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Magic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment So for years, Mac users laboured with single-button mice in a contextual-click world. PC users taunted us. Will Apple's new Magic Mouse end its losing streak at creating great computer... [03 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News While using open source in the IT department - for example on web servers and for back office systems - may not be too controversial, putting these applications in front of the average end user is often seen as a step... [28 Oct 2009]
How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
News The number of users is expected to grow to millions by early next year, he said, and, if all goes to plan, Google Wave should be released to the public "at the end of next year". The service, announced... [28 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet The analyst believes additional techniques will therefore be required to refine location precision and usher in this brave new augmented reality world - with one suggestion being a global database of geo-tagged information, collectively... [27 Oct 2009]
Augmented reality's time is coming thanks to smarter smartphones
News Through augmented reality, such geo-tagged data can give users information about their location such as details on notable buildings, or shop sales and other special events nearby. This growth will be stoked by... [26 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Alan Bawden, IT & operations director at The JM Group said for most SME organisations, open source is not an option for two key reasons: the cost and difficulty in finding the specialised IT talent to configure and support the software,... [23 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News There's no doubt enterprise users already have an appetite for social media, so CIOs need to be on top of how it's used in the business. As high-end mobiles continue to see high adoption rates, the... [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News Windows 7 has already outsold Vista in the consumer market and you will increasingly have users who have Windows 7 at home ringing tech support asking how they can do the same thing on XP. The signs are that the shift to... [21 Oct 2009]
Photos: Microsoft sweetens Aero for Windows 7
Photo It's not directly an Aero feature but it means users can change the look and feel of Aero quickly and without rebooting. Users coming to Windows 7 from XP will like the fact the Alt+Tab hotkey shows... [21 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet Windows 7 users should get fewer interruptions while carrying out tasks: features such as the User Account Control function, which frequently opened dialogue boxes, have also been addressed and now users... [20 Oct 2009]
Outsourcing - how to make sure it's reliable
Comment The 'blue screen of death' will be familiar to many end users but would be completely unacceptable behaviour for an enterprise wide system. Stability means that the services are predictably available and... [19 Oct 2009]
Photos: What's new in AVG antivirus?
Photo Although the number of screens the user sees when installing AVG 9 has been cut in half, the installation process is still time-consuming as the program attempts to configure itself best to users' answers. [19 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo Acer said the advantage of an Android boot option is much faster loading and shut down times - the company claims netbook users can starting chatting, sending emails or searching the net within 18 seconds by booting into... [16 Oct 2009]
YouTube presses play on Channel 4 top shows
News YouTube… already has 20 million users in the UK and we believe it is certain to be a major player in the UK [video on demand] market. Channel 4's original programmes are already available over the internet via its own... [16 Oct 2009]
Performance Under Pressure: The State of Enterprise Web Application Quality and Availability
White Paper As a result, many go live and deliver unsatisfactory results to internal and external end-users. A new survey of 526 managers and professionals by Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today,... [15 Oct 2009]