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Cern: Where the Big Bang meets big data
The home of the Large Hadron Collider is to be a testbed for developing big data technologies
Posted by Nick Heath | May 22, 2012, 8:01 AM PDT
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London 2012: Tech systems face their most critical hurdle
The IT system underpinning the London Olympics will undergo a major test next week.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 17, 2012, 7:30 AM PDT
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Am I a man or a machine? My role in the hunt for AI
How taking part in a Turing Test to find the first thinking computer made Nick Heath realise he is more like a machine than he thought.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 16, 2012, 1:04 PM PDT | Latest comment by turing_allenturing
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D-Day for AI as the Loebner Prize comes to the UK
The Loebner Prize, the annual hunt for a thinking machine takes place in the UK tomorrow.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 14, 2012, 9:20 AM PDT
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Raspberry Pi: Five ways business can use it
The $40 Linux computer is a tempting replacement for expensive, high-end machines in a number of business tasks.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 9, 2012, 6:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by NZJester
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Offshoring jumps as cash-strapped companies step up outsourcing
The global economic crisis is sparking a boom in IT offshoring as India's major IT suppliers grew four times faster than their competitors in 2011.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 9, 2012, 3:38 AM PDT | Latest comment by gevander
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Videoconferencing project "is a no-brainer" says CIO
Videoconferencing roll out saves cash, time and CO2 for paints-to-chemicals company AkzoNoble.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 27, 2012, 6:26 AM PDT
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The next digital battlefield: Your wallet
Handset companies, mobile operators and banks are wrestling for control of the mobile payments market.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 27, 2012, 4:50 AM PDT
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Privacy law will bury us under paper mountain, warns data watchdog
The UK's privacy tsar Christopher Graham has said that proposed EU legislation will bury his office in paperwork and restrict its ability to guard against serious misuse of personal data.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 26, 2012, 6:56 AM PDT | Latest comment by andrew232006
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Could Linux still usurp Windows Phone as Nokia's saviour?
Once-dominant Nokia faces an uphill slog to win back ground from the iPhone and Android, yet hope for a change of fortune may lie in an unexpected quarter.
Posted by Richard Hillesley | April 25, 2012, 6:19 AM PDT | Latest comment by cbemerine
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Raspberry Pi: Tell us what you've got planned for yours
We want to know what you are doing with your Raspberry Pi.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 23, 2012, 8:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by JCitizen
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IT admins: Stressed, sick and looking for a new career?
A survey paints a depressing view of life as an IT administrator.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 23, 2012, 7:59 AM PDT | Latest comment by 131313ontanez
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10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi
As the $40 Raspberry Pi computer ships we round up the 10 projects to try on your new Pi.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 23, 2012, 4:13 AM PDT | Latest comment by fredden
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How the BYOD flood is sweeping away the IT department's priorities
The explosion in consumer devices is making CIOs rethink their plans for IT.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 19, 2012, 8:20 AM PDT | Latest comment by Pete6677
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Monitoring or snooping? When employers' social media checks cross the line
Some employers might decide it's essential to monitor the use of social media by employees and potential hires to manage certain risks. But that decision carries its own dangers.
Posted by Kate Hodgkiss | April 19, 2012, 8:08 AM PDT | Latest comment by mmccomber
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Barclaycard's PayTag 'upgrades' your phone for contactless payments
Credit card company hopes a sticky mini-credit card could boost the adoption of contactless payments
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 19, 2012, 12:15 AM PDT
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This supercomputer is rethinking the future of software
Supercomputers will soon be one thousand times more powerful than they are today, and the UK has enlisted an IBM Blue Gene/Q to help develop software for the machines.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 18, 2012, 2:50 AM PDT | Latest comment by JohnOfStony
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Huddle chief: Software can't change human nature
The content management company's chief on why enterprise software has been fighting the wrong battle.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 16, 2012, 3:40 AM PDT
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Mobile working? So where on earth is wi-fi heaven?
We all know that dense and open wi-fi can work wonders for the effectiveness of mobile workers. But the likely location of the world's wi-fi capital might raise a few eyebrows.
Posted by Peter Cochrane | April 13, 2012, 4:29 AM PDT | Latest comment by peter@...
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Government riddled with "unacceptable IT" says tech chief
One of the UK government's most senior IT bosses has said that government hasn't "come nearly far enough" in its battle against wasting money on technology.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 12, 2012, 5:03 AM PDT | Latest comment by waltersokyrko@...
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10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi
As the $40 Raspberry Pi computer ships we round up the 10 projects to try on your new Pi.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 23, 2012, 4:13 AM PDT | Latest comment by fredden
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IT admins: Stressed, sick and looking for a new career?
A survey paints a depressing view of life as an IT administrator.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 23, 2012, 7:59 AM PDT | Latest comment by 131313ontanez
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Raspberry Pi: Five ways business can use it
The $40 Linux computer is a tempting replacement for expensive, high-end machines in a number of business tasks.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 9, 2012, 6:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by NZJester
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Could Linux still usurp Windows Phone as Nokia's saviour?
Once-dominant Nokia faces an uphill slog to win back ground from the iPhone and Android, yet hope for a change of fortune may lie in an unexpected quarter.
Posted by Richard Hillesley | April 25, 2012, 6:19 AM PDT | Latest comment by cbemerine
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Raspberry Pi: Tell us what you've got planned for yours
We want to know what you are doing with your Raspberry Pi.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 23, 2012, 8:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by JCitizen
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Am I a man or a machine? My role in the hunt for AI
How taking part in a Turing Test to find the first thinking computer made Nick Heath realise he is more like a machine than he thought.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 16, 2012, 1:04 PM PDT | Latest comment by turing_allenturing
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Offshoring jumps as cash-strapped companies step up outsourcing
The global economic crisis is sparking a boom in IT offshoring as India's major IT suppliers grew four times faster than their competitors in 2011.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 9, 2012, 3:38 AM PDT | Latest comment by gevander
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How the BYOD flood is sweeping away the IT department's priorities
The explosion in consumer devices is making CIOs rethink their plans for IT.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 19, 2012, 8:20 AM PDT | Latest comment by Pete6677
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This supercomputer is rethinking the future of software
Supercomputers will soon be one thousand times more powerful than they are today, and the UK has enlisted an IBM Blue Gene/Q to help develop software for the machines.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 18, 2012, 2:50 AM PDT | Latest comment by JohnOfStony
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The next digital battlefield: Your wallet
Handset companies, mobile operators and banks are wrestling for control of the mobile payments market.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 27, 2012, 4:50 AM PDT
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Raspberry Pi: How a $25 computer could spark a computing revolution
Ultra-cheap computers like the Raspberry Pi could usher in a new wave of pervasive computing
Posted by Nick Heath | February 9, 2012, 6:08 AM PST | Latest comment by HAL 9000
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The $35 Raspberry Pi computer goes on sale
The first 10,000 low-cost Linux boards are expected to sell out almost immediately, with the device to become continously available from about April.
Posted by Nick Heath | February 29, 2012, 12:24 AM PST | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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Monitoring or snooping? When employers' social media checks cross the line
Some employers might decide it's essential to monitor the use of social media by employees and potential hires to manage certain risks. But that decision carries its own dangers.
Posted by Kate Hodgkiss | April 19, 2012, 8:08 AM PDT | Latest comment by mmccomber
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Cern: Where the Big Bang meets big data
The home of the Large Hadron Collider is to be a testbed for developing big data technologies
Posted by Nick Heath | May 22, 2012, 8:01 AM PDT
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Videoconferencing project "is a no-brainer" says CIO
Videoconferencing roll out saves cash, time and CO2 for paints-to-chemicals company AkzoNoble.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 27, 2012, 6:26 AM PDT
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RepRap: The 3D printer that's heading for your home
Once the preserve of large companies, 3D printing is now heading for the home. The founder of the open source 3D printer project RepRap tells TechRepublic about the coming revolution in home...
Posted by Nick Heath | March 7, 2012, 12:10 PM PST | Latest comment by michaellashinsky@...
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Privacy law will bury us under paper mountain, warns data watchdog
The UK's privacy tsar Christopher Graham has said that proposed EU legislation will bury his office in paperwork and restrict its ability to guard against serious misuse of personal data.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 26, 2012, 6:56 AM PDT | Latest comment by andrew232006
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London 2012: Tech systems face their most critical hurdle
The IT system underpinning the London Olympics will undergo a major test next week.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 17, 2012, 7:30 AM PDT
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Is the tech skills crisis just a myth?
If tech professionals are in such demand, why aren't salaries higher and unemployment lower?
Posted by Nick Heath | April 4, 2012, 7:46 AM PDT | Latest comment by Peleg
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First Raspberry Pi boards to ship next week
The first $40 Raspberry Pi Linux computers will start shipping from early next week after the boards passed final testing.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 10, 2012, 3:39 AM PDT | Latest comment by andrew232006
