purchased in comment and analysis
Devil's Advocate: Google goes head-to-head with Microsoft
Comment At the peak of its strength, it pulled back from the challenge to Microsoft that would have been possible using its newly purchased Netscape assets. But will it be able to succeed where so many others have failed? [20 Dec 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Online shopping spree
Comment Everything from books, music, videos, games, cloths, home appliances, electronics goods and food are being purchased online. Written on BA296 flying Chicago to London Heathrow and dispatched to silicon.com from a London... [16 Dec 2005]
Devil's Advocate: ID cards - another reason to protest
Comment It is the industry that accuses people of piracy when they make personal copies of material they have purchased. It was not my intention to return to the issue of ID cards so soon. But despite my cynicism I was a little... [29 Nov 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How many keystrokes does it take to buy coffee?
Comment This morning, in the same hotel, I purchased two coffees, a croissant, a banana and a packet of biscuits for a mere 48 keystrokes. Written at a firm in the Cambridge UK Science Park, and dispatched from a free domestic... [09 Nov 2005]
Opinion: So why can't Microsoft build in security?
Comment When, two years ago, Microsoft purchased Romanian antivirus vendor GeCAD as part of its Trustworthy Computing initiative, I warned the result might lead to a queue of antitrust lawyers gathering around the Capitol... [12 Oct 2005]
Richard Stallman
AS Profile Outspoken as ever, he's a vocal critic of George W Bush and Tony Blair, and pet issues include legalising P2P file sharing, opposing UK ID cards and even boycotting Harry Potter books (because of a court order forbidding Canadians from... [23 Sep 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Back me up
Comment To get a repair in progress I purchased a standby machine and moved all my files over. Written from Martlesham, Suffolk via free domestic Wi-Fi Because of the life I lead, the nature of my business and an extensive... [01 Sep 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: VoIP wins
Comment I've purchased headsets for all of my children and colleagues and asked them to move to VoIP. Given the technology's impending rise, can the phone companies and mobile operators survive? It is now over 20 years since I... [17 Feb 2005]
Small business IT: Keep it simple
Comment Before the company went to Systemhost, its IT procurement had little structure and it purchased equipment on an ad hoc basis. The best way to get IT to work for small business is not to get big ideas, says Danny Bradbury. [15 Feb 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Hosted software - it's back
Comment Whereas motor vehicles are purchased ready to drive out of the showroom, to get a business application up and running usually requires dealing with a number of suppliers. The rebirth of software-as-a-service is... [10 Dec 2004]
SME Philes: Fool's gold rush for vendors?
Comment Much of the generosity of Big Government around the world that followed 9/11 has been soaked up; contracts have been awarded, new security technologies have been assessed and, in many cases, purchased (notwithstanding... [25 Nov 2004]
Leader: Consolidate, consolidate, consolidate
Leader While CA had previously ruled out any more acquisitions, it appeared security was always going to be the exception to that rule - recently the company also purchased Pest Patrol. Further consolidation took place in the... [06 Oct 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.05.04
Round-Up Most consumers would balk at nuking newly purchased items in their microwaves but not Chuck. When one thinks of shopping malls one naturally thinks of zombies and not just because of the counter staff in Boots. [21 May 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Easy mobile minutes, corporate compliance and Google's IPO
Comment And technology is being purchased to help companies manage risk, not just to improve the efficiency of their organisations. The process is simple - just put your card in an ATM machine and top up appears as an on-screen... [10 May 2004]
Analysis: Can the iPod survive?
Comment But that's a half measure, according to Glaser, who recently quipped that Apple might go the way of the Soviet Union, unless it takes a more liberal stance toward licensing its software, specifically the FairPlay digital rights... [16 Apr 2004]
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