February 9th, 2010 by
Richard Morgan
BBC – Digital Economy Bill could ‘breach rights’
An influential group of MPs and peers has said the government’s approach to illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of internet users.
BBC – Microsoft to patch 17-year-old computer bug
A 17-year-old bug in Windows will be patched by Microsoft in its latest security update. The February update for Windows will close the loophole that dates from the time of the DOS operating system.
Computing.co.uk – Lib dems propose scrapping large parts of NHS IT
Liberal Democrat shadow health secretary Norman Lamb has issued proposals to scrap NHS Connecting for Health and the Care Records Service.
CRN – Samsung and Ricoh make green list
Samsung and Ricoh are the only two audiovisual and imaging vendors named on a list of the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world, announced at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The Register – Google’s Nexus One sales still sluggish
As Google’s Nexus One smartphone celebrates its one-month birthday, word comes that Mountain View has sold a mere 80,000 of the devices.
December 17th, 2009 by
Lisa Francis
BBC – UK consumers enjoy ‘advanced’ digital communications
The UK is one of the world’s most advanced countries in terms of digital communications, an Ofcom report says.
BBC – UK community groups win free wi-fi
Mother and toddler groups, youth clubs and unemployment centres are among the winners of a competition offering free wi-fi to remote areas.
The Guardian – EU ends case as Microsoft offers choice of browsers
European computer users who rely upon Microsoft Windows and its Internet Explorer application to get online are to be offered the chance to switch to a competing web browser. The deal today between the software company and European Union regulators ends more than a decade of legal wrangling.
The Guardian – YouTube considering subscription fees
YouTube may begin offering subscription services that allow users to watch major new TV shows and films online, according to a senior Google executive.
IT PRO – Facebook and Google are most wanted on our mobiles
The ability to access Google and Facebook rank highest on the public’s most wanted list when choosing a new mobile phone. A survey from market analyst Strategy Analytics asked respondents in the UK and US which applications and services were most important to them on a new phone’s list of features.
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July 8th, 2009 by
Chris Measures
With the dust settling on Google’s announcement of its first PC operating system there are two main areas that stand out.
Firstly, it is not the threat to Microsoft that commentators are trumpeting – Google is targeting the netbook market with Chrome OS. While this is growing (21 million units this year according to Gartner) it is less than 10 per cent of the estimated 278 million PCs sold. And a large chunk of netbooks already use Linux, around which Chrome is based. So there’s a fair dose of hype in the ‘this drops a bomb on Windows’ comments.
The interesting thing behind Chrome is how it aims to bring Linux and cloud computing into the mainstream. Consumers generally haven’t got involved with Linux (even Firefox has only 20 per cent of the browser market) and if Chrome is to succeed it’ll need to change that. As a lean, web-based OS it’ll also need to convince people that the Cloud is the best place to store their data and applications. These are the challenges Google has to overcome – time to focus its PR on consumers if Chrome is to take off.
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