Alternative rock group Radiohead, has released their seventh studio album, In Rainbows, as a donationware download from their official website: that means you can pay what you like to download it. You decide what to pay for the 10 MP3 files – from nothing to £100. So far they have not revealed how many people …
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Category:6 Information and Communication Technology
Outsource data centres to profit and reduce risk
Outsourcing IT and data centre functions to third party providers can deliver energy savings of up to 40% and help reduce firms’ exposure to green legislation, according to a new whitepaper, Creating Cost and Efficiency through Outsourcing Hosted Solutions, from IT analyst firm IDC. The study, which was commissioned by managed IT services provider Rackspace, …
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Online offices
Adobe just purchased Buzzword and online office suite. We’re not yet taken by the idea of running office software from an online repository, but its obviously gaining interest. Here are some sites you might like to try: Buzzword , Zoho, Ajax 13, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Google Docs & Spreadsheets.
Rare 19th century books to go on-line
The British Library is digitising and putting on-line more than 100,000 old books previously unavailable to the public. The programme focuses on 19th Century books, many of which are unknown as few were reprinted after first editions. This excellent initiative will help teachers who otherwise can not get access to this literature, and it will …
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Is Apple morphing in to Microsoft …?
In August the iPhone was hacked allowing users to choose which network they use. Now Apple has issued an “update” that disables phones that have been hacked. It also has disabled some phones that haven’t been hacked. The move demonstrates the collusive character of the mobile network in the US and illustrates a morphing of …
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Give a $ 200 laptop to a poor child
The One Laptop per Child project has been launched. For a modest donation of $ 200 you can provide a child with a new MIT designed notebook. Check out the site on-line. For a couple of weeks in November, you can can get one yourself too.
Virtual worlds are a window on human psyche
As virtual worlds become more ubiquitous and more long lived, user behaviour is offering more insights into human psyche and revealing how virtual reality can fill some emotional needs we might have. As this article discusses, the working and spending behaviour of avatars is active by choice rather than necessity – you don’t have to …
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EU encourages open IT as it upholds monopolistic judgement on Microsoft
The European Court of First Instance reaffirmed that Microsoft had abused its market power by adding a digital media player to Windows, undercutting the early leader, Real Networks. It also ordered Microsoft to obey a March 2004 commission order to share confidential computer code with competitors. The court also upheld the record fine levied against …
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NBC Universal to allow free TV show downloads
NBC Universal is going to make some of its TV shows available for free web download. Under NBC Direct consumers will be able to download programmes on the night that they are broadcast and keep them for seven days. They would also be able to subscribe to shows, guaranteeing delivery each week. The files, which …
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Hacking government IT systems – the next level of war.
There are increasing media reports of the vulnerability of government IT systems to hackers. While much of the media attention has been to Chinese attacks on systems at the US Pentagon, UK government and German government, we should not be deluded into thinking that this is a one way street. US, UK and German forces …
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