More Opinion

  • 18 October 2006

  • Opinion: Why Windows Vista should be flawless

    If you want something done properly, do it yourself, so the saying goes. And Microsoft has done just that when testing beta versions of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

  • Opinion: Why Windows Vista should be flawless

    If you want something done properly, do it yourself, so the saying goes. And Microsoft has done just that when testing beta versions of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

  • Opinion: Critical fixes for Windows, IE and Office

    Plus: help for a new email threat.

  • Opinion: PowerPoint becomes hackers' target

    A few months ago it was Microsoft Word. More recently it was Excel. Now PowerPoint is under attack through a critical hole. Why is there such a rash of Office flaws?

  • 17 October 2006

  • Opinion: Make history today

    An organisation called History Matters is attempting to create a unique record of life in Britain in late 2006. It's inviting as many people as possible to contribute to a massive blog today. All you have to do is fill in an online form and you'll be part of a massive virtual Blue Peter-style time capsule.

  • Opinion: Reader tips: overheating laptops

    Plus: get Panda support, and importing WordArt objects in Word or Publisher.

  • 16 October 2006

  • Opinion: Tax fears for online gamers

    At first glance, Reuters' decision to set up a virtual bureau in Second Life looks like a publicity stunt designed to demonstrate how clever it is in catering for the growth of online gaming.

  • Opinion: Tax fears for online gamers

    At first glance, Reuters' decision to set up a virtual bureau in Second Life looks like a publicity stunt designed to demonstrate how clever it is in catering for the growth of online gaming.

  • 15 October 2006

  • Opinion: TIP: silence your hard drive

    If your hard drive is annoyingly noisy when it’s working, you may be able to get it to quieten down. Most modern hard drives – Seagate drives being a notable exception – have a feature called Automatic Acoustic Management. This feature reduces the noise made by the drive when seeking from one part of the disc to another.

  • 13 October 2006

  • Opinion: Cringely Capable: Vista nags users

    If you thought Windows Genuine Advantage was a treat, wait till you see Vista's antipiracy technology. Users who install Vista will have 30 days to validate the product; OEM installs will come pre-validated. (So much for encouraging people to buy new hardware now and upgrade later.)

  • Opinion: Excel holes add to Office woes

    Recently, just as Microsoft delivered one of its largest ever batches of security patches – including one for a critical hole in Word – hackers found three, as yet unpatched, holes involving Excel.

  • 12 October 2006

  • Opinion: How likely is a second dotcom crash?

    Technology commentators are predicting the second coming of the dotcom crash, five years after the first one wrecked confidence in the internet business and sent countless paper millionaires on to the streets.

  • Opinion: How likely is a second dotcom crash?

    Technology commentators are predicting the second coming of the dotcom crash, five years after the first one wrecked confidence in the internet business and sent countless paper millionaires on to the streets.

  • 11 October 2006

  • Opinion: 10 fixes for problem PCs

    Plus: six free tools, a CMOS repair and an unfreezing trick.

  • 10 October 2006

  • Opinion: Hackers do it 50 times a night

    Sorry. What I mean is that your internet-enabled PC is probably attacked up to 50 times a night by nefarious hackers. But that's not quite so catchy, is it?

  • Opinion: Microsoft delays Mac Office 2007 release

    The next version of Microsoft Office for Mac won't ship until the second half of 2007, the company has confirmed.

  • Opinion: Google to launch source-code search engine

    Google has created a specialised search engine for developers that’s designed to find source code publicly available on the web.

  • Opinion: How fat is your town?

    Although we struggle to overcome the collective might of Macedonia and Slovakia at football (Scotland and Northern Ireland fans: gloat here), Britain is still number one at something. We are - wait for it - the fattest nation in Europe. And that's not just my opinion, it's according to an official report.

  • 09 October 2006

  • Opinion: TV through your PC had to happen

    An interview published by TV Week throws light on Disney's motivation for agreeing its ground-breaking deal to distribute TV content through Apple's iTunes service in the US. It seems that a combination of the technology being available - and web-users downloading content regardless of whether it was legal or not - made the deal inevitable.

  • Opinion: Windows Vista RC2 shows true refinement

    Last Friday, Microsoft pushed Windows Vista Release Candidate 2 (RC2), build 5744, out the door. There's no laundry list of new features and functions associated with this build of Vista, but there is something significant about it. You can sum it up in one word: refinement.

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