The open source movement wants to see government contracts open to proper competitive tendering. Let's see how that issue plays in the Euro elections, says Peter Judge
News Software
NHS Trust Leads Way With E-Patient Records Project
While the £12.7 billion NHS upgrade scheme has yet to deliver, one NHS Trust has gone ahead with its own patient record system - and expects to save £3.2 million
Fighting The Phishers On Facebook And Twitter
Phishers will hit business with social networks - and they'll use URL-shorteners like tinyurl. It's time to brief your staff about Phishing 2.0.
O2 To Get UK Exclusive On Palm Pre?
But don't expect the phones to get here till the pre-Christmas period
Mozilla Hopes Jetpack API Will Take Off
Mozilla Labs wants the open-source development community to try out Jetpack, the lab's new API
Yahoo Launches Voice-Activated iPhone Search
Users can speak into their device in order to activate a oneSearch query, pulling in results for everything from restaurant addresses to movie times
Google Improves Security With Chrome
Google Chrome 2.0 browser includes some new security features with which to arm itself as it competes in a browser market still dominated by Microsoft Internet Explorer
Rumoured Mac Tablet Could Face Off With Kindle
Apple could be rolling out a Mac Tablet in the first half of 2010, according to widely circulated Wall Street analyst report
Free Software To Become A Euro Election Issue
Free software pact gives supporters something better to vote on than disgust over MP's expenses
Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly
£8 million a year to Microsoft, with no public bidding. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, say open source activists
Local Government Sets Green Computing Example
Local government is stealing a march on central government in its use of virtualisation to harness cost savings and power efficiencies,
The Time Is Right For Desktop Linux, Says Report
Open source desktops haven't been a hit so far, but the recession, virtualisation, and the failure of Vista could change all that, analysts say
Google Says No To Newspapers, Yes To Online News
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has said while his company is not interested in buying physical newspapers it could put its mark on online news sites
Google Polishes Chrome Browser
Google has high hopes that Chrome's unique features will make it a suitable competitor to Microsoft Internet Explorer and other browsers on the market
Opera Browser Doesn’t Need The iPhone, Says Von Tetzchner
The iPhone's effect on the mobile Internet is over-rated, says Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner. What the whole world needs is a browser that can span from PCs down to the old and simple phones
Motorola Launches Wi-Fi Only Windows Phone
It looks like a Windows Mobile phone, but it's got no cellular. Motorola thinks this could save money for your corridor warriors
Number 10 Dodges Phorm Investigation Calls
Despite threats of EC legal action and consumer complaints, the Prime Minister's Office has said Phorm is not its problem
BlackBerry Location Apps Are The Most Expensive
A report comparing the RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone and Google Android application stores finds RIM offering the highest prices and least variety for BlackBerry location-based services
Windows 7’s XP Mode Could Boost Linux and The Mac
Window 7's XP Mode will get users used to the idea of desktop virtualisation - and make it easier for them to move to Linux or Mac OS, says Jason Brooks
Cisco Wireless Launch Includes WebEx On the iPhone
Collaboration and UC on all devices - and a new wireless switch, as well
Google Launches Gmail Translation Tool
Google has introduced several new features in 2009 to Google Apps and Gmail designed to make those services more robust for the enterprise, in addition to increasing their consumer user base
Twitter Won’t Raise Cash Via Adverts
Twitter has experienced explosive growth in the three years since its initial rollout, with some 9.3 million users in March 2009
Mozilla Prism Makes Web Apps Behave Like Desktop Apps
Business and netbook users of web apps will find Prism a particular time saver and it helps web app developers with desktop integration.
Recession: Why It Means Disaster For IT Security
Threats are growing as fast as ever - or faster. But companies simply cannot afford the levels of security expenditure required to keep up, warns Matt Hines
Wolfram Alpha “Answer Engine” Challenges Google Search
New knowledge tool understands questions, instead of just searching, according to controversial inventor Stephen Wolfram
OpenOffice.org 3.1: Better Performance
The 3.0 release of OpenOffice left some issues in the productivity suite. This new version makes a good job of fixing them
Google Outages Raise Questions About Cloud Future
Google and other cloud-based services have been experiencing outages of several hours' duration throughout 2009
Why The Mainframe Will Never Die
Users need support in ever more demanding workloads, greening strategies and cloud computing models, which guarantees the mainframe's continuing relevance, says Anne Altman
Google Blames Outage on Asian Web Traffic Jam
While the outages of services such as Gmail are usually only temporary, the popularity of these Google services often means that any problem instantly becomes news
Windows 7: An End To the Anti-Virus Nightmare?
Anti-virus software is all rubbish, says Andrew Garcia. He's hoping that Windows 7's baked-in security could finally set him free from all that