Stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Article | 21/06/2011 Ready or not, here come the business tablets
OK, we all know that people want to bring their consumer technology into the office. In particular, though, people really want to use tablets in the w...
Article | 5/01/2011 The day of the password is done
When the popular Web site Gawker was hacked into recently, more than a million user IDs and passwords were released. If you were one of the people com...
Article | 12/11/2010 RockMelt: A social networking spin on Google Chrome
Would you like to do your Web browsing while keeping a constant eye on what your Facebook friends are doing? If so, then RockMelt is for you.
Article | 8/11/2010 The iPad stands alone
Where is the iPad's competition?
Article | 18/10/2010 Linux Mint 9
Linux distributions come through our office in a constant flood. Most of them stick around long enough for a quick try-out on one of our test systems...
Article | 13/06/2010 Linux tablets, where are you?
Apple has long had a history of being arrogant. But, more often than not, they've been able to back it up by the quality of their products.
Article | 29/05/2010 Is there a replacement for Facebook?
Facebook claims to have more than 400 million active users. In fact, according to Web analytics firm Alexa, only Google is a more popular site. So, ...
Article | 30/03/2010 HTML 5: Less than it's cracked up to be
The core idea behind HTML 5, the latest proposed version of the Web's foundation markup language, is to make all resources, not just text and links, w...
Article | 16/03/2010 CrossOver Linux 9: Run Windows apps without Windows
Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there's some truth to that, many of us have Windows app...
Article | 14/01/2010 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 (Release Candidate)
The release of Firefox 3.6 will see Mozilla take the fight back to Google's upstart Chrome. This review is of a Release Candidate version (January 201...
Article | 21/12/2009 All Google, all the time, everywhere
We all use Google. Well, maybe not Bill Gates, but that's about it. Now, Google is hoping to become an even bigger part of our everyday lives.
Article | 10/07/2009 VirtualBox 3.0: An easy way to mix and match operating systems
Whether you prefer Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, you can probably get almost everything you need done with your chosen OS. However, sometimes a task de...
Article | 9/07/2009 Opinion: Why Google Chrome OS matters already, on Day 1
At last. At long last, there's a real challenger to the Windows desktop, and its name is Google Chrome OS.
Article | 22/06/2009 Opera Unite
Opera Software's announcement that it's going to bundle Opera Unite, an easy-to-use web server with content-sharing applets, with the Opera 10 web bro...
Article | 28/05/2009 Firefox 3.5: An early look
There was a time when Firefox was the Web browser for the cool kids who knew their tech. Most would still agree that it's better than Internet Explore...