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UK keeps trailing in broadband speeds

Britons are connected to the internet at an average speed of 4Mbps, compared with 14Mbps for South Koreans, according to Akamai's latest figures Read more

26 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

Attacks on Lush website expose credit-card details

Customers say they have become victims of fraud after the cosmetic company's UK website was hit by repeated hacking attacks over the last three months Read more

21 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

Socitm records 1,000 IT job losses in public sector

About four percent of IT staff in public-sector authorities lost their jobs in 2010, and the losses are set to continue as outsourcing and service sharing pick up, according to the trade body Read more

21 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

Government to overhaul Communications Act

Culture minister Jeremy Hunt, who has taken over responsibility for telecoms regulation, has begun consultation on a new law covering broadband, mobile and online TV services Read more

20 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

Study: IT industry to add 110,000 jobs this year

The UK's IT and telecoms sector will grow five times faster than the overall economy, according to research by E-skills UK Read more

19 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma
Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

These technologies might not attract the fervid fandom that Apple gear gets, but they all managed to find their spot and become popular despite being as dull as ditchwater Read more

11 December, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Salesforce puts database into the cloud

The CRM and platform-as-a-service provider is to launch Database.com, an enterprise-grade, on-demand database product Read more

7 December, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
Heroic tech: Ten awe-inspiring bits of kit

Heroic tech: Ten awe-inspiring bits of kit

ZDNet UK tips a hat to the tech that flies across interstellar distances, withstands subsea pressures and makes the internet work Read more

16 November, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
The alternative world of yesterday's future

The alternative world of yesterday's future

Video phones, domed cities, insectoid robots — back in the past, the future looked pretty exciting. Here's a look at the world we could be living in, if the tech had only worked out Read more

6 November, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Red Hat rolls out Fedora 14

The latest release of Red Hat's desktop-oriented distribution includes a raft of new virtualisation and developer features Read more

3 November, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Oracle signs Solaris deals with HP and Dell

Under the new agreement, HP and Dell will resell Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM on their x86 platforms, but the future of OpenSolaris remains in doubt Read more

30 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

OpenSolaris board may quit over Oracle's silence

The group in charge of the open-source version of Sun's Solaris OS has threatened to resign in protest at a lack of communication from Oracle about the project's future Read more

14 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Symbian rolls out S^3 product development tools

The smartphone software maker has released a PDK for the open-sourced Symbian^3 platform, amid growing competition and flagging support from Nokia Read more

9 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Kent village puts up funds for fibre broadband

The village of Iwade has used a council grant to subsidise the laying of fibre by BT, which had no plans to include the rural area in its super-fast broadband rollout Read more

8 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

BES update balances work and life BlackBerry use

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2 is designed to let companies deal with employees who use their personal devices on corporate networks Read more

8 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

32 minutes ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

58 minutes ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
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
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...

4 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
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
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...

6 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
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...

6 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.

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

10 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
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

11 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
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

14 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

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

18 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...

20 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
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...

22 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
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