The LiMo and Linux Foundations have announced Tizen, a new operating platform for internet connected devices and phones. “LiMo Foundation views Tizen as a well-timed step change which unites major…
Happy Birthday: Linux is 20 years old
So Linux is 20.. It's come a long way from the home-brew operating system that was for IBM-AT clones that Linus Torvalds imagined back then. At the time he was…
A brief history of the IBM PC, thirty years on.
30 years ago today, a new office automation device was officially launched by IBM at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. August 12, 1981, marked the launch of the…
Riverbed goes shopping for godly web performance
Riverbed has been shopping again. This time, it's looking to purchase Zeus Technology and Aptimize. Both of these are privately owned companies, with Zeus being based in Cambridge in the…
503: A weekend of poor internet service
This weekend has seen a few opportunities for various organisations to do better with their internet service performance. On-line coverage of sports events isn't yet quite up to the demands…
The Future is Forever, with World IPv6 Launch Day
So today (June 6 2011) was World IPv6 Day, the day on which several major players in the Internet field turn on, and enable IPv6 for testing for the day.…
Goodbye IPv4 Address Space?
So today marked an auspicious occasion in which the last 5 /8 IP addresses were handed to each of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). This marks the last of the…
Mobile platform consolidation continues
At the Mobile World Congress Intel and Nokia announced the Meego platform in a joint press conference. Nokia's flirtation with different operating system platforms looks to continue, but this time…