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Microsoft SkyDrive users: claim your free 25GB

...also depositing them in a cloud. Since SkyDrive allows remote access to your desktop PC, and lets you "fetch" any file from a Windows PC... Read more

25 April, 2012

Bring Your Own Delusion (BYOD

...these days is asking me to talk to them about BYOD (Bring your Own Device) and how it impacts on corporate networks and CIO’s... Read more

10 April, 2012
Open-source projects that deserve <endeca_term>your</endeca_term> cash

Open-source projects that deserve your cash

...do you think?Each of the projects listed here could benefit from your help. You hear of good open-source projects closing due to lack... Read more

25 November, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Scary tech to put a tingle down <endeca_term>your</endeca_term> spine

Scary tech to put a tingle down your spine

...they haven't updated to XP SP3. There's a chance that your infection will pull in other hapless victims whenever they come into range... Read more

29 October, 2010 by Ben Woods
IPv6 switch: Is <endeca_term>your</endeca_term> equipment ready

IPv6 switch: Is your equipment ready

...works. This approach is by no means foolproof, as subtle differences in your local set-up can dramatically change behaviour. Our aim is to provide... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Marco Hogewoning

Your brain vs technology: How our wired world is changing the way we think

...enjoy your action video games and have been practicing in your Nintendo Wii." What... Read more

10 November, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Should your next mobile app be an HTML5 web app

...your IT team. "You've got to have confidence in your developers - you... Read more

18 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Attention! 10 ways to make your app stand out in the mobile crowd

...make money by including in-app purchases. "You give up your app for free but you give certain features by selling them as... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Worried your cloud provider will go bust? Seven ways to protect your business

...it does things in a manner that would be too complex for your own business to do inhouse and you are willing to pay for... Read more

8 September, 2011 by Shelley Portet
Forget iPads: Just boost <endeca_term>your</endeca_term> desktop

Forget iPads: Just boost your desktop

...of enhancing productivity on the desktop is to expand the size of your display so you can multi-task more quickly. This simple measure will... Read more

1 January, 2011 by Jason Hiner

Photos: How BT's FTTH fibre broadband gets inside your home

...In the fibre's journey from the exchange towards your home, the first stop is a node in BT's exchanges, which... Read more

1 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

DNS Changer: A Real Threat to Your Internet

...hearing a lot about the FBI establishing a website to detect if your computer was infected by a virus sent out by hackers. If you... Read more

17 May, 2012

It's cooler to soak your servers

Soaking your servers to keep them cool is not a new concept. Cray was... Read more

15 March, 2012

â??Bring Your Own Deviceâ?? â?? using Pandoraâ??s Box to your advantage

IT departments are on the brink of implementing “Bring Your Own Device� (BYOD). Staff want to be able to use their private... Read more

13 December, 2011

The Weekly Round-Up: The perils of Xmas gadget gifts and Kinecting with your PC

...etiquette is tricky enough to master without this new element to minding your Ps and Qs. The pee-controlled game is apparently being fitted out... Read more

25 November, 2011 by The Round-Up

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Jack Schofield

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J.A. Watson

@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...

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Moley

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

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J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

5 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

5 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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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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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

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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...

1 day 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.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC