Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source projects and breaking developments in the mobile world. You can follow me on Twitter at @BenWoodsZD.
With several years' experience covering everything in the world of telecoms and mobility, Ben's your man if it involves a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or any other piece of tech small enough to carry around with you.
The Times and Sunday Times have joined the likes of the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and Newsday in charging readers to access news, as of today.Front page news is displayed as normal but clicking any article headline will take you to a pay wall requesting £1 per day or £2 for weekly access.
The Dell Streak is now available SIM-free directly from Dell, priced at £449.The device had previously been subject to an exclusivity agreement with O2 meaning that the Telefonica-owned operator was the only place to purchase one but Dell has revoked this in favour of selling the handset directly.
With news of more than 10-billion internet capable non-PC devices already online and suggestions that this number could double by 2014 my thoughts wandered to the security of my new best friend; my HTC Desire.According to the report published on ZDNet Asia, our TVs, digital photo frames, Blu-ray players and PVRs are now all potentially at risk, defenceless without the anti-virus protection afforded to PC users worldwide.