An eminent software developer has claimed that the pressure to be first to market with new technology is leading to a decline in software quality, but that standards are higher in the open source world.
Security expert Ross Anderson has called for empirical research to be conducted into whether open source or closed source software is more secure, and into the impact that development practices such as extreme programming (XP) have on code quality.
We review four network attached storage (NAS) appliances designed to ease the storage load on your servers and the workload on your admins.
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Five products for when your servers need a little extra storage space.
We review four network attached storage (NAS) appliances designed to ease the storage load on your servers and the workload on your admins.
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The P4 strikes us as a good, reliable machine with plenty of features. Despite its conservative appearance there is modern technology inside, providing solid performance.
This tiny 1kg notebook may be too small for many people to use effectively, but it's a triumph of design and engineering. The only hefty thing about it is the price tag.
Despite nice features, the NEC LCD1770NX comes up short, due to middling image quality.
Want to turn a stack of business cards into a well-connected contacts database? Corex's CardScan Executive 600cx is an ideal if somewhat pricey solution.
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