Door de komst van de nieuwe kentekencombinatie is de kans groter op ongewenste woordvorming. Het nieuwe kenteken (12 – ABC – 3) heeft namelijk drie opeenvolgende letters in het kenteken. Daarom komen er geen klinkers in het kenteken. Enige uitzondering vormt de Y. Een aantal maatschappelijk onaanvaardbare lettercombinaties zijn op…

Shipments of personal digital assistants declined for the third consecutive quarter as large vendors continued ceding the depressed market to smaller electronics makers, analysts say. [Via eWEEK Technology News] The question becomes a little bit, “What is a PDA and what is a smartphone ?”

Part of the difficulty in justifying new tools in an enterprise is that often they do not result in benefits that are “felt” by the enterprise in a financial sense. Similarly, the absence of a tool or capability wouldn’t result in any discernible financial harm to the enterprise. That said,…

Microsoft’s new Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS), which will offer expanded instant messaging compatibility with popular IM software when it’s released in December — has enterprise IM users and vendors eyeing new opportunities for more secure messaging at work. [Via Messaging]

Getronics today announced its planned purchase of Dutch rival PinkRoccade valuing the government-focused IT services specialist at 338 million Euro in a combined shares and cash offer. Forrester believes that the deal will tidy up some loose ends in the Dutch IT industry and give a useful fillip to the…

Microsoft has recently posted a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Training Kit geared toward ensuring SPS users can effectively use the capabilities of the product for more productive knowledge management and collaboration.  It also ships with demonstrations that visually guide the user on how to perform common taasks within the SPS environment. …

Mobile IPv6 allows an IPv6 node to change its location and addresses and maintain connectivity with other IPv6 nodes. [Via Microsoft Download Center] Mobile IP is a very important part to enable seamless roaming between networks. Not yet relevant today you may say, but we can not do without in…

PalmSource takes hit on investment report | CNET News.com: “Shares of PalmSource, the handheld operating system developer, dipped Monday on an investment bank’s report that said key licensee PalmOne will use Microsoft’s OS in its Treo line of devices. The research note from Needham & Co. said PalmOne ’tacitly admitted’…

Mensen met een computer thuis geloven dat ze afdoende beschermd zijn tegen de gevaren van internet. Onterecht, want de meeste gebruikers hebben geen firewall geïnstalleerd, verouderde antivirussoftware en tientallen spyware programma’s op de pc draaien. [Via 404 Magazine] Het verbaasd mij niets dat dit zo is. Microsoft steek veel energie…

MacCentral – Joined on stage by legendary rockers Bono and The Edge from U2, Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday expanded Apple’s hugely popular iPod line-up with two new models. During the event, held in San Jose, Calif., Jobs said that Apple didn’t feel video was the right…