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From Software application development | Small business | 32 comments

Adrian Bridgwater The hallowed halls of the European Patent Office (EPO) have been reverberating with disquiet this month and it’s all as a result of the software industry in the form of the long-running Symbian case. At the end of last week, the EPO announced... more

From Mixed Signals | News Blog | Rupert's Diary | 14 comments

Rupert Goodwins Today was going to be my lunch appointment with xG, but we've had to cancel due to creative differences - the company wanted it off the record, I wanted to be able to write about what it told me, so it's ended up with me having an on-the-record... more

From Security Bullet In | News Blog | Sentry Posts | 12 comments

Tom Espiner You wouldn't expect one of the FBI agents involved in the case of Gary McKinnon to have much sympathy with the alleged Nasa hacker. Ed Gibson, who now works for Microsoft as its security adviser to the UK, in a previous life worked as an FBI... more

From Data Integration Blog | 10 comments

Alena Semeshko Data quality problems cost U.S. businesses more than $600 billion a year, according to The Data Warehousing Institute. (14 Dec 2007) How does that happen? How come companies are losing this much money and not even realizing there's a way... more

From It shouldn't happen to an IT consultant | Small business | 10 comments

Adrian Mars Several times a month I fix a slow or unstable PC just by removing Symantec's Norton security products. Typically they break the PC's internet connection or slow it to a crawl, and getting rid of them is a miracle cure. That makes me look good,... more

From Mixed Signals | Rupert's Diary | 9 comments

Rupert Goodwins I have just opened and defused an email positively crackling with anger, frustration and hurt. It was followed at speed with eight more, by way of illustration. Having read them all, I second every emotion. My correspondent is a researcher,... more

From Software application development | 9 comments

Adrian Bridgwater I don’t usually warm to ‘star’ analysts at developer conference keynotes that get paid to waltz up and down spouting their opinions for twenty minutes while they pretend to be impartial. Last week’s presentation by Mike Gualtieri (no relation... more

From Software application development | 7 comments

Adrian Bridgwater In the midst of the current banking collapses and the ensuing madness that comes with it, I had to buy a car for my better half this week. I needed to use a debit card for slightly more than the usual cost of a sandwich, as you might imagine.... more

From Thoughts and Theories From Roger Andre | 6 comments

roger andre Hi everyone. Before getting to the point of this particular nano blog, lets have a quick look at where we are today in the world of nano technology. 1. On the 18/9/08 it was reported that Penn State researchers in the USA have developed... more

From Software application development | 6 comments

Adrian Bridgwater What we really need in the technology zone these days are more acronyms right? I mean, what’s the point in listing out all those cumbersome terms in full to just slow us down? Critics have suggested that creating acronyms just for the sake... more

From Thoughts and Theories From Roger Andre | On The Road | 6 comments

roger andre Yes I did exactly what the title says. This afternoon, I poped into the local mobile phone (let us give you the world for a contract) shop and asked them what they thought of the coming google android platform. They looked at me as though... more

From Client taming | News Blog | 6 comments

PeterI Microsoft announced Windows 7 and the new R2 version of Server 2008 today during the keynote speech. Initially Windows 7 looks similar to Vista, but there a lot of new features that have been added. Under the skin, Microsoft has been working... more

From Open Sauce Software | News Blog | 5 comments

PeterJudge IBM's attack on traditional standards makers will become really significant if other companies join in, either supporting IBM or producing their own policies. It is still early days, though. Nothing happens quickly in IT standards work.... more

From Jamie's Random Musings on Video IM | On The Road | 5 comments

J.A. Watson What an interesting piece of news to wake up to this morning! SightSpeed is to be acquired by Logitech! Not a lot of information available yet, but Peter Csathy, SightSpeed CEO, who has posted comments to my blog here on ZDNet U.K. several... more

From Software application development | 5 comments

Adrian Bridgwater Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 have already garnered media attention from ZDNet and many other media sources. Codenamed ‘Rosario’, according to Microsoft the new product is capable of ‘democratising’... more

From Software application development | 5 comments

Adrian Bridgwater As a result of completing a fairly in depth look at accessibility issues for web designers I am rounding out my work on the subject by mentioning the fact that today is World Usability Day. Alright, this year’s theme is transportation, but there’s... more

From Jamie's Random Musings on Video IM | Reviews Blog | On The Road | Vista Upgrade Blog | 5 comments

J.A. Watson Ok, this is driving me crazy. Why does this not work? I have a Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N router, and a laptop with an Intel 4965AGN Wireless Network Interface. When I am running Windows XP Professional on the laptop, it connects to the... more

From Software application development | 5 comments

Adrian Bridgwater I'm currently working on a project to dig into the accessibility issues that web designers need to consider when building new sites. Among the companies I am talking to is Keynote Systems who label themselves as a provider of Internet test and... more

From Care in the Community | Post Room | Small business | 5 comments

Karen Friar There's a lot that IT can do for a small business. It can be a godsend in getting the work done -- think of how mobile tech can keep things moving when you're out on client calls -- and it can also be a real driver of growth. But it can... more

From Communication Breakdown | News Blog | On The Road | 5 comments

David Meyer I have blogged a couple of times about the Apricot netbook. Just to recap, it's the resurrection of a nostalgic brand by virtue of a guy buying the brand a few months ago and launching a rebadged FIC Via under it. A representative told me... more