My good friend and colleague Randy Abrams at ESET showed me their new SysInspector last week when I was in DC, and it is cool little utility.From their description:ESET SysInspector is an application that thoroughly inspects your...

While a processor can be compared with brains, a chipset can definitely be regarded as the heart of a platform, because functionality of motherboards and computers in general depends on this very component. As Phenom processors...

A survey by recruitment firm Badenoch and Clark shows that 75 percent of UK employees affirm that they do not access social networking websites - like Bebo, Facebook or Myspace - during office hours. That's a far cry from what...

Research by uSwitch showed that the average price of standalone broadband has decreased by 36 percent since January 2004. Broadband in 2008 has advertised speeds 16x than in 2004 and AOL apparently had the biggest price fall...

How would a business feel if it was prevented from answering to criticisms or unwarranted comments from its customers? Well, as from May 2008, Ebay will remove a feature that allowed sellers to leave negative or neutral...

The Scotman reports that Google and Microsoft are not the only ones going after Yahoo. Apple and Murdoch's News Corp are also potential suitors, according to Nathalie Thomas. There are also whispers of a potential Chinese...

According to MJ Foley from ZDNet's All about Microsoft, a group comprising some of Microsoft's best programmers have come together to create a brand new programming language called "D", which, Foley writes, will be at...

The Apple's MacBook Air (MBA) apparently has some annoying problems related to its wireless capabilities and to its battery life; Ars Technica's Jacqui Cheng reports that her Air cannot import data wirelessly from another...

"Google would gladly trade two competitors for one. And MS and Yahoo are both more lost than Google. So a buyout would only give Google a big advantage while MSFTYHOO figures out what to do." That's the words of John...

Cisco announced key findings from its annual global study on remote workers' security awareness and online behaviour, indicating how they can inadvertently heighten risks for themselves and the companies they work for. The...

Apple has stealthily launched a 16GB iPhone and a 32GB iTouch. Both cost £329 and should be available for sale as from today, although only Apple's store seems to stock them at the time of writing. Unfortunately for new...

Businesses can now use Office 2007 for just under £15 per month, via Fasthosts, one of the bigger UK web hosting companies. The Standard Edition of Microsoft Office 2007 will be streamed directly on the user's computer...

I never cease to be amazed at the interpretations people make about systems going down and so it was on a Middle Eastern site at the weekend, which reckons that the slicing of Internet cables to the Middle East and India last...

I was interested to read over on the UPI newswire last night - holed up in a Debenhams coffee shop on London's Oxford Street using the nearby Radisson Hotel's free WiFi network (but that's another story) - that the FBI's...

Like any potential couples, before you commit you go through a long period of dating and generally getting to know each other’s bad habits. It looks like Microsoft has taken the fancy of Nokia’s good looks and...

Rivals who tried to have a Virgin Media broadband advert banned have failed in their attempt. The advert has been cleared by watchdog the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) despite claims that the ads were misleading and called...

Do you keep forgetting your passwords? Tired of typing your name and address into internet forms? You need WebM8!WebM8 will remember all your usernames and passwords and fill your log on screens automatically. It will also allow...

This is the self-extracting executable that contains the update package for Windows® XP Service Pack 3. Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also...

Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text. OCR is a...

Our recent research (as well as observations of our colleagues and users, who already tried these processors) proves that it's practically impossible to find real applications to detect the notorious TLB error in the first...

This is the most portable keyboard seen to date. Simply roll the unit up when you're done with it! A great tool for laptop users who miss their normal keyboard when on the road. Individual raised keys allow an amazing amount of...

Windows Home Server helps you pull together and protect all your family's files in a single, central location that makes sharing easy. Keep all those digital memories safe for future generations with features like automatic daily...