Archive - 08 Nov 2005

NB: Open source business models

What are the pros and cons of an open source business model? Martin LaMonica explores issues around ...

NB: Vintage PCs

Feeling nostalgic for some classic vintage machinery? Check out

OFT to probe cheque clearing

Do we need faster transactions?

NB: nano lawsuit

The iPod nano lawsuit is looking less and less nano by the day – UK and Mexican consumers have joine...

Analysis: Open source unwrapped

What are the pros and cons of collaborative development?

nb email

Staff are busy using email for pretty much everything but work according to a survey by email archiv...

First biometric passports issued to diplomats

'Ambassador, with these trial passports you are really spoiling us... '

NB: On-demand listening

DJ Gilles Peterson has been talking about the future of radio. Speaking to Metro, he enthuses...

Public ready to shun TV over mobile

'But telly on a PC - now you're talking... '

NB: The Woz speaks

Apple co-founder, Steve 'facial hair' Wozniak - otherwise known as The Woz - has been expounding the...

nb chip and pn

Chip and PIN has helped cut credit card fraud on the High Street - but now fraudsters are searching ...

Plate scanning cameras help cops spot dodgy drivers

Cameras linked to database identify cars without insurance

Grokster signs out

Has illegal file-swapping croaked its last?

Yahoo! spends $500m to buy back its sites

Softbank steps out of Europe and Korea

NB: China and tech

The tech industry hasn't exactly covered itself in glory in China of late. Good to know then that Re...

nb old

Will banks face a skills crisis as older IT workers with all the knowledge of how their systems work...

Banks face legacy IT skills gap crisis

Who will keep banks' ageing systems running as the experts retire?

NB: Grokster

It's a sad day for Grokster. The P2P company has shut down operations, following a settlement with H...

Legacy systems - as good as new?

Are the systems being built today any better than those of three decades ago?

NB: Newsdesk blog story

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CEOs warm to blogs

But are still shy of blogging about their own jobs...


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