Apple says that the Macbook Air is a 'no compromise ultra-portable laptop'. That's certainly true in some ways: the unit measures less than 2cm thick (0.76in) at its thickest point, and even the somewhat-miffed Sony hasn't really disputed Apple 's
Taking a screengrab of your desktop is fairly easy and straightforward if you simply want to grab the whole screen, using the 'Print Screen' key on your keyboard. However, if you have a non-standard keyboard without this function, or simply
This year's Valentine's Day will be the busiest text messaging day ever, according to industry experts. Researchers at VeriSign predict that 2.2 billion text messages will be sent in North America alone, representing a 40 per cent increase over normal
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems have set a new record for solar energy conversion with a solar-to-grid system net conversion efficiency of 31.25 per cent. The 1984 record of 29.4 per cent was toppled on 31
Comcast has explained its controversial practice of limiting peer-to-peer traffic in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The US cable provider claimed that it had limited traffic on peer-to-peer networks in an effort to free up bandwidth for
Mobile phone operators could introduce 4g links offering links of upwards of 120Mbit/sec via home femtocell base stations. The 4g technology is known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) but looks like become shorter term as the industry consolidates around it
Despite efforts from anti piracy bodies, piracy is still estimated to be running at 27 per cent in the UK channel a figure that has not changed in three years. Anti-piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) recently released
Barely a week goes by without another news headline exposing a government department or a corporation on the loss of personal details of UK citizens. One major contributing factor to the rise of security breaches is the sheer amount of
Unified threat management (UTM) vendor Astaro has launched a trade-up programme targeting Cisco and WatchGuard resellers in a drive to swell its VAR ranks. Until the end of March, users can net a discount of up to 72 per cent
High-performing Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) channel partners were treated to an all-expenses-paid skiing trip to Chamonix in January. Steve Murphy, HDS UK managing director (pictured front row, second from left) said: "The channel is really important to us so it
The VTL 7250 is available for pre-booked demonstrations with a DNS consultant and completes the distributor's virtualisation offerings, which now include tape, disk, storage, SAN and desktops. Allister Richardson, business development manger for IBM storage team at DNS Arrow, said:
Over recent months, social networking sites have increased in popularity, yet it seems there is a growing corporate backlash against them. More and more companies are banning the use of sites such as Facebook, causing employees to complain about lack
Distribution giant Ingram Micro is erring on the side of caution with predictions for its first quarter 2008, after posting solid year end and Q4 2007 results.
Samsung Electronics 's IT division is looking to establish itself as a serious player in the business-to-business (B2B) space this year. The IT division, incorporating notebooks, printers and displays, is headed up by David Smith, who joined the company in
Dimension Data (Didata) is continuing to prosper in the face of wobbly economic conditions, according to an interim management statement from the giant integrator.
DSG international's (DSGi) former boss has voiced reservations about the EU's decision to conduct dawn raids on the retailer as part of its anti-trust investigation into Intel.
Core FTP is an FTP client with all the features you'd expect: SSL support, browser integration, resume transfers, drag and drop support, command line transfers etc. Along with SSL, Core FTP supports both the TLS and SFTP methods for secure
