
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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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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Eee PC sales miss expectations
News Latest sales figures for the once highly-popular ultra lightweight and ultra cleap laptop range have fallen short of expectations amid component shortages.
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New undersea cables to boost bandwidth
News Reports suggest at least 25 new undersea cables will be laid by 2010, at a cost of over $6 billion.
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IE8 to get security boost
News Microsoft looks to improve Internet Explorer's security in its next browser beta release.
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Intel sticking to XP
News Intel has said it will not be rolling out Windows Vista, in another XP-related blow to Microsoft.
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Cheap laptops boost PC shipments
News IDC has said that enthusiasm for low-cost laptops, such as the Asus Eee PC, will boost worldwide computer sales.
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Firefox 3 to launch next week
News The latest version of open-source browser is set to be released 17 June, despite Mozilla only recently unleashing Release Candidate 3.
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Wait to deploy next-gen broadband, report says
News Rolling out next-gen broadband could cost the government some £16 billion - and more than the benefits the deployment might bring.
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MSI takes Wind to the desktop
News After launching its own version of the Eee PC cheap laptop, MSI has announced a cheap desktop.
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No OOXML in Office 2007 service pack
News Next year's update of Microsoft's Office 2007 will see ODF and PDF support, but OOXML won't show until 'Office 14'.
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Home workers view twice as much porn
News Remote workers could be putting their organisations at legal risk by looking up porn or illegal websites on a company laptop.
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Samsung, Toshiba top green list
News The PC makers have topped Greenpeace's latest environmental tech ranking.
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Dell launches XPS One range in the UK
News The PC maker has announced it will sell the ultra-stylish red all-in-one computer in Britain, with a cut of the ticket price going to Bono's controversial AIDS charity.
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Google unveils website creation app
News Company beefs up its cloud computing model with a service that allows business to easily create their own websites.
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Open XML debate a 'riot', says analyst
News Ovum's David Mitchell has said the Open XML battle features "decent orderly protestors and nutters".
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Nokia launches E51 'desk phone replacement' mobile
News New E51 smartphone can integrate with an existing office PBX system using Wi-Fi, effectively supplanting the traditional wired desk phone.
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Western Digital unveils 'green' hard drives
News Western Digital launches GreenPower hard disk range that could save "companies thousands of pounds."
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iPhone glut forces price crash on eBay
News People that planned to cash-in on iPhone hype have come unstuck as many examples of Apple's smartphone sell for a loss on the auction website.
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Life at Google revealed in leaked Microsoft memo
News Ex-Google employee reveals details about the perks and the problems of working for the market leading search engine giant.
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Dell tries to shake off boring PC image
News Dell unveils new products, new colours and a new look for its PCs.
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More than 200 patents infringed by free software, says
News Microsoft adds up how many patents it claims free and open-source software infringes.
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