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Brits consider tracking all UK Facebook traffic

Brits consider tracking all UK Facebook trafficand when everyone goes encrypted.. this will be useless.The brits are on the verge of a police state. I see V for vendetta coming.I cant believe the people would stand for this.I already dont like our laws here in the US, that would...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, brit, Brits, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

What BearingPoint

What BearingPointGood riddance?The Brits are finding out the hard way about digitizing medical records. Their own national IT project is way over budget and not very close to a solution (I know because I read the Register!). If the FBI can't even get their case file system working, what chance...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Outsourcing, Operational accounting, Financial services, Brits, BearingPoint Inc., acquisition

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Email scams: So long Nigerians, hello polite Brits

Email scams: So long Nigerians, hello polite BritsCall?Sure, call them if you want. :) hahahaWow! Such good luck for us both!Well, when you collect your 30 million please contact me about my humanitarian efforts. I could distribute half of it to the needy for you, as I am sure you...

Tags: Email Scams, Brits, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Mobiles on the moon? NASA, Brits dial up a plan

Mobiles on the moon? NASA, Brits dial up a planActually there is escaping the ringtoneIn space... no one can hear you scream

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Brits, NASA, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

iPhone's price tag curbs Brits' interest

iPhone's price tag curbs Brits' interestSo, let's seeApple says that they want to get 1% of the mobile phone market. About 2% of the people in the survey say they are considering the iPhone.But, that's bad news because 76% of the people say they'll never buy one.Um, OK. I guess...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Brits

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Brits try text-messaging parents of truants

Brits try text-messaging parents of truantsCool, now if we could just auto-deduct the fine from their account...NT

Tags: Brits

Discussion threads 2007-04-11

Most popular sites among 40-something Brits: Premium TV, Abbey National, Genes Reunited

Most popular sites among 40-something Brits: Premium TV, Abbey National, Genes ReunitedAnother ZDNet head scratcherI've got to wonder what makes ZDNet believe that this stat is worth posting for American visitors?Even more curious, is the fact that if you visit www.zdnet.co.uk there is no display of this item on the...

Tags: Blogging, Brits, Genes Reunited, Premium TV, American Visitor

Discussion threads 2006-03-15

Net outage hits Brits

Net outage hits Britsyep, happened to meWith Karoo up here and hull and I was major peeved so find my internet go off! I thought it was another Karoo problem as my internet has been down more than it has been up since I got it in September. =(I'm...

Tags: INTERNET, Manufacturing, Karoo, Brits

Discussion threads 2005-12-01

U.K. mobile service strained after explosions

U.K. mobile service strained after explosionsI know of several using TeamSpeak...That's how they reached friends and family.same thing happened on 911.I feel sorry for the Brits. This is a complete tragedy.I'm sure there are some terrorist apologist here though.yea or voip servicesGood stuff and great a backup when people hog...

Tags: Corporate insurance, Homeland security, Business security, VOIP, Brits, mobile

Discussion threads 2005-07-07

10,000 Brits under 30 went bankrupt in Q1 2005

PricewaterhouseCoopers said personal bankruptcies among the Brits under 30 years old accounted for 15% of all failures in 2003-2004. That figure was almost double that of 2001-2002 as more people chose bankruptcy as a way of eliminating their debts. More than 10,000 people went bankrupt in Q1 2005, the highest...

Tags: Q1 2005, Brits

Blog posts 2005-06-11

France puts on business-friendly face

France puts on business-friendly faceThe face looks like a donut NTntFrance from an Anglo-Saxon point of viewIt's quite obvious that France has things in place that Anglo-Saxons read Americans and Brits find hard to cope with from a principal point of view.But all systems have their issues, don't they? ...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Brits, JUST $140, quality of life

Discussion threads 2005-05-24

Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit Net

Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit NetNever seen a tax they didn't likeSo why not do away with the 1898 tax completely so the threat does not exist? I know thw reason do you?Our government just can't stand no taxing the internet.It seems to go against their very...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, U.S. Congress, Brits, Nothing, tax, Internal Revenue Service

Discussion threads 2005-04-11

Brits hit by surge in phone-charge Net fraud

Brits hit by surge in phone-charge Net fraudOne good reason not use dial upNo problem with ADSL or Cable.Rogue Dialers bypassing AVOur PC here has Norton AV, AdAware, and Spybot, all up-to-the-minute updated, and Windows is fully and automatically patched by Microsoft. PC was swept this weekend. I...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Litigation, Network technology, Brits, defence

Discussion threads 2004-06-23

Additional Resources

Apple App Store apps top 2 billion; that's 6.6 million downloads per day

amazed with so much crap out therethis is not just for the iPhone, but the iTouch also for those kids who can afford any game, but not a monthly cellphone bill.When will ZDNet jump on the wagon?Where are you guys? Why no ZDNet app? You guys are supposed...

Tags: Smart phones, Zune HD, Apple Inc., Apple App Store app, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Report: Windows 7 to sell in U.K. for half U.S. price

part of the settlement?Maybe they inked a deal behind the scenes with the EU?Those Bloody Ba%t@rdsFreaking EU and the brits. Must have offered Ballmer so tea and crumpets. Anyway !!Come All Ye Internet Peer To Peer Pirates!! I feel some looting and a plundering is a foot for M$Get a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

UK government to collect Facebook data?

UK government to collect Facebook data?I was going to commentBut you just don't know who's watching.RE: UK government to collect Facebook data?Short answer: I would bail on any person or organization that intruded on my private life. It's a public network - so it's fair gameActually. They can't rifle through...

Tags: Facebook, UK Government

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

News to know: Pawned browsers; IE 8; Sun and IBM, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari CanSecWest: Caution, community at play Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sam Diaz, Netbook, IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets, Security

Blog posts 2009-03-19

SXSWi - party like its 2009

Prior to SXSWi I was asked goodness knows how many times if I was likely to be there. I said the same thing to all comers: 'I don't get it. I don't see the point. Waste of time.' Much against my advice, at least one SAP...

Tags: Innovation, Austin, Enterprise, SXSWi, Drunkenness, Breakthrough Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Interview with 'Us Now' collaboration film director

I had the opportunity to attend a screening of the film 'Us Now', a documentary film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet last week at the Barbican Arts...

Tags: Film, Ivo Gormley, Government, Collaboration, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-04

"Science:" a fighting word in 2009

Science has suddenly come out of the political closet where it weas confined during much of the Bush Admninistration and battles over its role and worth are becoming at least visible. There's been a push in the U.S. Senate to stop more money going to the American National Science...

Tags: Science, France, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-07