February 2009

Office 2007 Deployment: The Main Script Part 4

Before we try to install the custom Office ribbon files via the logon script we need to put on a couple of prerequsites...  Continue Reading

Tory criticism of government attitude to open source is 'misguided'

The Conservative Party is "misguided in its criticism of the UK government over its lack of support for open source software", says a security company, and "open source software exposes users to significant and unnecessary business risk" anyway.  Continue Reading

Energy Star rating covers datacentres

Many people are familiar with the Energy Star rating system used to indicate the energy efficiency of monitors,...  Continue Reading

How green is the IT industry?

Green has been a buzzword for a couple of years and the IT industry has had a chance to evolve...  Continue Reading

Complete the Latin square without repitition

There is a simple way of solving this type of puzzle. Just write the series 1 to 5 across the top line, and then jog the same series three cells to the right...

New funding for UK security research

It's good to hear that the Government's Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is inviting bids for £6 million of new research investment to develop solutions to address vulnerabilities in complex ...  Continue Reading

NCC Survey - Protecting Corporate Reputation and Brand

I've been reading with interest the results of the National Computing Centre survey of 98 UK-based organisations entitled Protecting Corporate Reputation and Brand. You can download it here.Some of ...  Continue Reading

Google releases hide and seek program for mobiles

Google has unveiled Latitude, a Google Maps for mobiles application that allows you to report your approximate location (or a different one) to friends using your mobile phone in 27 countries, including the UK, and 42 languages.  Continue Reading

Privacy groups voice fears over Google Latitude

Privacy watchdogs have strongly criticised Google's new Latitude software, which pinpoints the location of mobile phone users anywhere in the world.

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How to prevent data loss by creating access control rules

In a central repository database, it would be theoretically possible to store everyone's private data only once, and thereby keep it more secure. The existence of such a database, however, implies that strict access control rules would be required ...  Continue Reading

Solid-state cache set to speed up server data access

Vendors are trying to harness read/write capabilities of solid-state cache or flash data cache to smooth PC transfer bottlenecks; Sun looks to lead with cache support in server OS  Continue Reading

Government offers £6m to fund complex network security infrastructure

A new government-sponsored competition seeks solutions to potentially catastrophic system failures.  Continue Reading

ISCSI and SAN interconnections

This WAN overview focuses on how to connect SANs over a distance, as well as storage compatibility and data optimisation.  Continue Reading

Videos: Top 10 technology commercials

Ever wondered what the greatest technology commercial of all time is? Well following much deliberation, and a few tears/bloody noses, the Computer Weekly team have come up with the following list.  Continue Reading

iPhone programming is child’s play for nine-year-old

While many British are battling English and maths, a Singaporean nine-year-old is writing programs for Apple's iPhone.  Continue Reading

Google Earth: Under the sea in Hawaii

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Photos: Google Earth - explore Mars and the ocean

Google 5.0 brings a host of new tools to its users, including the ability to explore the surface of Mars and the bottom of the ocean.  Continue Reading