Archive
Browse the full archive of Computer Weekly online content - see our most recent articles listed below, or browse by year of publication.
2009 Stories
-
December 21, 2009
21Dec2009
Photo Story
Upgrade your Wi Fi network to 802 11n
-
December 21, 2009
21Dec2009
Photo Story
How to upgrade your Wi-Fi Network
With the 802.11n or Wireless-N standard ratified, now is the best time to consider a wireless network upgrade. Find out how in Cliff Saran's step-by-step guide. Continue Reading
-
December 18, 2009
18Dec2009
Photo Story
Million dollar homepage poster
-
December 18, 2009
18Dec2009
Photo Story
Stocking fillers for geeks for under 20 quid
Check out our list of Christmas gifts for geeks, all for under £20. Continue Reading
-
December 17, 2009
17Dec2009
Photo Story
Photos: Great geeky gifts between 20 and 100 pounds
It's that time of year and most of you will panic buy before the big day, so we decided to give you some pointers on what to get your geek. Continue Reading
-
December 17, 2009
17Dec2009
Photo Story
Star Wars Force Trainer
-
December 15, 2009
15Dec2009
Photo Story
Photos: The Noughties - Technology events of the last decade
ComputerWeekly.com looks back over the past decade and pinpoints the events that marked each year in the technology industry, Continue Reading
-
December 15, 2009
15Dec2009
Photo Story
1999 Y2K
-
December 14, 2009
14Dec2009
Photo Story
Top 10 best-selling iPhone apps in the UK
The Apple App Store has more than 100,000 applications, but what are the best selling apps this year in the UK? Continue Reading
-
December 14, 2009
14Dec2009
Photo Story
Photos: Gadget gift guide for IT Pros
Wondering what to get an IT Pro for Christmas? Well, let ComputerWeekly.com help you find those techie gifts for over £100. You'll probably want one of these for yourself. Continue Reading
-
December 14, 2009
14Dec2009
Photo Story
A glimpse of future technology from IBM Hursley
Hurlsey is IBM's biggest software lab in Europe. We find out what future technologies the boffins are working on. Continue Reading
-
December 14, 2009
14Dec2009
Photo Story
Hursley House
-
December 14, 2009
14Dec2009
Photo Story
Amazon Kindle eReader 160 pounds approx
-
December 10, 2009
10Dec2009
Photo Story
1 No more customer data nightmares
-
December 10, 2009
10Dec2009
Photo Story
Ten IT Christmas wishes for business
The end of the year and the seasonal festivities are often a time for reflection. But what will CEOs be asking CIOs to give them for Christmas? Continue Reading
-
December 08, 2009
08Dec2009
Photo Story
The HTC HD2 550 pounds sim free approximately
-
December 08, 2009
08Dec2009
Photo Story
Photos: Top ten must-have mobiles for Christmas reviewed
Here are this year’s top ten mobile phones that would make great Christmas presents. Continue Reading
-
December 07, 2009
07Dec2009
News
NHS IT scheme to be scaled back
The Chancellor Alistair Darling and the Treasury are to scale back spending on the NHS's National Programme for IT. Continue Reading
-
December 03, 2009
03Dec2009
Photo Story
10 Bebo Top 10 UK Google searches in 2009
-
December 03, 2009
03Dec2009
Photo Story
Top 10 UK Google searches in 2009
Facebook has been revealed as the most searched for term in the UK this year in Google's annual Zeitgeist list. Continue Reading
-
December 02, 2009
02Dec2009
Tip
Best practices for (small) botnets
Your enterprise might have a strategy to deal with a large-scale botnet attack, but how would you deal with a micro-botnet that knows how to bypass antivirus and firewalls? Get botnet help with this expert advice. Continue Reading
-
December 02, 2009
02Dec2009
Photo Story
Review: The best mobiles for business
Businesses now have a dizzying variety of smartphones available to them. Consumer handset makers such as Samsung and HTC are now focusing their attentions on the enterprise market. Continue Reading
-
December 02, 2009
02Dec2009
Photo Story
Review Nokia E72 for business
-
December 01, 2009
01Dec2009
News
Gary McKinnon must face US trial, home secretary tells parliament
Home secretary Alan Johnson has said the US is the proper place for self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon to be tried, scotching any further hopes that the...
Continue Reading -
December 01, 2009
01Dec2009
Photo Story
2001: Nostradamus
-
December 01, 2009
01Dec2009
Photo Story
BlackBerry Alliance Program EMEA Innovation Awards 2009 Winners
-
December 01, 2009
01Dec2009
Photo Story
BlackBerry Alliance Program's EMEA Innovation Awards 2009 - winners
The BlackBerry Alliance Program's EMEA Innovation Awards 2009 was held last week, here are the winners. Continue Reading
-
December 01, 2009
01Dec2009
Photo Story
Prize A signed copy of Claude Roeltgens ITs hidden face
-
December 01, 2009
01Dec2009
Photo Story
17 days of Christmas book give-away
ComputerWeekly.com is celebrating the 17 days of Christmas by giving away a book a day for the next 17 working days before Christmas. Continue Reading
-
December 01, 2009
01Dec2009
Photo Story
Hottest search topics of the decade
Computer Weekly looks back at the topics that grabbed web users’ attention so far this millennium. Continue Reading
-
November 30, 2009
30Nov2009
Photo Story
Bournemouth average download speed 8-06Mbps
-
November 30, 2009
30Nov2009
Photo Story
Top 10 UK locations for broadband speed
Here are the top 10 UK towns and cities in terms of average broadband speeds, according to Top10-broadband.co.uk. Continue Reading
-
November 27, 2009
27Nov2009
Photo Story
James Garner presents the Blog Awards ceremony
-
November 27, 2009
27Nov2009
Photo Story
Photos: Highlights of the Blog Awards 2009 party!
The blog awards were held in Shoreditch House, here are some highlights Continue Reading
-
November 26, 2009
26Nov2009
News
Microsoft emphasises content management, security at launch of Vista, Office'07 and Exchange
Microsoft has declared that the combination of Windows Vista, Office System 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 have the potential to help businesses improve their productivity by making it easier to manage unstructured data. Continue Reading
-
November 26, 2009
26Nov2009
Photo Story
Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 2009: The winners
The winners and runners-up of the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 2009 were announced on 25 November at an awards celebration at Shoreditch House. Continue Reading
-
November 26, 2009
26Nov2009
Photo Story
Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 2009 The winners
-
November 23, 2009
23Nov2009
News
CBI: Eight things you didn’t know about digital communications
Interesting facts from the CBI report, The shape of business – the next 10 years Continue Reading
-
November 23, 2009
23Nov2009
News
Post Office theft case deferred over IT questions
A sub-postmistress accused of theft from the Post Office has had her case postponed until next year to allow experts time to investigate the accounting system at her branch. Continue Reading
-
November 23, 2009
23Nov2009
Photo Story
Photos: Google Chrome OS review - Open source, Apps and Flash
In 1992 IBM tried to defeat Windows with OS/2 2.0, using the slogan "a better Windows than Windows". It was, arguably, but it still failed. Google is not making that mistake with Chrome OS, unveiled last week as an open source project. Release is ... Continue Reading
-
November 20, 2009
20Nov2009
Photo Story
First pictures of Google Chrome OS
Chrome OS is Google's attempt to build an open source operating system for cloud computing, which will run on netbooks. Continue Reading
-
November 19, 2009
19Nov2009
Photo Story
The last Storage Expo in pictures
What's going on at Storage Expo 2009 Continue Reading
-
November 19, 2009
19Nov2009
Photo Story
Demo outside Olympia station
-
November 18, 2009
18Nov2009
Tip
Performance metrics: Evaluating your data storage efficiency
Learn how performance metrics can evaluate the efficiency of your enterprise data storage resources in terms of capacity utilization, performance and data protection. Continue Reading
-
November 12, 2009
12Nov2009
Photo Story
What goes on inside Orange UK's network management centre?
OrangeNMC captions Picture gallery (Pix in Pix from Journalist/OrangeNMC) Inside Orange UK's network control centre Orange UK, which is... Continue Reading
-
November 12, 2009
12Nov2009
Photo Story
A microwave tower
-
November 11, 2009
11Nov2009
News
Copy of IT Blog Awards 2009: last call for nominations
You have until 27 October to vote for your favourite UK IT blogs. Continue Reading
-
November 11, 2009
11Nov2009
News
Data asset inventory key to disaster recovery planning and design
A disaster recovery plan should include a data asset inventory and business impact analysis, define the company's DR levels and explore DR site options (hot, warm or cold site). Continue Reading
-
November 11, 2009
11Nov2009
Photo Story
Nimbuzz Download free Nokia Ovi apps
-
November 11, 2009
11Nov2009
Photo Story
Photos: Top ten free Nokia Ovi app downloads
Nokia's Ovi is attempting to take on Apple's AppStore. We take a look at the best free apps currently available. Continue Reading
-
November 10, 2009
10Nov2009
Tutorial
Data backup software: Selection, implementation and optimization advice for Indian businesses
-
November 06, 2009
06Nov2009
Photo Story
Photos: An Apple iPhone app for everyone
To celebrate the availability of 100,000 apps on the Apple App Store, we have compiled a list of apps with something for everyone Continue Reading
-
November 06, 2009
06Nov2009
Photo Story
One for business An Apple iPhone app for everyone
-
November 03, 2009
03Nov2009
Photo Story
Photo review: Karmic Koala kickstarts new Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 9.10, also known as Karmic Koala, is taking on Microsoft's Windows 7. The Koala has a better software installer, faster boot times and much more. Here's our thorough review. Continue Reading
-
November 03, 2009
03Nov2009
Photo Story
Installation Review of Ubuntu Karmic Koala
-
November 02, 2009
02Nov2009
Photo Story
Photos: Best of the best - The anniversary of our galleries
It has been a year since we launched the photo stories section of our website. Here are teh best ones. Continue Reading
-
October 29, 2009
29Oct2009
Photo Story
Argonne supercomputer shows mechanisms behind supernovas
-
October 29, 2009
29Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: Snapshots from inside an exploding star
Physicists at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago have used the IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer to model the extreme physics of a supernova explosion. Continue Reading
-
October 28, 2009
28Oct2009
Photo Story
The Milky Way from the Tooran desert in Iran
-
October 28, 2009
28Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: Reclaiming the night sky
Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi has won the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize. According to the award panel, his images "reclaim a night sky that most modern people have lost" – see some of them here. Continue Reading
-
October 28, 2009
28Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: Hunting for water on the moon
NASA's LCROSS mission is the latest in a series of attempts to divine water on the moon – some have hinted that our nearest neighbour may be something of a watery oasis, while others suggest that view is just a mirage. Continue Reading
-
October 28, 2009
28Oct2009
Photo Story
Radio waves bounced into polar craters on the moon
-
October 26, 2009
26Oct2009
Tip
Develop a unified communication security plan
Here is a handy guide to help you develop a comprehensive unified communication (UC) security strategy which covers UC infrastructure and applications. Continue Reading
-
October 26, 2009
26Oct2009
Photo Story
The next manned space mission from NASA
-
October 26, 2009
26Oct2009
Photo Story
Where will NASA send its astronauts next?
A White House-appointed panel has rated five visions of the future of US human space flight. Continue Reading
-
October 23, 2009
23Oct2009
Photo Story
The IT rich list
-
October 23, 2009
23Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: The IT Rich list 2009 - Cash, clicks and computers
This list was compiled using the Sunday Times Rich List and only includes people working in the technology industry and those that reside in the UK. So who's number one? Is it the Virgin or the 'bloke off the telly'? Continue Reading
-
October 22, 2009
22Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: Windows 7 - Top ten new features
Computer Weekly takes a look at some of the new features of Windows 7 and why it will rock your world. Continue Reading
-
October 22, 2009
22Oct2009
Photo Story
Desktop layout Windows 7 New features
-
October 21, 2009
21Oct2009
News
Israel carves a niche in IT security
IT security, risk, governance, continuity and compliance technologies are fast becoming some of Israel's top exports.
Analysing and...
Continue Reading -
October 21, 2009
21Oct2009
News
Apple enters SMB NAS market with new server
Our regular roundup of storage news includes a new cloud backup service from Brennan IT, Quantum finding demand for LTO-5 before its launch, a new SMB server from Apple and SNIA ANZ’s last course for the year Continue Reading
-
October 20, 2009
20Oct2009
Photo Story
Chuck Norris on Twitter
-
October 20, 2009
20Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: Top ten fake celebrities to follow
There’s been a long and varied history of people pretending to be someone else on the internet. Continue Reading
-
October 19, 2009
19Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: Conspiracy and Censorship on the internet
Take a look at some of the most alarming cases of censorship that have taken the net by storm, how netizens have dealt with this issue, or how it was beaten back down. Continue Reading
-
October 13, 2009
13Oct2009
Photo Story
1 United States
-
October 13, 2009
13Oct2009
Photo Story
Photos: Top ten places to run an IT company
The top 10 places in the world for IT companies to operate, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s third annual Benchmarking IT competitiveness report. Continue Reading
-
October 02, 2009
02Oct2009
Photo Story
Google Wave - Surf, swim or suffocate?
Google Wave looks like it will turn into a typhoon as it sets its sights on email, social networking and instant messaging. But can Wave really sweep us off our feet or is it too much say goodbye to these shores... waving goodbye of course. Continue Reading
-
September 30, 2009
30Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Microsoft Security Essentials test drive
Microsoft has released anti-malware software for Windows XP SP2, Vista and Windows 7. The product is freely available from the Microsoft website, but is it any good? Continue Reading
-
September 30, 2009
30Sep2009
Photo Story
Download Microsoft Security Essentials
-
September 28, 2009
28Sep2009
News
Post-masters form action group after accounts shortfall
Sub-postmasters have formed an action group following disclosures in Computer Weekly of unexplained deficits in the Post Office accounting system. Continue Reading
-
September 24, 2009
24Sep2009
Photo Story
Boy with Copper Wiring Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste
-
September 24, 2009
24Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste
Gangs of criminals, posing as computer recycling firms, are dumping hundreds of containers full of broken computer equipment in the developing world every week. Up to 900 containers a week are arriving in Africa and Asia from Western Europe and the ... Continue Reading
-
September 23, 2009
23Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Students take unique view of planet for $150
Earlier this year, a team of Spanish students launched a balloon into space for €1000. Now a team from MIT has accomplished a similar feat for $150. Continue Reading
-
September 23, 2009
23Sep2009
Photo Story
On the launch pad
-
September 22, 2009
22Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Data visualisation – the case for graphic clarity
As new ways of analysing the world around us are developed, new ways to visualise that information are needed. Continue Reading
-
September 22, 2009
22Sep2009
Photo Story
Whale shark pose Data visualisation
-
September 16, 2009
16Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Technology websites before they were famous
IT companies were well represented in the list of the first 100 internet domain names registered and they were also early adopters of a web presence. Continue Reading
-
September 16, 2009
16Sep2009
Photo Story
Sun Microsystems Technology websites before they were famous
-
September 15, 2009
15Sep2009
Photo Story
In the absence of gravity surface tension dominates the physics of fluids
-
September 15, 2009
15Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Gravity experiments in space
The International Space Station may still be under construction, but microgravity research has been under way for decades. Here is a round-up of some of the most notable experiments. Continue Reading
-
September 14, 2009
14Sep2009
Photo Story
Lehman Brothers goes bankrupt 15 September 2008
-
September 14, 2009
14Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Ten financial casualties following Lehman Brothers collapse
The collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers after 150 years of operation a year ago this week shattered the foundations of the financial system that world stability relies on. Continue Reading
-
September 10, 2009
10Sep2009
News
MP seeks answers over Post Office IT system
Welsh MP for Clwyd West David Jones is seeking a Commons debate after post masters raised questions over the Post Office's Horizon accounting system.
He...
Continue Reading -
September 10, 2009
10Sep2009
Photo Story
Photos: Apple event highlights - Nano video and Steve jobs
We were invited to the Apple event last night. Here are some highlights and a video demonstration of the Nano video camera. Continue Reading
-
September 10, 2009
10Sep2009
Photo Story
Apple event 2009
-
September 09, 2009
09Sep2009
Photo Story
Witch takes shape
-
September 09, 2009
09Sep2009
Photo Story
Rebuilding the oldest working computer in the world
Witch, the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing, has found a new home at Bletchley Park, where it will be restored. Continue Reading
-
September 09, 2009
09Sep2009
Tip
How to use a netstat command in Windows to watch open ports
Mike Cobb shows how a simple command line tool can provide invaluable information about what's happening on your system Continue Reading
-
September 08, 2009
08Sep2009
News
EDS v Sky: the most significant judgement in an IT case ever?
It is now about a year since the trial in the dispute between BSkyB and EDS drew to a close. At the time, judgment was expected within a couple of months. The absence of a judgment becomes more conspicuous by the day. We can surely expect a verdict ... Continue Reading
-
September 04, 2009
04Sep2009
Photo Story
Guess that kit... quick