HTML 5 drops open-source video codec
News The next version of the web-coding language will specify neither H.264 nor Ogg Theora as its native video codec, due to a lack of agreement between browser makers [03 Jul 2009]
Google adds global address list to Apps suite
News The company has also made it possible for enterprise and education users of Google Apps to share templates for documents, spreadsheets and presentations internally [03 Jul 2009]
Oracle delivers Fusion 11g updates
News Oracle's updated middleware suite slots into its vision of an integrated software stack that pulls together not only a customer's operations but also the software company's many acquisitions [02 Jul 2009]
Yahoo's Delicious is added to Chrome
News Chrome's extensions framework has matured enough for Yahoo to release an alpha version of an add-on to use its social-bookmarking service [02 Jul 2009]
Services launched for Ubuntu-based clouds
News Canonical will provide services to support companies building 'private cloud' infrastructures behind their corporate firewalls [02 Jul 2009]
Unisys puts Stealth into the cloud
News The company's new Secure Cloud managed service aims to shield sensitive information from other users of a cloud by scattering the data across different storage sites [01 Jul 2009]
Cisco moves unified comms to the cloud
News The company has cloud plans for its WebEx unified communications service, and intends to support both platform and top-layer SaaS delivery [01 Jul 2009]
China puts brakes on internet-filter rollout
News Hours before the policy was due to start, China has delayed indefinitely a plan to force manufacturers to bundle internet-filtering software with PCs sold in the country [01 Jul 2009]
Firefox 3.5 released for download
News The major upgrade to the popular open-source browser provides private surfing, location awareness and support for HTML 5 features such as open-standards video [30 Jun 2009]
Gratification, instant and otherwise
Blog My brother lectures in music performance and technology at SERC in Bangor, Northern Ireland. We had a discussion the other day about the joy of simple programs that get beginners going, and... [30 Jun 2009]
'Billions' of everyday objects going online by 2020
Analysis With mobile connectivity doubling every year, it is on track to reach even the smallest of household items. So expect smart toothbrushes and the like in a decade's time, according to Ericsson [30 Jun 2009]
Dell delivers SaaS package to Europe
News The company's first cloud-based services package enables European businesses to outsource email, software licence management and other functions to Dell [29 Jun 2009]
Skype founders' spat with eBay threatens IPO
Blog EBay's intended spin-off of Skype as a new public company could be threatened by a dispute between Skype's founders and the internet telephony firm's parent. The online auction giant intends to... [29 Jun 2009]
Jackson death prompts malware alert at Google
News The spike in searches related to Michael Jackson was so 'volcanic' that it triggered an anti-malware mechanism at Google, the company says [26 Jun 2009]
Microsoft shakes up Hohm improvement
News The software giant has introduced a free web application to show people how much electricity and gas they are using, marking its entry into the energy-monitoring market [25 Jun 2009]
Every cloud has a risky lining
Comment It would be unwise to ignore the risks of moving to the cloud, so Alan Calder provides a security checklist [25 Jun 2009]
ZDNet UK upgrades - more speeds, more tweets
Blog It may be summer, but we haven’t been lazing around on the beach. (It is an English summer, after all) Instead, we’ve been working away behind the scenes on the site – part of a project that’ll... [23 Jun 2009]
Gov't CIO weighs up public-sector app store
News Government IT chief John Suffolk has said he is considering an applications store for the public sector [22 Jun 2009]
How giving Twitter away can make it money
Blog You may have noticed that we've started to get much more involved with Twitter. That's partially my fault - I'm a certified addict - and partially recognition by everyone involved that Twitter has... [20 Jun 2009]
Ballmer: Microsoft putting investment behind search
News Microsoft is willing to invest up to 10 percent of its operating income in its internet search business for up to five years, according to chief executive Steve Ballmer [19 Jun 2009]
Google's App Sync breaks Windows search
News Google will update it App Sync software to work with Microsoft Outlook plug-ins [18 Jun 2009]
Will new browsers really upgrade the web?
Analysis It could take a while for the reality of better browsing to catch up with the vision [18 Jun 2009]
Google's censorship struggles continue in China
Analysis At some point before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Google changed its method for censoring search results, yet it will not discuss the new method [17 Jun 2009]
Experts ask Google to boost privacy
News Following a request from 38 security experts, Google says it is considering offering encryption by default for Gmail and other apps if it doesn't slow down performance too much [17 Jun 2009]
Clonezilla, here to stay, not fade away!*
Blog Now that I've downloaded it and started testing it, I'm really impressed with Clonezilla. Running as a “Linux live CD” iso image just over 100 megabytes large, one method touted is to operate it on... [16 Jun 2009]
Idiot-Savant Programming
Blog I spent some time reading the news on Yahoo tonight and a story that caught my attention concerned a Arizona state prisoner who died in the OUTDOOR "cell" (really a cage) made out of chain link... [13 Jun 2009]
UK Bing use falls after initial few days
Blog Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, saw a brief spurt of popularity in the UK before its usage levels fell, according to the web monitoring service Hitwise. Hitwise research director Robin Goad... [08 Jun 2009]
Update OpenStreetMap — on paper
Blog This is an interesting idea: Print out a map from OpenStreetMap of an area you know well, or visit often, annotate the paper copy, then upload the scan so the OSM data can be updated, using the... [05 Jun 2009]
A call for an internet age speaker
Blog If you think that the recent scandal in Westminster over MPs' expenses has little to do with technology, barring the odd flat screen TV, you'd probably be right. However, some open source software... [27 May 2009]
Colour, clouds and community: changes at ZDNet UK
Blog You will have noticed by now that we've got a new logo - up there, to the left - and a new, less cluttered and more colourful header around it. Together with a few other cosmetic tweaks, these are... [20 May 2009]
