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Category: Technology

  • Le Web 3 sold out

    Just over a week to go until Le Web 3 kicks off in Paris. Le Web 3 is the successor conference to the two “Les Blogs” events that took place in 2005, all organized by Loic Le Meur. This third…

  • No painless switching to Open Office

    The French parliament has said ‘au revoir’ to Microsoft, according to a Yahoo News report: […] Starting [next June], French deputies will use desktops and servers running Linux, Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, and OpenOffice.org, a free open-source alternative to Microsoft’s…

  • The never-ending spam deluge

    If you’ve noticed a sudden upsurge in spam email in the UK recently, offering sex, stock tips, genuine fake Rolexes and the usual pharmacopia, it could be the result of criminal gangs using hijacked computers, says a Reuters report. I’ve…

  • Highway robbery and other tales from the road

    Mainz in Germany is an attractive city. That’s where I spent the night on Sunday ahead of a full day on Monday with a client in Rüsselsheim. I stayed at the Hyatt Regency. Right on the bank of the river…

  • Unofficial Vista Blog Tour, Day 2: Does IE7 suck?

    Stuart Mudie and Derek Torres are co-authors of The Unofficial Guide to Windows Vista, a warts-and-all look at the new Microsoft operating system, that is due to be published by Wiley early next year. I’ve worked with Stuart in the…