Monthly Archives: December 2007
Web icon set to be discontinued
The browser that helped kick-start the commercial web is to cease development because of lack of users. Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 February 2008, the company has said. In the mid-1990s the … Continue reading
Virgin users hit by online outage
Thousands of Virgin Media customers have had their broadband disconnected following problems with a routine maintenance procedure. The problem hit customers nationwide on Monday night, with some customers re-connected within 10 minutes, while others had to wait several hours. Virgin … Continue reading
Bill Gates: The skills you need to succeed
One of the most important changes of the last 30 years is that digital technology has transformed almost everyone into an information worker. In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organisation to … Continue reading
Office 2008 Hits RTM
Here’s the latest official word – Office 2008 for Mac has Released to Manufacturing (RTM)! We’re very pleased to announce that the product team has signed off, and our final build has left the building and is en route to … Continue reading
Announcing Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC)
Today we’re making available the release candidate (RC) of Windows Vista SP1 via Microsoft Connect, and tomorrow subscribers to TechNet and MDSN will have access to those RC bits too. In addition, the RC will be available to the public … Continue reading
Microsoft wireless keyboard hacked from 50 metres
Swiss researchers say they can log keystrokes from Microsoft’s wireless keyboards from up to 50 metres away using special radio equipment, and are close to being able to control affected computers remotely. The protocol for securing some of Microsoft’s wireless … Continue reading