ZDNet UK Highlights

Analysis: Lenovo sharpens vision under new leadership

mailroomuk@zdnet.com — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:32:02 +0000

Analysis: Lenovo sharpens vision under new leadership

Roundup: Highlights from Mobile World Congress 2009

mailroomuk@zdnet.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:21:02 +0000

Roundup: Highlights from Mobile World Congress 2009

Comment: Why I'm worried about the evolution of Linux

mailroomuk@zdnet.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:31:02 +0000

Comment: Why I'm worried about the evolution of Linux

Q&A: Novell managing director on getting along with Microsoft

mailroomuk@zdnet.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:21:01 +0000

Q&A: Novell managing director on getting along with Microsoft

Software, services fall for first time in five years

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Nick Heath) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:52:01 +0000

In 2008 revenues in the UK software and IT services market fell about one percent year-on-year and will continue to drop until 2011, according to an analysts' report

A peek inside Linux KDE 4.2 RC1

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Alex Serpo) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:00:02 +0000

A look at what to expect from the latest version of the KDE desktop environment, the final product of which is due on 22 January

A front-to-back peek at the new Palm Pre

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Staff) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:03:02 +0000

Mobile pioneer Palm makes a bid to recover its mojo with the Palm Pre, announced on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

New tools aim to improve gov't IT procurement

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Colin Barker) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:53:01 +0000

The Office of Government Commerce hopes two new tools will help the government improve its record on large-scale projects, while helping the private sector to contribute

Apple tunes up Keynote features

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Staff) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:54:02 +0000

At Macworld 2009, Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, demonstrates new features of the company's Keynote software, which enables users to create dynamic presentations

Tech-job demand bucks economic trend

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Tim Ferguson) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:36:02 +0000

Tech jobs appear to be suffering less during the economic downturn than those in other sectors, according to a survey by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation

Security vendors: We would block police hacking

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Tom Espiner) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:12:02 +0000

Kaspersky and Sophos say that for security reasons they would block any software used in police attempts to break into customers' systems without a warrant

Sony launches P-series ultraportable PC

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Colin Barker) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:00:02 +0000

Weighing just 638g and bearing an eight-inch screen, Sony's Vaio P is one of the smallest fully functioning Vista PCs on the market

Whiteboard: Deploying desktop virtualisation

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (John Whaley, CTO & Founder, MokaFive) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:58:02 +0000

John Whaley, CTO and Founder of MokaFive, talks about the issues surrounding virtualised desktops and says organisations need to think about management, offline use, cost and user experience

Wikipedia campaign raises over $6.2m

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Tom Espiner) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:57:02 +0000

A fundraising drive launched by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has led to over 125,000 people making donations to the online community-generated encyclopaedia

Web-science pioneer is made a dame

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (David Meyer) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:53:01 +0000

The New Year's honours list included a damehood for Professor Wendy Hall, a seminal figure in the research and development of web libraries, hypermedia, multimedia and the semantic web

How Linux admins can avoid common pitfalls

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Jack Wallen) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:44:02 +0000

If you're new to Linux, a few common mistakes are likely to get you into trouble. Learn about them up front so you can avoid major problems as you become increasingly Linux-savvy

2009's major milestone for computing pioneers

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Toby Wolpe) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:29:01 +0000

Two historic British computers, the Manchester Mark 1 and Edsac, went live 60 years ago next year. Both systems were the immediate forerunners of the first commercial systems

Dialogue Box 5.4: Touchscreens feel our pain

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Apple's competitors are trying to sprinkle some iPhone magic on their smartphones, with frankly mixed results. Rupert and Charles examine four contenders using the 'SwearMark' test

A look at the damage that halted the LHC

mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Tom Espiner) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:55:02 +0000

Cern has released pictures of the impact of a liquid helium leak in September