Sometimes, I get wind of something that has all the makings of an April Fool’s Day prank: but not often in September. Which is why I took a second look at the story about an IBM supercomputer in the making, with ambitions to break the petaflop speed barrier, which will use the heart of a, well,... (Read More)

Once upon a time, back in the late 1990s, Ajaz Ahmed was the founder of an ISP that literally changed the shape of the UK Internet. The reason as to why is hinted at in the name: Freeserve. Ahmed had the vision to understand that free access to the Internet could not only be a success, but a hugely... (Read More)

I admit it; there are times when I have gone to Google (and Yahoo, MSN, Ask and even occasionally a decent Meta-Search such as Dogpile) for no other reason than to see what people are saying about me online. I like to think that I have an excuse, what with being a professional journalist and all,... (Read More)

Some press releases grab your attention for all the wrong reasons, although from the PR perspective if it has grabbed my attention it has obviously worked. One such scurried across my desktop the other day: Logitech rolls out its coolest mouse ever, the headline proclaimed. Oh crikey, thought I,... (Read More)

OK, so that would just be silly, would it not? Nobody in their right minds would accept a job working in IT on Mars. Yet so far 70 people have applied to the Mars-500 project in Russia, for the unusual position (literally) of an IT Manager willing to be sealed inside a metal container simulating a... (Read More)

ReactOS is an open source operating system that has been in development for 10 years. The main goal of the project is to build an operating system that is completly compatible with Windows XP. It uses all free software and uses a similar directory structure and program names to Windows. For example... (Read More)

Recently one of the most talked about things is this Apple Wifi hack that was demonstrated by a group called SecureWorks at one of the largest security conferences, Defcon. Here is a link to the video so you guys can watch the video yourselves. Now Here is a link to an article similiar to most... (Read More)

Well, well, well. Just as I got done ratting out the mobile phone companies for various beat-downs, guess what I found out? Well, actually, I found out two things: one, I found out that I should be glad I don't have a monthly mobile phone service plan. I wouldn't even consider it. I have long... (Read More)

I few months ago, I found the AOL Music Archive. I found it interesting the way you can listen to full songs, from thousands of artists, for free, especially when music stores like iTunes Music Store only give you 30 second previews. Even more interesting, with Firefox, it's quite easy to download... (Read More)

I know a few days ago, I wrote a glowing review of Leopard. But after a few days, I changed my opinion: Commercial operating systems cost way too much for the features you get. Let's take a look at Leopard, Apple's next-gen OS: Leopard Time Machine I don't have much to criticize here, other than... (Read More)