly by choosing a different workspace from the Essentials dropdown.Screenshots: Mary Branscombe/ZDNet UK Read more

23 April, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
Illustrator CS6

Illustrator CS6

...for you to experiment until you get the effect you want.Screenshots: Mary Branscombe/ZDNet UK Read more

23 April, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
LibreOffice 3.5

LibreOffice 3.5

LibreOffice continues to improve, but it's still playing catch-up to Microsoft Office, and there's no sign of a vision that would make it a significant competitor on anything but price. Read more

21 February, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
OpenOffice.org 3.3

OpenOffice.org 3.3

This is a welcome update, but it's definitely a point release: unless you're looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office on financial or philosophical grounds, 3.3 may not be the version to make you switch. Read more

28 January, 2011 by Mary Branscombe
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6

The latest update to Corel's venerable vector drawing package brings several overdue features, does some catching up with Adobe and adds useful new tools for working with vectors. It all adds up to a powerful but still-challenging graphics suite. Read more

2 April, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch

Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch

Combine a wireless touchpad with a great Wacom pen and you get a lot of the advantage of a tablet on any PC or Mac. Read more

30 September, 2011 by Mary Branscombe
Intel Light Peak: a tech guide

Intel Light Peak: a tech guide

Has Intel solved the problems that have kept fibre-optic connections out of our hands for years? Read more

5 August, 2010 by Mary Branscombe
Dane-Elec MyDitto (1TB)

Dane-Elec MyDitto (1TB)

Dane-Elec's MyDitto is a competitively priced 1TB NAS box offering impressively straightforward remote access, although it lacks one or two common features. Read more

26 July, 2010 by Mary Branscombe
Screenshots: LibreOffice 3.5

Screenshots: LibreOffice 3.5

...use the software will make it more appealing to mainstream users. Screenshots: Mary Branscombe/ZDNet UK Read more

21 February, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
Windows Server 8: The features that matter

Windows Server 8: The features that matter

Microsoft server and cloud expert Bill Laing explains how the new Windows Server 8 operating system will differ from its predecessors Read more

21 September, 2011 by Mary Branscombe
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
Accellion Secure Collaboration

Accellion Secure Collaboration

Dropbox meets YouSendIt for the enterprise? Mobile and web document sharing is simple with Accellion, but may not do everything you want. Read more

1 September, 2011 by Mary Branscombe
Mono: A cure for Microsoft monotheism

Mono: A cure for Microsoft monotheism

Claiming to love .NET more than Microsoft does, Miguel de Icaza says he's helping the company by bringing the advantages of C# development to far more platforms than Windows Read more

11 August, 2011 by Mary Branscombe
Microsoft forecasts a hybrid-cloud future

Microsoft forecasts a hybrid-cloud future

Microsoft virtualisation expert Kenon Owens explains how IT teams can use the System Center App Controller tool to offer public and private clouds Read more

6 August, 2011 by Mary Branscombe

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

29 minutes ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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...

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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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...

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

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...

9 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....

12 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...

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

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

14 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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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

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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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