Recent articles by Iain Thomson

Windows 7 Starter opened up to more apps

Windows 7 Starter opened up to more apps

Microsoft has changed its stance on the features of Windows 7 Starter, saying the operating system won't have application limits.
Iain Thomson Jun 1 2009 6:38AM Software
Top 10 industry-changing applications

Top 10 industry-changing applications

At the end of the day a computer is a very sophisticated bit of kit, but without applications it is nothing more than a fancy toy.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson Jun 1 2009 6:14AM Software
SATA spec promises faster data transfers and slimmer laptops

SATA spec promises faster data transfers and slimmer laptops

The Serial ATA (SATA) Revision 3.0 specification has been released by the Serial ATA International Organization (Sata-IO) and promises double the data speed across the board to 6Gbit/s.
Iain Thomson May 30 2009 6:50AM Storage
Dell first quarter earnings crash 63 per cent

Dell first quarter earnings crash 63 per cent

Dell has announced its results for the first quarter of the year and has revealed earnings fell by 63 per cent and business and consumers cut back on purchases.
Iain Thomson May 29 2009 1:49PM Hardware
Asus and Microsoft join forces against Linux

Asus and Microsoft join forces against Linux

Microsoft and Asus have launched a marketing campaign to encourage netbook users to use Windows rather than Linux.
Iain Thomson May 29 2009 1:49PM Software
Google gears up for HTML 5

Google gears up for HTML 5

Google has been showing off some of the new HTML 5 features that it will be building into future releases of Chrome and Android 2.0, codenamed Donut.
Iain Thomson May 28 2009 2:52PM Software
Scientists invent memory storage good for a billion years

Scientists invent memory storage good for a billion years

Scientists are reporting successful tests of a new memory device that could allow terabytes of data to be stored without corruption for millions of years.
Iain Thomson May 27 2009 2:02PM Hardware
Microsoft warns of major SharePoint flaw

Microsoft warns of major SharePoint flaw

Error will shut down application after six months.
Iain Thomson May 23 2009 8:00AM Software
Google puts Chrome 2 out on final release

Google puts Chrome 2 out on final release

Google has released final code for the second version of its Chrome browser, eight months after the official launch.
Iain Thomson May 22 2009 2:14PM Software
Sun builds world's biggest application store for Java

Sun builds world's biggest application store for Java

Sun chief executive has announced that Sun is to build an application store for Java and is aiming for a billion users.
Iain Thomson May 22 2009 9:04AM Software
Free Software Foundation settles case with Cisco

Free Software Foundation settles case with Cisco

Cisco has settled its outstanding court action brought by the Free Software Foundation over the unauthorised use of free software in its Linksys routers.
Iain Thomson May 21 2009 2:56PM Software
Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

U.S. Federal investigators are examining how a hard drive containing sensitive personal information from the Clinton era has gone missing from the National Archive.
Iain Thomson May 21 2009 6:24AM Storage
Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware says Gartner

Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware says Gartner

Analyst group Gartner is warning companies not to be ripped off by vendors seeking to sell anti-spyware software as a standalone product.
Iain Thomson May 19 2009 3:20PM Security
Microsoft and Linux team up on software licensing

Microsoft and Linux team up on software licensing

Microsoft and the Linux Foundation have joined forces over proposed changes in the law over software contracts.
Iain Thomson May 19 2009 3:20PM Software
Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware, says Gartner

Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware, says Gartner

Gartner is warning companies not to be ripped off by vendors seeking to sell anti-spyware software as a stand-alone product.
Iain Thomson May 19 2009 2:51PM Security
Sophos planning to supply antivirus in Klingon

Sophos planning to supply antivirus in Klingon

Sophos seems to be preparing to launch a version of its software security suit for users who prefer to speak Klingon.
Iain Thomson May 19 2009 2:48PM Security
Top 10 disappointing technologies

Top 10 disappointing technologies

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson May 18 2009 6:46AM Software
MySQL founder creates Open Database Alliance

MySQL founder creates Open Database Alliance

Monty Widenius, the main author of MySQL, is setting up the Open Database Alliance (ODA) to consolidate work on the database.
Iain Thomson May 16 2009 9:22AM Software
Apple hires security guru to harden OS

Apple hires security guru to harden OS

Apple has hired the security chief behind the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation to harden up its operating systems.
Iain Thomson May 15 2009 3:20PM Security
Astronaut send world's first tweets from space

Astronaut send world's first tweets from space

NASA astronaut Mike Massimino has made Twitter history by sending the first ever tweets from space.
Iain Thomson May 15 2009 2:53PM Oddware

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