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White Paper Critics might dismiss Ethernet as a technology that cannot scale, but its underlying transmission scheme continues to be one of the principal means of transporting data for contemporary campus applications. [02 Sep 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source
Comment Despite their critics, analysts at their best can bridge a significant gap between vendors and software users. For open source software to achieve its full potential, people's perceptions must change. [18 Aug 2008]
Icann opens a can of worms
News The decision to allow custom top-level domains will be a "nightmare" for brand managers, analysts and lawyers have warned. On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted to allow - in addition to more... [30 Jun 2008]
Internet Explorer 8 - websites warned to prep for problems
News But critics claimed Microsoft was shirking its commitment to make IE more standards-compliant. Although Beta 2 of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 isn't due out until some time in August, Microsoft is cautioning website owners... [13 Jun 2008]
EC pledges open standards support
News Critics of Microsoft accused the company of trying to push through OOXML as a proprietary standard. The critics argued this could lock governments into using Microsoft products in perpetuity, as... [12 Jun 2008]
Windows exec plugs Vista's "green agenda"
News While Curran said he accepted Vista "has had its critics", he said he believed much of the criticism had been "driven by perception from the very early days of Vista", and suggested that criticism was no longer valid. [27 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan The so-called skills slump in the UK has attracted a lot of attention this week, with many readers blaming the education system and outsourcing for the drought. [22 May 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News All email, blogs, instant messaging and VoIP calls could be monitored under government proposals - but critics warn the plans go too far. As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records... [20 May 2008]
Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics
News Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last... [16 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08
Round-Up Critics have attacked the system, claiming it could intimidate vulnerable people into not claiming benefits they are entitled to. Benefit fraudsters beware. If you're trying to pull a swift one on the authorities you may... [09 May 2008]
Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats
News Critics have attacked the system, claiming it could intimidate vulnerable people into not claiming benefits they are entitled to. A lie detector test that has slashed benefit fraud by more than £330,000 is being rolled... [07 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News Critics, however, have said that, by coding around User Account Control (UAC), the developers had simply done what Microsoft had intended them to do. Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit... [29 Apr 2008]
Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'
News Critics of the OOXML standard include the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), which has argued that OOXML achieving ISO certification will result in governments accepting OOXML as a recognised document format,... [21 Apr 2008]
Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user
Comment Critics pointed to the lack of Exchange support as a major flaw with the iPhone, yet this has been resolved through a deal with Microsoft. On the 10th anniversary of his Damascene conversion from the PC to the way of the... [17 Apr 2008]
Photos: Eavesdropping on the net
Photo Listening Post debuted in late 2002 in New York, and has since proved a success with critics and audiences following a series of exhibitions across the USA and in Europe. Eavesdropping on the whispers of the web has been... [07 Apr 2008]
