Daily Archives: November 1, 2010

The US DOI put out a tender for a messaging system that specified M$’s BPOS even though it did not have the security certification, FISMA, that Google had already obtained. Google had made its service known but was not allowed … Continue reading →

I grew up watching nightly news of mayhem in Vietnam. 20:1 kill-ratios. B-52s. Napalm. M-60s. Ho Chi Minh. Tet. It is as if it never happened. Intel is building a $1billion testing and packaging plant there and a $2.5billion chip-fab … Continue reading →

No, not that kind of security violation. The chief spy in the UK has had family members post “too much information” on Facebook… see http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/1/mi6-chief-red-faced-over-daughters-facebook-page/ Chuckle. I never knew Saddam had a golden Kalashnikov, but there it is in the … Continue reading →

An auditor has found Scottish police IT is “Scottish police IT sorely lacking, audit finds” sorely under-funded. That’s the effect, no doubt, of M$ running their IT. After all, if $100 or so goes to M$ per PC for that … Continue reading →

No, not the year, the book. Steve Jobs wants to control all IT: What you can read What you can buy Who can do business He obviously envies the Wintel monopoly and wants to replace it with something else, MacTel, … Continue reading →

“HTC shipped 6.8 million smartphones at an average selling price of US$342 in the third quarter of 2010 and expects to ship nine million ones at an average of US$347 in the fourth quarter. The demand for Android smartphones in … Continue reading →

Acer has made a deal to supply PCs under the Founder brand in China. Acer sells lots of GNU/Linux PCs if you can figure out how to find them on their site. Acer.co.uk points to Ebuyer.com. Acer expects 25-35% of … Continue reading →