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RSS blogFirefox 3.6 beta aims to improve stability
The result should be fewer crashes, said Mozilla's Jonathan Nightingale in a blog post. The change should also improve security, according to another Mozilla programmer, Vladimir Vukićević, who wrote in his own... [19 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Facebook saves teen from prison
Comment Compiled on the M6 while travelling from Birmingham to Ipswich. Dispatched to silicon.com via free wi-fi at The IoD in London two days later. I just chanced upon a news story about an innocent New York teenager who had armed robbery... [16 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment They would rather blog where no one edits what they write". In an exclusive interview, Wikipedia founder and silicon.com Agenda Setter Jimmy Wales talks to Natasha Lomas about what's next for Wikipedia and why the site... [05 Nov 2009]
Nehalem-EX, the new standard in scalable performance
White Paper Read the full blog post for more details. Intel recently provided a server product update for the upcoming Nehalem-EX processor and the expandable platforms based on it. Here's a recap of some of the interesting... [02 Nov 2009]
The top 10 reasons why Nehalem is ideal for the cloud
White Paper Read the blog post for details on the top 10 reasons. Intel officially launched the Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor (formerly codenamed "Nehalem") for servers and workstations. One of the most exciting uses of this new... [02 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Compiled at the IoD, Pall Mall, London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi connection. For more than a year now I have been in a state of mild bewilderment while watching and listening to the economic commentators. [29 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News As Gartner research vice president Brian Prentice highlighted in a recent blog: "It's becoming quite common to find open source software that is tightly bound to some proprietary component - either other software or... [28 Oct 2009]
How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
News If you have five people working together on a blog post you are amazed how quickly it can be done," he said of Google's own experience with using Wave. It may have only been launched a few months ago but Google's Wave... [28 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Comments or opinions expressed on this blog are those of the individual contributors only, and do not necessarily represent the views of Gartner, Inc.or its management. Readers may copy and redistribute... [23 Oct 2009]
'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's executive director for strategy and regulation, said a test carried out by the ISP found a high percentage of domestic wi-fi connections are at risk from hacking. [19 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: United breaks guitars?
Comment Compiled at JFK Airport whilst waiting for BA 178 to fly me home via London Heathrow. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN connection in the BA lounge. I just boarded an early morning shuttle bus from my hotel at JFK airport. [14 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: What is intelligence?
Comment Written in a coffee shop on the corner of 1st and 71st Street in New York on bright autumn day. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi node. For more than 20 years now I have worked on artificial life and intelligence systems. [08 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Peter Cochrane examined the disparity between what the industry promised and what 3G delivers in his blog: 3G Reality bytes. Once again, September saw another fresh crop of students head off to university for the first... [06 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Linking up with Barack Obama?
Comment Compiled at my hotel in Jersey City, New Jersey, US, on a rainy autumn day and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi connection Travelling as I do in the course of my professional activities, I meet a lot of interesting and... [05 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Symbian
Cheat Sheet For more on the release schedule see the Symbian Foundation blog. Writing on the Symbian Foundation blog earlier this year, David Wood, a member of the Foundation's leadership team, said the first... [01 Oct 2009]
