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A hundred million reasons for revamping site access

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Bruce Lawson) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:48:02 +0000

A poll of millions of European Windows users about their choice of default browser will help transfigure website design, says Bruce Lawson

Must all apps be virtualisation-aware for the cloud?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Lori MacVittie) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:58:02 +0000

On the face of it, reluctance to virtualise certain applications could conflict with a shift to cloud computing, says Lori MacVittie

Ten of the best tools for your Android phone

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:53:02 +0000

There are thousands of tools on Android Market, but only a limited number are indispensable, says Jack Wallen

The stage is set for microcontrollers' big role

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Reinhard Keil) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:36:02 +0000

The tiny chips needed for the next generation of internet-enabled devices are finally getting standards, says Reinhard Keil

Ten extensions to help Chrome sparkle

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:09:02 +0000

However satisfied you are with Google Chrome, customising the browser can bring unexpected benefits, says Jack Wallen

Are we taking supercomputing code seriously?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Andrew Jones) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:43:02 +0000

The supercomputing programs behind so much science and research are written by people who are not software pros, says Andrew Jones

Ten blunders to avoid on a consulting job

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:09:02 +0000

If you work as a consultant and want to be invited back, certain faux pas should be avoided at all costs, says Jack Wallen

Cybercrime: Time to face up to responsibilities

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Simon Lavin) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:30:02 +0000

Cybercrime is a low-risk activity for crooks, and we all have a duty to change that state of affairs, says Simon Lavin

Ten fantasy open-source headlines for 2010

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:52:02 +0000

The year is still young, so why not indulge in some fantasising about what 2010 might hold for open source, says Jack Wallen

Could you be a business technologist?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Darren Guarnaccia) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:09:02 +0000

There are several key areas IT people could focus on to be seen as true business technologists, says Darren Guarnaccia

Ten New Year's resolutions for tech workers

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:33:01 +0000

Start 2010 by adopting new work practices that will make you much more efficient, says Jack Wallen

Ten Linux features Windows could do with

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:44:02 +0000

There is no reason Windows should not benefit from some of the best features in Linux, says Jack Wallen

1999-2009: The tech decade in perspective

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:38:02 +0000

Everyone has differing views on the big technology events of the past decade, so ZDNet UK offers its pick of the key moments

We must work at making the public IT savvy

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (David Clarke) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:52:02 +0000

Many Britons are failing to tap into technology simply because they do not know how, says David Clarke

How security will look in 10 years

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:20:02 +0000

ZDNet UK security correspondent Tom Espiner peers into his crystal ball for signs of the next decade's big security issues

Private clouds can make or break your network

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Lori MacVittie) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:41:02 +0000

A private cloud-computing implementation can kill or cure your network, says Lori MacVittie

Ten open-source tools worth trying

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:37:01 +0000

The mass of open-source tools may seem confusing, so it is worth creating a list of the most useful projects, says Jack Wallen

A dozen big names: But where were they in 1999?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Wendy M Grossman) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:07:01 +0000

What a difference a decade makes. ZDNet UK looks at what 12 big-name technology figures were doing back in 1999

Dialogue Box 7.8: Winners and losers in 2010

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:18:02 +0000

Rupert and Charles examine the form in next year's heavyweight tech industry bouts, and predict who will hit the jackpot and who will hit the canvas

Next decade holds new twists for comms technology

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:53:02 +0000

ZDNet takes on the daunting task of predicting what the coming decade holds for communications technology

From The Labs: Sniffing the Wi-Fi air

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:17:02 +0000

If you want to see which way the RF wind is blowing, you need a spectrum analyser like MetaGeek's Wi-Spy 2.4x. Charles McLellan explores what it can do

How to avoid becoming a data leak pariah

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Alan Calder) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:10:01 +0000

Firms lose customer data with alarming frequency, even though the measures to protect data are well known, says Alan Calder

Company boards must stop dawdling over IPv6

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Axel Pawlik) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:34:02 +0000

Those working in IT may know the importance of IPv6, but that awareness must spread beyond the tech community, says Axel Pawlik

From The Labs: The first Android netbook?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:33:01 +0000

Acer has put Google's Android OS on its Aspire One D250 netbook, but is it any more than a sideshow? Charles McLellan investigates

Ten reasons Android handsets beat the iPhone

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:32:01 +0000

Handsets based on Google's Android open-source operating system have a clear edge on Apple's iPhone, says Jack Wallen

Alliances spring up under cloud cover

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Lori MacVittie) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:48:02 +0000

Cloud computing is fostering collaboration between vendors, which could lead to benefits all round, says Lori MacVittie

The realities of IT management: ZDNet special report

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Staff) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:02 +0000

ZDNet UK looks at some of the technologies and organisational challenges that hold the greatest potential for improved efficiency and cost reduction

Ten failures that went down in IT history

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:02 +0000

Good ideas gone wrong or misguided from the outset? All that matters is that they ended in disaster, says Jack Wallen

Just how safe is storage in the cloud?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:15:01 +0000

Experts address the issue of confidence in the cloud for important data storage

Ten tips for software licensing in a virtual world

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Manek Dubash) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:13:01 +0000

Virtualisation can cut costs, but only if you can avoid a number of software licensing pitfalls, says Manek Dubash

Open-source tools wrest control of personal data

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:08:02 +0000

Adriana Lukas explains how the open-source Mine project will help people regain control of data held about them on the web

How to ensure collaboration really works

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:07:02 +0000

Collaboration projects too often end in tears because of a failure to address a number of key issues

Six factors to weigh up for virtualisation projects

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:03:01 +0000

Diving into virtualisation without preparing properly is risky, so here is a checklist to help projects go smoothly

Four steps for sharpening up data management

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:02:02 +0000

The scale of the task stops many firms imposing order on their data, but a few simple steps could help start the process

Dialogue Box 7.7: A first look at USB 3.0

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:42:01 +0000

Rupert and Charles get their hands on the first shipping USB 3.0 product, a 1TB external drive from Buffalo Technology

Ten reasons Ubuntu 9.10 will be an enterprise hit

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:12:01 +0000

The Ubuntu 9.10 operating system, also known as Karmic Koala, has many features businesses will like, says Jack Wallen

Tough choices for supercomputing's legacy apps

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Andrew Jones) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:01 +0000

The prospect of hundreds of petaflops and exascale computing raises tricky issues for legacy apps, says Andrew Jones

Goodbye, GeoCities: It's the end of an era

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Bruce Lawson) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:40:02 +0000

Yahoo's decision to close its once-powerful GeoCities hosting service says much about the web, says Bruce Lawson

Schmidt: Proprietary code is more securely written

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:43:02 +0000

Ex-White House adviser Howard Schmidt says the open-source community needs to catch up when it comes to securing code

Schmidt: Users need more browser control

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:57:01 +0000

As Web 2.0 apps become more prevalent, users need more control of how their browser interacts with operating systems, says Howard Schmidt

Tech events that are shaping Microsoft's future

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:21:01 +0000

Microsoft's Bob Kelly talks about a remarkable quarter: one that has certainly been eventful, though not always for the right reasons

Dialogue Box 7.6: Inside the ultimate desktop PC

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:36:02 +0000

Who says desktops are dull? Rupert and Charles poke and prod one of the most powerful consumer PCs around, and draw some lessons for enterprise IT

What Google Analytics cannot tell you

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Darren Guarnaccia) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:01 +0000

Google's free web analysis tool may have a lot going for it, but it is worth knowing its limits, says Darren Guarnaccia

Data-access speeds under the spotlight

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:14:01 +0000

Organisations want fast access to valuable data, but are they getting it?

Assessing the enterprise future of solid-state storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:16:02 +0000

Four experts assess the likelihood of viable enterprise solid-state disks

Dialogue Box 7.5: Showtime for storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:14:01 +0000

Computers of all kinds, from client to cloud, need access to stored data. Rupert and Charles head to Olympia to find out what's hot at Storage Expo

Data breach calculations fail to pay off

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Anders Pettersson) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:29:02 +0000

Agonising over the potential cost of data breaches is a distraction and a pointless exercise, says Anders Pettersson

Software licences are bogged down in tech sprawl

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Manek Dubash) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:24:02 +0000

ZDNet UK quizzes Ben Grimes, chief technology officer of management software firm Avocent, about key licensing issues

The time is right to create a global IT profession

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (David Clarke) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:12:02 +0000

Steps undertaken in the UK to improve professionalism in IT will have worldwide ramifications, says David Clarke

How is Digital Britain really doing?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Malcolm Corbett) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:35:01 +0100

Despite recent setbacks, there are still reasons to be cheerful about broadband in the UK, says Malcolm Corbett