Domain name auction house admits internal bidding corruption
By David M Williams
Domain name broker SnapNames.com has always had its measure of detractors complaining the company permitted dubious practices. One grievance is now proven true with SnapNames…
If you’re a gadget junkie like me your house is probably similarly littered with devices that did a job once, and could still do so…
The team behind Eeebuntu, an ASUS Eee netbook-optimised version of Ubuntu Linux, has announced that compatibility issues with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala – has…
Sequoia Voting System database laid bare but no secrets found
By David M Williams
Liberal US shock-blog Daily Kos gained legal access to the database used by electronic voting machines produced by Sequoia Voting Systems. The Daily Kos sensationally…
The popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has received criticism from an unexpected corner and its ASUS Eee netbook users are likely to be left with an…
Convert any computer to a virtual machine with Linux and Clonezilla
By David M Williams
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image.…
London Stock Exchange gets the facts and dumps Windows for Linux
By David M Williams
Microsoft’s marketing arm excitedly churned out a case study in 2005 when the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rolled out a C# stock exchange ticker system…
Mozilla joins Microsoft in slamming Google Chrome Frame
By David M Williams
Microsoft has found an unexpected ally in its condemnation of Chrome Frame, a plugin by Google that switches out the Internet Explorer HTML and JavaScipt…
No FOSS for Palm app catalog says Netscape pioneer
By David M Williams
It appears Palm is seeking to follow Apple’s footsteps in gaining a reputation for inconsistent and spurious rejections and removals of iPhone and iPod Touch applications.…
Dropbox iPhone and iPod Touch app hits the store
By David M Williams
iPhone-touting Dropbox users worldwide have another reason to love their cloud-based storage network with Apple finally approving the free appstore Dropbox client giving a true…
