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One promise needed for internet freedom

One promise needed for internet freedom

Leader Europe has given us the tools to prevent three strikes. It's the perfect time to finish the job [05 Nov 2009]

Ubuntu 9.10 brings karma to the market

Ubuntu 9.10 brings karma to the market

Leader Ubuntu is a great operating system that almost nobody uses. That tells us much about the balance between technology and marketing [29 Oct 2009]


Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: Maturity or stagnation?

Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: Maturity or stagnation?

Leader Windows 7 is nothing new, but it is not alone — all desktop operating systems are looking in the wrong direction [22 Oct 2009]

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Gmail: When efficiency equals death

Gmail: When efficiency equals death

Leader Google emphasises cloud reliability, but Gmail's gone down again. A very old problem is new again [02 Sep 2009]

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Nokia's Booklet could be a new chapter in business IT

Nokia's Booklet could be a new chapter in business IT

Leader Nokia has revealed some cool hardware in its new netbook. A good start, but only solid strategy will build success [24 Aug 2009]

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VMware and SpringSource: New deal or old battle?

VMware and SpringSource: New deal or old battle?

Leader VMware's SpringSource acquistion looks like old-fashioned strength through consolidation. It needs to be much more to matter [11 Aug 2009]

Yahoo's farewell to search

Yahoo's farewell to search

Leader With Yahoo bowing out of search technologies, it needs to assert its identity — or die [29 Jul 2009]

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Apollo's lunar lessons for IT

Apollo's lunar lessons for IT

Leader The 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing has concentrated on heroics, politics and mechanics. Apollo 11's computer has its own secrets [20 Jul 2009]

Google Chrome OS takes shine off Windows

Google Chrome OS takes shine off Windows

Leader The Chrome OS is perfectly pitched at Microsoft's weaknesses. Addressing those will be Redmond's biggest challenge [08 Jul 2009]

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Digital Britain: More fudge than foresight

Digital Britain: More fudge than foresight

Leader Digital Britain is to be a hodgepodge of hopes, slapped wrists and best efforts. That's for the best [16 Jun 2009]

Why Bing is not the Wave of the future

Why Bing is not the Wave of the future

Leader If Microsoft is so powerful, why does it leave it to Google to innovate? [01 Jun 2009]

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Windows 7 — as good as it gets

Windows 7 — as good as it gets

Leader Microsoft's latest version of Windows looks solid and useful. But it's no guide to the future of IT — or Microsoft [30 Apr 2009]

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Investment in tech could help UK reinvent itself

Investment in tech could help UK reinvent itself

Leader The impact of IT investment goes far beyond the technology itself, as a recent LSE reports highlights [29 Apr 2009]

Digital duties, not rights, should shape our world

Digital duties, not rights, should shape our world

Leader The internet has the potential to right wrongs and save the irreplaceable — if we let it [09 Apr 2009]

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The warning sound of TomTom

The warning sound of TomTom

Leader Microsoft's court case and trade commission claims against TomTom are perfect examples of how power perverts process [27 Feb 2009]

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Microsoft's secret deals on open source

Microsoft's secret deals on open source

Leader Microsoft has been building a portfolio of open-source licence deals. It still prefers secrecy [06 Feb 2009]

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Digital Britain needs foresight, not flannel

Digital Britain needs foresight, not flannel

Leader Lord Carter's Digital Britain interim report fails to challenge or convince. Foresight, not flannel, is needed [30 Jan 2009]

A billion internet users can be wrong

A billion internet users can be wrong

Leader Global internet usage reached over one billion unique visitors in December, says ComScore. However, the web is not the net [26 Jan 2009]

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2009's harsh realities highlight losers — and winners

2009's harsh realities highlight losers — and winners

Leader As the first round of tech-sector financial results for 2009 unfold, it seems a bleak January for the technology industry — but with one ray of light [22 Jan 2009]

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Learning from UN's security failure

Learning from UN's security failure

Leader The UN has found massive flaws in its internal IT security, for reasons that may be all too familiar in the boardroom [14 Jan 2009]

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What Google Analytics cannot tell you

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Data breach calculations fail to pay off

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The time is right to create a global IT profession

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Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 3 (Kubuntu Netbook)

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