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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 rock_007
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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 zajkor
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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-24472904060645141771750399938085
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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 draalinx
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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 wongcj
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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 draalinx
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Hunting down the mainframe unicorn
Mainframes are still an essential part of the enterprise computing infrastructure, but staff with the skills can be hard to find - here's how one company solved the puzzle.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 24, 2013, 1:50 AM PDT | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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Outsourcing wobbles: Blip or something more telling?
The latest stats might suggest all is not well with outsourcing, but the expert view tells a different story.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 26, 2013, 1:55 AM PDT | Latest comment by BlueCollarCritic
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BYOD becomes standard - but it's going to hit you in the pocket
Bring your own device will soon become mandatory for many staff, but bosses will expect staff to pay for their own hardware to use at work.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 2, 2013, 3:49 AM PDT | Latest comment by adornoe@...
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IT projects: Why you need to fail more often
Projects that fail are not necessarily a bad thing. They can end up changing attitudes to experimentation and management, and ultimately improve efficiency.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | May 8, 2013, 5:23 AM PDT | Latest comment by the-dream
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When IT is from Mars, and the business is from Venus
IT and rest of the organisation are still at loggerheads says an analyst who feels more like a psychologist trying to get the two to talk.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 23, 2013, 10:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by Imprecator
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Why bother building a business case for BYOD? You'll (have to) do it anyway
Bring your own device is an issue for nearly all organisations, but few are trying to justify it using standard metrics anymore.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 15, 2013, 5:15 AM PDT | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
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Are developers really skilled up for the cloud?
Writing code for cloud-hosted apps is requiring developers to demonstrate new skills that some CIOs doubt exist in sufficient quantities in their teams.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 25, 2013, 2:29 AM PDT | Latest comment by qazolat
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OK, so stick with Windows XP: But how big a risk do you run?
Some organisations intend to keep using Windows XP even in the post-apocalyptic world after Microsoft ends support in 12 months. It's a calculated risk and one they should weigh up carefully.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 10, 2013, 6:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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IT departments: Compete with consumer cloud apps or risk a security breach
Companies faced with staff sourcing their own cloud apps and services to use in their job are not addressing the risk by simply banning staff-sourced IT.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 3, 2013, 3:33 AM PDT
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Cloud project risks: Five questions the board should ask before saying yes
In a period when individual departments are just going out and buying software services - with or without IT's blessing - international risk association ISACA thinks it's time the board kept all...
Posted by Toby Wolpe | May 10, 2013, 6:48 AM PDT
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Ban social media as a distraction? No, it boosts productivity
Any manager who thinks staff should be banned from using social media at work is seriously misguided and could be doing grave damage to the business.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | March 27, 2013, 9:55 AM PDT | Latest comment by dasha_g
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Build your own OS using the Raspberry Pi
A course teaching Raspberry Pi owners how to build a simple operating system has been released free online.
Posted by Nick Heath | September 3, 2012, 7:42 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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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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Sloppy code: Why it's not (always) the developer's fault
With programmers complaining that managers are forcing them to push unsatisfactory code out the door, TechRepublic looks at whether developers are getting a raw deal.
Posted by Nick Heath | September 3, 2012, 8:26 AM PDT | Latest comment by MyopicOne
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Cloud skills: IT teams' lack of know-how is derailing deployments
Many IT departments just don't have the architecture and infrastructure skills in-house to cope with cloud deployments.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | March 21, 2013, 3:48 AM PDT | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
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IT job cuts: Is the end finally in sight?
A poll of IT chiefs' views on hiring and budgets picks out a whiff of change in the jobs climate.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | March 12, 2013, 5:44 AM PDT | Latest comment by n.gurr@...
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Is it still worth studying computer science in the UK?
Is there a need for an influx of new IT talent when computer science graduates in the UK already have the highest unemployment rate among university leavers?
Posted by Nick Heath | February 1, 2012, 9:09 AM PST | Latest comment by johncav
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Company boards? Must try harder - you're just not digital enough
Despite all the senior-level chatter about the importance of digital-business initiatives, only a tiny minority of firms have put executives on the board who have any digital knowhow.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 17, 2013, 7:32 AM PDT
