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  • 17 February 2007

  • News: Analysis: the future of the internet

    The next-generation internet will be more portable and personal. It will harness the power of people, making it even easier to find exactly what you're looking for.

  • News: Analysis: the future of web-based apps

    In 2006 we saw a plethora of web-based services launch that mimic desktop applications but work entirely within a browser window. The benefits are clear: web-based applications mean you don't have to worry about storing apps on your hard drive, so you no longer have to maintain and update them. You can access work from wherever you are, provided you have a web connection and many web-based tools are free, unlike the ones you install on your PC.

  • News: Analysis: the future of the web - superfast landlines

    In the US, fixed-line broadband has reached the heady heights of 50Mbps (megabits per second) downloads and 5Mbps uploads.

  • News: Analysis: the future of the web - WiMax

    Forget online music, forget video-sharing sites and forget online shopping, the thing that's had the biggest impact on the way we use the web over the past five years has nothing to do with content and services. The widespread availability of broadband connections is the reason we use web more now than we did before, and it's made connecting to the net an altogether more stress-free experience.

  • News: Analysis: future web - savvier search

    Today, most search engines depend primarily on algorithmic processing: results ordered by popularity. At present, this relies on keyword matching, but Google's director of research, Peter Norvig, says the next step for search is a better understanding of users' intentions. In other words, what it really was they were searching for – Jaguar the car, rather than jaguar the mammal, for example.

  • News: Analysis: the future of user-generated content

    User-generated content is dramatically changing the way people consume the media. Rather than being fed content by traditional broadcasters, computer users are getting in on the act by producing their own videos and making them freely available online.

  • 16 February 2007

  • News: Study: Women are dirtier at work

    Women’s work areas have three to four times more germs than men’s, according to a study at the University of Arizona.

  • News: Inventor claims Slingbox infringes patent

    The creator of a wireless speaker system is suing Sling Media for patent infringement.

  • News: Mobiles named one of worst inventions

    Mobile phones are one of the worst inventions ever, a new BBC survey has found.

  • News: Microsoft: 'Vista won't sell that quickly'

    Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer said yesterday that forecasts for sales of the company's Vista operating system are "overly aggressive." Ballmer didn't provide specific sales numbers but, in a conference call with financial analysts, he said lower selling prices, limited new corporate sales and software piracy would combine to hold back Vista sales.

  • News: Vista fails to match XP's launch demand

    Demand for Windows Vista during launch week was significantly below that for Windows XP during the latter’s first week on sale, according to research firm NPD’s analysis of the US market.

  • News: Microsoft and IBM quarrel over document formats

    Microsoft went on the offensive on Valentine's Day, openly accusing rival IBM of trying to subvert Microsoft's efforts to standardise its new document format and in turn destabilise customer choices

  • News: Presidential hopeful condemns video-game 'deceit'

    On Wednesday Senator Sam Brownback announced his bid for the White House in 2008 and reintroduced his Truth in Video Game Rating Act, which proposes to overhaul the way that video games sold in the US are currently rated

  • News: Charges dropped in Russian MS piracy case

    Charges have been dropped against a Russian school headmaster who faced up to five years in prison for software piracy, according to Russia's state news agency

  • News: Microsoft warns of new Word bug

    Microsoft has acknowledged that a bug in Word is being used by hackers to commandeer computers

  • News: Report: businesses going open-source

    Two reports released this week show that open-source software is gaining adoption worldwide - to the extent that it is putting significant pressure on commercial software companies and their business models.

  • News: Microsoft Office skips 'unlucky' version 13

    Microsoft is already working hard on the next version of Office - internally known as Office 14.0 - and is targeting it for release in the first half of 2009

  • News: Apple addresses 'Bug Month' security holes

    Apple released nine software updates yesterday that address concerns raised during two security researchers' self-proclaimed 'Month of Apple Bugs'

  • News: Intel ditches 3G from Centrino

    Intel has ditched plans to include 3G connectivity in its next Centrino platform, claiming that supporting the high-speed wireless standard would prove too expensive.

  • News: Extension granted in iPhone trademark row

    Cisco has granted Apple a further extension on the deadline to respond to its iPhone lawsuit, the company announced late last night

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