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IT Professionals Must Have Short Memories
Talkback Ok accepted, the survey was for the most influential tech product of the last 25 years. Do tech professionals have such short memories they cannot remember those days 25 years ago when we didn't have this?
[August 3, 2007, 13:59]
Microsoft Escapes Voice-data Lawsuit
News The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in a 2-1 ruling on Tuesday that Multi-Tech Systems' patents were not violated and "we conclude that the district court did not err" in its earlier ruling that sided with Microsoft.
[February 6, 2004, 10:55]
Tech Giants Push MPEG-4 Standard
News A standards body comprising such tech heavyweights as Apple Computer and Cisco Systems has released a specification for streaming MPEG-4 video and audio via the Web. Although Apple joined Cisco, IBM, Kasenna, Philips Electronics, Sun Microsystems...
[October 5, 2001, 10:05]
HP, The Supermodel, The Red Carpet And The Film Noir
Blog To Cannes with HP for the 60th Film Festival, where the tech giant is a major sponsor, scattering vast Scitex-printed posters around key sites along the Croisette and taking up residence in the swanky Majestic Barrière hotel, just opposite the...
[May 25, 2007, 11:09]
Trojan Exploits Outlook Express
News The exploit is especially risky because even a tech savvy user might be tempted to open an infected attachment that appears to be safe, both to the user and to the filter. Find out what's where in the new Tech Update with our
[February 20, 2003, 11:13]
Reinventing IBM: The Evolution Of On-demand
News The general idea of more tech-savvy, streamlined businesses had been around for years, but the on-demand campaign has galvanised IBM's disparate groups -- though the vision is years from being realised.
[June 15, 2004, 11:10]
Freenet Founder Launches Business P2P Product
News More enterprise IT news in ZDNet UK's Tech Update Channel. For a weekly round-up of the enterprise IT news, sign up for the Tech Update newsletter. Uprizer is focused on using file-swapping technology to efficiently distribute content, tapping...
[May 1, 2002, 12:46]
Chips Weigh Heavily On Environment
News Microchips and other high-tech goods are considered extremely low-entropy, highly organized forms of matter. The researchers found that there is a general trend toward lower entropy of goods overall, which could imply a continuing rise in the...
[November 13, 2002, 8:25]
HP Leadership Picks Hint At Product Fates
News More enterprise IT news in ZDNet UK's Tech Update Channel. For a weekly round-up of the enterprise IT news, sign up for the Tech Update newsletter. The Personal Systems Group will be run by Duane Zitsner, an HP executive.
[April 4, 2002, 11:10]
Jane Wakefield: The Mother Of All Invention
News And just to add a peppering of gravitas to this enormous claim it apparently also had the backing of high profile tech leaders such as Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. For a tech industry fed up with bad luck stories, Ginger has been something of a...
[January 22, 2001, 8:54]
Turn Wasted Workstation Drives Into Online Archives
News Have your say instantly in the Tech Update forum. Find out what's where in the new Tech Update with our Guided Tour. Mailarchive.pst).Open Outlook and open the workstation copy of the personal folder.Find all mail items on your workstation folder...
[November 29, 2002, 19:19]
Web Services Adoption Too Slow For Microsoft
News More enterprise IT news in ZDNet UK's Tech Update Channel. For a weekly round-up of the enterprise IT news, sign up for the Tech Update newsletter. A continuing spate of security holes in products from Microsoft and other makers, coupled with a...
[September 12, 2002, 12:17]
Farewell To The Technophobe Prime Minister
News It's fair to say that Blair's lack of personal tech savvy was disappointing in a leader that expected the population to accept grand IT schemes such as UK Online and the controversial national ID card project.
[June 27, 2007, 9:07]
Symantec Patches Four Critical Firewall Flaws
Talkback Symantec Tech support in the UK (after 40 minutes awaiting an agent to answer) admitted that it was a bad update and the solution was to uninstall, reinstall from CD. I also had problems with the glacial speed after updating Norton Personal...
[May 24, 2004, 16:13]
Microsoft Offers WGA Workaround
Talkback Stop being the family tech until they run what gives you your personal life back. Simple solution. Otherwise you'll end up supporting their friends, families, friends, neighbours and what not as well.
[July 25, 2006, 0:21]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback All I know is the Dell Indian tech support I called messed up my PC. I base my comments on personal experiences. I can tell by your name where you're from, and therefore biased. At least British and Americans can communicate halfway decent and...
[August 13, 2006, 20:41]
Webcast: How To Avoid Getting Caught In The Phishing Trap
White Papers In fact, their attacks are becoming so sophisticated that even tech-savvy users are getting scammed. Just when you thought you've figured out their tricks, phishers are developing more insidious techniques for fooling users into divulging personal...
[July 12, 2005, 0:00]
Hit The Simple Nail On Its Easy Head
Talkback Just saw your comment on Berners-Lee's thing about women and tech. It's so simple - women don't enjoy tech half as much, they prefer interacting with people. Every male has had tonnes of personal experiences of this phenomenon.
[September 25, 2007, 8:11]
Adventures In The Public Hotspot Wi-Fi World
White Papers This paper gives a description of the author's personal experiences using Wi-Fi "hotspot" services and is a compilation of many of the authors' challenges to the tech industries "conventional wisdoms" surrounding the Public Hotspot Service model.
[October 20, 2005, 0:00]
The Future Of Information Warfare
White Papers The present war against terrorism, precipitated by the decidedly low-tech use of airplanes on September 11, is raising the awareness of corporations and individuals in regards to the security of business and personal information.
[February 16, 2005, 23:00]
