European Technology

Archive: 06-2012

• Why Microsoft’s Kinect and Google’s Android are headed to space

  A UK space project wants to replace traditional spacecraft computer hardware with smartphones and video games controllers.

  Posted by Nick Heath | June 29, 2012, 7:13 AM PDT

• Put down that axe: Why CIOs are chopping good projects for bad reasons

  If tech chiefs make knee-jerk reactions to the tough financial climate, it could hurt their organisations in the long run.

  Posted by Steve Ranger | June 26, 2012, 5:08 AM PDT

• London 2012: Olympic IT systems clear final hurdle

  The Olympic IT infrastructure gets ready for operations - but are the rest of us ready for the disruption the games will bring?

  Posted by Steve Ranger | June 21, 2012, 3:17 AM PDT

• Outsourced security: Who pays when things go wrong?

  Too many businesses see the cost savings and access to expertise offered by outsourcing security but ignore the issue of liability in the event of service failure.

  Posted by Stewart James | June 19, 2012, 8:15 AM PDT

• The city that thinks: Will your town need its own operating system?

  How sensor technology and cloud computing will change our cities from inert landscapes into intelligent environments that can manage themselves.

  Posted by Nick Heath | June 7, 2012, 4:44 AM PDT

• Cloud computing: Four reasons why it isn’t taking off in Europe

  Cloud computing adoption in Europe will lag behind the US by at least two years, thanks to these four big issues.

  Posted by Steve Ranger | June 6, 2012, 6:12 AM PDT