
Barry Collins
Barry Collins is an experienced IT journalist who specialises in Windows, Mac, broadband and more. He's a former editor of PC Pro magazine, and has contributed to many national newspapers, magazines and websites in a career that has spanned over 20 years.
Today, he's a contributor to Forbes.com, a columnist for PC Pro and ComputerActive, and is the co-editor of BigTechQuestion.com, a site dedicated to helping solve people's tech problems. You may have seen Barry as a tech pundit on television and radio, including BBC Newsnight, the Chris Evans Show and ITN News at Ten.
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UPDATE: iPhone 4 gets UK network support
News No time has been wasted to jump on the iPhone 4 bandwagon, with UK operators already announcing who will carry the device.
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Motion Computing unveils first Core i7 tablet
News Motion's new C5v and F5v include a stylus, as touch only tablets like the iPad aren't quite business ready.
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Microsoft to update Hotmail in July
News Microsoft is looking to bring its webmail up to speed with rival Google's Gmail.
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Microsoft drops cut and paste from Windows Phone 7
News Apparently, uses don't want to use cut and paste on their phones.
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Expert questions randomness of browser ballot
News But the bug isn't 'nefarious', just poor quality coding.
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MPs accuse Google of tax dodge
News Vince Cable has said Google's reputation will be 'severely damaged' if it continues to practice such 'avoidance.'
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Twitter hit by 'Iranian Cyber Army' attack
News The Twitter hack appears to be in retaliation to the use of the site by protesters earlier this year.
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Microsoft discontinues Office Accounting
News Microsoft will start to close certain features of Office Accounting within six weeks.
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Vista Service Pack 2 imminent
News Microsoft tells companies to get ready for service update to its current operasting system.
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Conficker worm hits the House of Commons network
News It's not April 1st yet, but reports say that Conficker may have wormed its way into what may be its biggest target yet.
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Microsoft's bid cost Yahoo $79 million
News Yahoo's failed deals with Microsoft and Google cost the web firm at least $79 million, filing details show.
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MWC 09: Intel and LG go MID
News Intel and LG are targeting the middle ground between smartphones and netbooks with their new mobile internet devices (MIDs).
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Mozilla not too keen on IE-esque dominance
News Alternative browser giant Mozilla isn’t too keen on monopolies and doesn't want to mirror Microsoft’s dominance.
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Dell offends Russian Prime Minister Putin
News Michael Dell puts his foot in it at the Davos Economic Forum in Switzerland.
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Google rings the changes with staff bonus
News Google staff expecting the usual cash lump sum are told that this year they have to make do with a Google phone.
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Google staff hiding secret OS?
News US metrics firm reveals that many Google staff are hiding which operating system they are using, sparking fresh rumours that search company is working on its own operating system.
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IBM pushes virtual desktops without Microsoft
News IBM is looking to convince companies to run "Microsoft-free" virtual desktops.
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Microsoft's next OS keeps Windows 7 name
News The codename for the next Windows system will be kept on as the official name, Microsoft has announced.
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Microsoft to launch iPhone App Store rival
News Software giant looks set to become the latest company to launch a mobile applications store as it announces Skymarket
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Microsoft releases SQL Server 2008
News The latest version of the database software focuses on scalability, reporting tools and large-scale data warehousing.
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Is it okay to read someone else's email?
News Surprisingly two out of every five people think it's okay to snoop, saying it's fine to read someone's email without asking.
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Yahoo agrees board deal with Icahn
News In a surprise move, Yahoo has agreed to allow rogue investor Carl Icahn a seat on the web firm's board.
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Dell catching up to HP in PC sales
News A report from Gartner shows that the global computer market grew 16 per cent in the second quarter of this year.
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First 21CN service set for launch this week
News Wholesale broadband specialist Entanet will begin selling a ADSL2+ broadband service running on BT’s 21CN infrastructure.
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