Nick Farrell

Recent articles by Nick Farrell

Mandriva saved by CEO

Mandriva saved by CEO

Bankruptcy avoided.
Nick Farrell Jun 24 2010 6:45AM Software
Adobe shows off Flash on Android tablet

Adobe shows off Flash on Android tablet

Flash just dead on the iPhone, iPad.
Nick Farrell May 6 2010 7:05AM Hardware
Apple admits iPad can't do wireless well

Apple admits iPad can't do wireless well

Stand closer to the router.
Nick Farrell Apr 8 2010 1:28AM Hardware
Apple yet to upgrade Boot Camp for Windows 7

Apple yet to upgrade Boot Camp for Windows 7

To be released sometime "before the end of the year."
Nick Farrell Oct 26 2009 2:15PM Hardware
Researchers devise DoS attack filter

Researchers devise DoS attack filter

Developing traffic authentication smarts.
Nick Farrell Oct 2 2009 3:32PM Security
Microsoft launches an open source foundation

Microsoft launches an open source foundation

Codeplex is with us.
Nick Farrell Sep 14 2009 7:39AM Software
Blade server sales show resilience

Blade server sales show resilience

Plenty of demand in the data centre.
Nick Farrell Sep 14 2009 7:28AM Hardware
Debian accepts Mono applications

Debian accepts Mono applications

Ignores Stallman's warning.
Nick Farrell Jul 3 2009 6:51AM Software
Russians clone Macs again

Russians clone Macs again

A Russian start-up has started churning out cloned Macs in defiance of legal threats from Apple.
Nick Farrell May 26 2009 4:12PM Hardware
Windows 7 RC download crashes

Windows 7 RC download crashes

Microsoft has managed a repeat performance of its January debacle when the Windows 7 beta public download crashed due to high demand.
Nick Farrell May 5 2009 6:19AM Software
Researchers make programming breakthrough

Researchers make programming breakthrough

Researchers have developed a software tool which makes the translation of code for global markets faster.
Nick Farrell Feb 27 2009 6:22AM Software
Opinion: Why national Internet filters are pointless

Opinion: Why national Internet filters are pointless

It seems that the world plus dog is falling over itself to filter the World Wide Web in a desperate bid to protect children from things they can handle on their own.
Nick Farrell Jan 22 2009 6:26AM Telco/ISP
Google called a bandwidth hog

Google called a bandwidth hog

Google has fought back at an accusation that it's an Internet bandwidth hog.
Nick Farrell Dec 9 2008 2:39PM Telco/ISP
Ipod back on Aussie Christmas lists

Ipod back on Aussie Christmas lists

After months of dropping off of Australians' shopping lists, the iPod is apparently back.
Nick Farrell Dec 9 2008 2:39PM Hardware
Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer to reality

Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer to reality

Fuel cell-powered gear is a step closer now that the US government has removed legislation that would have prevented the development.
Nick Farrell Dec 2 2008 6:44AM Hardware
Nokia to pull out of Japan

Nokia to pull out of Japan

The world's largest mobile maker has decided to pull out of the largest market on the planet.
Nick Farrell Nov 29 2008 3:25PM Telco/ISP
Google broke App Store rules

Google broke App Store rules

Apple's Steve Jobs does not like people breaking Apple's rules and right now he is mightily miffed at the search engine Google which seem to have broken one of his commandments which he set in stone.
Nick Farrell Nov 27 2008 12:22AM Software
iPhone outclocked by MP3-playing sibling

iPhone outclocked by MP3-playing sibling

Apple's iPhone is being upstaged by the outfit's second generation Coldplaying Ipod.
Nick Farrell Nov 26 2008 3:42PM Hardware
Heroin hacker steals information on 59,000 workers

Heroin hacker steals information on 59,000 workers

American company Luxottica Retail, the former owner of the Things Remembered stores seemed to have forgotten to have the right amount of security on the company mainframe.
Nick Farrell Nov 26 2008 3:42PM Security
China miffed at US hacker allegations

China miffed at US hacker allegations

China is furious that a US congressional report has accused it of developing sophisticated cyber warfare and militarising its space programme.
Nick Farrell Nov 25 2008 9:55AM Security

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