Today I took delivery of a review Samsung Series 5 Chromebook, one of the first of the new breed of netbook running Google's Chrome operating system. Â I'll write up a full review […]
Blackberry has long been praised, and criticised for the security of it's email and messaging platform. Most recently the company has faced commercial problems in some middle-eastern countries, most notable Saudi Arabia, […]
Researchers at Black Hat have said that they've found Windows 7's Enterprise security to be better than that of Apple's OS X operating system. The problems for OS X seem to stem […]
A US man who sent more than 27 million spam to Facebook users has turned himself in to FBI officers in California after being put on their wanted list. Sanford Wallace, from […]
The world wide web, the brainchild of Tim Berners-Lee is 20 years old today. The worldwide web isn't to be confused with the Internet, even though they're commonly considered the same thing. […]
Microsoft have now released their popular note-taking app, OneNote for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. The program, which is part of their Office suite is popular with people wanting to make notes […]
Last week we reported, somewhat sceptically I'm happy to say, about a piece of research by a company called AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting, that said that people who used Internet Explorer had lower […]
Last month Microsoft changed the default log-in experience on their Live services, which include Hotmail. The change meant doing away with the tile you could click (that was also more finger-friendly) and […]
The other day Martin wrote that Microsoft have made available direct downloads for versions of Windows 7 that contain Service Pack 1 integrated into the ISO file. These downloads are more important […]
This has been a long time coming and, to be honest is already way behind schedule. However Google is the first company to make it's search page finger-friendly for tablet operating systems. […]
Yup, it's the summer, that time traditionally called the "silly season" here in the UK so far as the news is concerned. Now tech blogger Paul Thurrott has found a lovely little […]
It's very common for the major technology companies to release video adverts for their products that deride or poke fun at the competition, probably the best example of these are Apple's excellent parodies […]
In one of the most eagerly awaited broadcasting moves of the year, the BBC have now released their iPlayer app for Apple's iPad. The app is supported in 11 countries and will […]
Despite the problematic relationship between Microsoft and Linux vendors over the years, it's not always been a case of frosty relationships. Previously Microsoft decided to work closely with Novell on the Enterprise […]
Update: Mozilla developed Firefox OS in the meantime which is not based on Android or Chrome OS. Mozilla have announced that they're the latest contender for the tablet operating system crown, and […]
I'vee been waiting patiently for this moment for years and it comes as no surprise to me that it's Apple leading innovation in the software sales market. The company launched their new […]
Online photo sharing websites are very cool. They're a great way of being able to share with your friends and family your adventures, holidays, events and special occasions without clogging up everybody's […]
Security firm NSS Labs have been running some tests on different modern web browsers to see how they defend and protect their users against socially-engineered malware. This is malware that attempts to […]
At last week's Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft detailed it's ongoing strategy to bring a connectedness to all the different types of devices in its product ranges. This makes sense to a certain […]
There really can be no escaping from it these days and we've accepted the barrage of emails we receive from people as a normal part of life. Should it be this way […]
The day is finally within sight when Windows XP and the dreaded Internet Explorer 6 will finally be out of support. This means that there will be no further patches or updates […]
For months now I've been writing about the security problems with Google's Android operating system. Now yet more malware has been found in the Android marketplace, this time by security researchers. The […]
This was the convertible tablet that started it all back in January 2010. The Lenovo U1 hybrid tablet / laptop concept was shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas […]
If you use Microsoft's Outlook Connector software to synchronise Microsoft Outlook on your PC with your Hotmail or GMail account, then you might want to read this. It's become apparent that the […]
Our data is becoming more and more important to us as we're keeping ever more of our lives on our PCs, tablets, smartphones and in the cloud. Currently there are precious few […]
Smartphones are wonderful things that have helped people do so much more, be so much more productive and keep in touch with friends and family. Nobody will doubt the benefits of the […]
The iPad's rise and rise has now surpassed 1% of all web browsing, according to figures released by NetMarketShare. While Internet Explorer, in its various guises, has dropped again in market share to […]
Have you ever wanted a laser printer at home, or even a wireless laser printer, but not had the money to be able to afford one? Well things have changed radically in […]
For the last few days I've been using the new beta update to Microsoft's smartphone operating system, Windows Phone, on my HTC handset. I've written a full hands-on review of this 'Mango' […]
Security and operating system companies have been very successful in the last year of taking down major botnets, networks of malware-infected PCs that can act in unison under remote control to perform distributed […]
Yesterday I wrote about new Type-0 hypervisors and how they're set to make a bit impact, not just for businesses with huge server farms, but also how that is going to filter down […]
Virtualisation is the way forward, there's absolutely no doubt about this. It all began as a way of saving money, and saving the planet, by running two or more operating systems, each […]
The computing industry is unlike any other in the way that it divides people into one camp or another. People sometimes become fanatical about the way they follow one company, and they […]
Tomorrow Microsoft launch their new Office 365 business cloud platform integrating email, calendaring, office, sharepoint and intranets with communications and messaging. It's a big platform with a big future ahead of it […]
As we get closer to the official release of the first major update for Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, more details of features are emerging, and some of them are looking extremely useful […]
Next Tuesday Microsoft officially launches its Office 365 product. This product, which was expected for several years before any official announcement came, is the company's new subscription service for business. In short […]
The insides of computers get dusty and grubby, it's just a fact of life. Running all those electrical components builds up tiny static charges which draw in dust that clings to the […]
It's the age-old problem with Windows and something I get more email about than anything else. All the time people are emailing me saying that Windows has failed and they're at risk […]
Apple last year had problems making its black iPhone 4 white, and now it appears the company has also had issues making it's lovely silver Macbook Air black. It's been rumoured for […]
In a major shakeup for the Internet, the global Internet governing body ICANN has voted to allow any word or name to be used as an Internet suffix. Currently the number of […]
