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The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up In this week's Hansard - the verbatim record of debates in both Houses of Parliament - tucked in between discussions on polyclinics and an education and skills survey was a short but lively debate on the legal use of the Segway in the UK. [23 May 2008]
Google bigs up 'white space' wireless plans
News He said: "I think the debate's really been politicised. Page was scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Congress and officials at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hoping to convince them to allow the "white space" between television... [23 May 2008]
Licensed Versus Unlicensed Wireless
White Paper Although licensed- and unlicensed-band equipment can operate cooperatively to serve the wide variety of applications for wireless communications, there has been a long-standing debate over which is the better technology. [21 May 2008]
The future, in 3D
News Display technology will also undergo radical change, said Kurzweil - consigning the touchscreen vs keyboard debate to the history books, at least if his prediction of 'virtual displays that hover in the air' come to pass. [19 May 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals... [12 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment First up this week, readers were engaging in debate over the pros and cons of outsourcing. Then we have silicon.com resident Naked CIO who has been ruffling some feathers again: this time, the issue of open source. [08 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Is open source dead?
Comment Is the debate about open source finally over? So I'm pleased that the debate is quietening down and that effective open source applications have now carved out a niche. In the end everyone has a view on this debate. [06 May 2008]
Requirements Process for SOA Projects, Part 2: Business Requirements for Your First SOA Services - Business Requirements for Your First SOA Services
White Paper It started with a debate about the reasons for examining technical requirements before business requirements. In the first paper in this series one learned about determining technical requirements for one's Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) project. [30 Apr 2008]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 25.04.08
Round-Up Podcast Foul-mouthed habits will get you fired, that ain't a word, and the age-old Mac vs PC debate all get an airing on this week's Weekly Round-Up podcast. Andy McCue hosts and is joined in the studio by Julian Goldsmith, Natasha Lomas and Bethan Jones. [25 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…
Comment Comments came flying in on this, some cheering for the winner, while some were a little miffed their favourite didn't feature on the poll… And from old computers to the latest in high-tech cool, the age-old debate - Mac vs PC - got readers riled... [24 Apr 2008]
Security - vendors must take some responsibility
News At a panel debate at Infosecurity Europe 2008, security experts lined up to put some of the blame for hackers finding ways to exploit code on software makers. While companies may go to great lengths to ensure their IT environments are secure... [23 Apr 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals... [22 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML
News Brown said: "The question behind the question, for a lot of the current OOXML debate, seems to be: can Microsoft really be trusted to behave? Word documents generated by today's version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to the Office Open XML... [21 Apr 2008]
Naked CIO: The true cost of IT
Comment This debate might be fuelled by accountants looking for better accountability or by IT professionals frustrated by continued budget constraints in organisations that do not understand the cost of provisioning services to the business. [21 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment The latest in the debate over music downloaders and sharers also got a lots of comments, while women in IT - or lack of them - sparked a huge debate. This week, readers had a thing or two to say about the Home Office consultancy bill and were not... [17 Apr 2008]
