Today we had Ed Dunhill and Ben Coley from Microsoft over to see us as part of the Microsoft Inspiration tour. These guys work hard. A five hour drive to Hull, a three hour presentation, and a five hour drive on to the next...

I was interested to read on one of the French newswires at the weekend that Orange France has confirmed that iPhones sold on its network for around the 400 euros mark - with a contract attached - will be network unlocked.This...

I was intrigued to read a report about a security validation utility called VOIP Hopper which, as the name implies, allows users to slip unnoticed into a corporate VOIP system.According to an interview with the two guys behind...

Ethos Networks has launched to help global carriers address the challenges of providing competitive IP services. Ethos Networks which secured an additional US$8m of funding, provides a dramatically different connection-oriented...

Research conducted by TechNavio from Infiniti Research, has found that there are a number of emerging trends in the adoption and implementation of virtualization applications throughout the data center. The TechNavio...

In a recent blog post, "Need a database with that phone?", Sun Evangelist Terrence Barr stated, "We in the Mobile & Embedded Community frequently get asked about database support for Java ME."Sun's Java ME environment for...

Faithful blog readers will recall “Jane”, who sent us an apoplectic, foul-mouthed rant, mistaking us for the makers of WinFixer WinAntivirusPro.The letter was entertaining in its creative use of epithets.However, I had sent her...

A set of copyright principles for user-generated content has been published by internet and media giants including Microsoft, MySpace, Viacom, CBS and Disney. YouTube has rejected the project, though, describing such mandates as...

The High Court has protected the identities of seven individuals who made comments on a football website's message board. Comments that are "strictly defamatory" can still be so trivial that they do not warrant an invasion of the...

With the exponential rise in processing power of the microprocessor and the graphic processing unit, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a way of using the two most powerful components in a...

Network specialist 3Com is preparing a range of Gigabit-capable Ethernet switches for small and medium businesses. The range will include a 10-port Gigabit Power Over Ethernet model and a number of wiring closet Gigabit Ethernet...

Microsoft plans to take on RIM and other Smartphone platforms with a package called "System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008" or SCMDM 2008. The solution will allow system administrators to control mobile devices...

South Korean Semiconductor giant, Samsung has released the world's first 64Gb (8GB) NAND flash memory using a 30-nanometer process technology.It is the first time that a mass produced component has used a 30-nm process and the...

Pentagon Hacker and UFO believer Gary McKinnon has won the right to appeal against its extradition to the US. He gained his reprieve after his case was debated in Britain's highest court and a three-judge panel decided for...

Platial announced the acquisition of Frappr, the popular social map destination and widget network. The merger makes Platial the leader in social mapping with more than 15MM unique users per month and 100MM user-generated...

Ever fancied having a license to kill or perhaps having scantily-clad bombshells strolling past you while you're playing on your Playstation Portable? The GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), which is a British...

Google has announced that its revenues are up by 57% from Q306 to USD 4.23 bn, prompting comments that Google share prices are heading for the USD 700 mark, a nice mark-up from the original USD 85.Profits are up by 46% over the...

Apple's Leopard may be coming out on Friday the 26th but Apple's CEO is already looking well beyond the launch of OS 10.5. Apple's Flamboyant Guru is planning to release a new operating system every 15 months on average for a...

Radiohead's latest album was a worthy experiment for several reasons. Firstly, it showed that having a record label is not a necessity in order to generate a hit. In Rainbows has already reached 1.2 million copies sold. Secondly,...

BBC is reporting that Wireless Networks are not as solid and secure as people would want to believe. Vivek Ramachandran, A Security Researcher from Airtight Networks, came up with an attack, which he calls the "Cafe...

On the 18th October 2007, a 26-year old man was arrested in Cheltenham "in connection with offences relating to the facilitation of copyright infringement on the internet."According to a statement issued by the...

Austria has become one of the first countries in the world to officially sanction the use of Trojan Horse malware to monitor the computers of suspected terrorists and criminals.The move, announced late last week by Gunther...

IBM has partnered with Taiwan Based Mediatek to create a new chipset that can convey a high definition movie within seconds. Theoretically, a 1.25GB file could be transmitted within 5 sec, offering a bandwidth of 250MB per...

A gutsy new Linux system, Ubuntu 7.10 officially released.Ubuntu's New 'Gutsy Gibbon' Brings Linux Out of the Jungle. Ubuntu version 7.10 AKA Gutsy Gibbon, has been given the green light by its developers as reported by...