[If you have never been involved in a custom software engagement (i.e., on the software builder side, customer buyer side, contract lawyers, etc.), there is no need to read this post.]Rapid application development and prototyping...

A US court has ruled that users have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" in their internet surfing records and that police must obtain warrants from higher than usual courts in order to force ISPs to hand over...

I continue to be amazed at the seeming u-turn that eBay has made in the last year when it comes to tackling fraud.A colleague was moaning the other week that he was unable to get a pirate copy of Office 2007 from eBay, despite...

I was distinctly underwhelmed to hear that figures from the banking industry this week suggest that card fraud is a much bigger problem than was previously thought.According to the latest statistics, the total credit and debit...

Telecoms giant Orange is having a massive rejig in a bid to improve sales and simplify its overall strategy as it alters its mobile, business and broadband offerings. Orange has updated its business mobile offer and now includes...

Sometimes I get tired of being the guy in front of the train waving my flag and hoping I can stop or divert it. I get called old-fashioned, blinkered, boring, misguided and a whole range of other names not suitable for printing...

Google's popular iGoogle mashed front page could soon become a social networking website in its own right after the search company released a developer sandbox for iGoogle. The sandbox will provide developers with a testbed...

The Open Source Census, a new global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, announced its founding sponsors and launched the Census. With this announcement, companies...

Carphone Warehouse could well rebrand itself as a wide ranging media company, offering everything from broadband to TV packages complete with laptops and TV screens. According to Trade online website Mobile Today, Carphone...

IBM has added a new range of hardware to its System X family under the "Internet-Scale computing" banner; the iDataplex is geared towards Web 2.0 companies but will certainly be useful for firms looking to cut costs....

Ecocho, a search engine that promised to plant 2000 trees for every million searches on its website, has been dumped by Google as the latter accuses Ecocho of violating Adsense terms and conditions. According to a Google...

Excellent Macintosh personal computers sales have pushed Apple's quarterly profits up by 36 percent as the company quelled fears about its consumers' response to the current economic gloom.However, the company's share prices went...

HP Renew stock - boxed like new with full warranty and support; Dual Core with 1GB RAM, 160GB drive, LighScribe DVD writer and Vista Home Premium Morgancomputers sells this computer, the Compaq SR 5109 PC, for £211.49 and...

Apple made a surprising move by purchasing PA Semi, a little-known microprocessor design firm, that is specialised in low power, high performance chips, raising the apparent prospects of Apple shunning Intel and taking iPhone...

The latest 9600GT to make its way into the labs comes in the form of a Foxconn which manages to carry quite a hefty overclock on its stock cooler. We’ve seen a lot of 9600GTs come through, and most have managed to show us...

A cheap version of Microsoft Office codenamed Albany may still be a few months away, but the Redmond-based company seems convinced that ad-funded business applications could help it achieve even further penetration in the SMB...

Problems with the Windows® registry are a common cause of Windows® crashes, slow performance and error messages. By using a registry cleaner regularly and fixing registry errors your system should not only be more stable...

Ad-Aware 2007 Free continues the Lavasoft tradition and spirit by providing a no-strings-attached, full powered free anti-spyware product that is safe, thorough, and easy to use. Get advanced protection against spyware and...

Dell has released the the brand new Vostro 1310 which is a sub-laptop aimed at Small and Medium Entreprise market.Dell Vostro 1310 laptops are designed for small business and made for life. Packed with customised features and a...

In fact, Disaster Recovery planning as a resource has permeated business culture beyond the ‘smoking hole in the ground’ scenario and, particularly in the major urban centres, I am seeing more and more organisations...