De Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) wil dat alle nieuwe fietsen vanaf volgend jaar worden uitgerust met een streepjescode. Alle codes worden vervolgens in een landelijk register opgenomen op internet waar, zonder tussenkomst van de politie, elektronisch aangifte gedaan kan worden van fietsendiefstal. Op die manier kunnen volgens de PvdA…

Nothing to add to this post, just sharing it with you. Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) has to be one of the most incredible technologies we offer today – and not so much because it implements some revolutionary new capability.  Document collaboration tools have been around for the last several years.  The…

AutoWeek.nl: “Er is veel veranderd aan de zesde generatie 911, die meteen als Carrera en Carrera S op de markt wordt gezet. Maar belangrijkste wijziging blijkt voor de echte liefhebbers toch het nieuwe gezicht met de ovale koplampen.”

Does this mean IBM has competed against it’s other OS’s and won ? IBM Corp. claimed one of the largest European deployments of Linux on the mainframe on Wednesday, adding that it was testimony to the continuing vitality of its mainframe business. [Via InfoWorld: Top News]

Don’t Panic: the greatest book ever now has a movie under production: The Hitchhiker’s Guid to the Galaxy is currently in production and is due out in theaters next summer. I am literally all atwitter with anticipation. Meanwhile, there is a blog to tide us over, including production photos, QuickTime…

Remember SP2Torrent.com? This was the BitTorrent site that was helping distribute copies of the Windows XP Service Pack 2 (which is so unweildy and yet so critical and sought-after that MSFT is having a hard time distributing it effectively) via BitTorrent, a system that enlists everyone who tries to download…

Since Microsoft Corp. began the staged rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) late last week only minor compatibility issues have come up, but that might be because many users are waiting to install the update. [Via InfoWorld: Top News]

With regards to mobile solutions I think some software vendors still don’t get it. Would companies really be better off implementing a mobile synchronisation solution for every business application they have ? A more generic middleware type approach would work much better. Users out in the field usually don’t need…

I have had a quick look at this. I installed the free client. All nice functionality, but I can’t see this working for any SME / large organisation with more than a few users. It can be a cheap way of having more integrated collaboration with people outside your company.…

More speculations and unfortunatly non specific information on SP2 issues. These type of articles would be helpful to all users if they would contain more specific information or links to relevant sources. But news is news I guess. Some users are reporting problems when installing a major security update for…