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The long-range drone that can keep up with a car and fly for an hour
A German team are aiming to build a faster drone that can keep going for longer by adding combustion engines.
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Five silver linings of the public cloud
Customers of Amazon Web Services reveal the rewards of migrating key systems to the public cloud platform.
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Why studying computer science may not be the best choice for infosec professionals
Business and liberal arts majors are starting to win information security jobs away from computer science graduates as the changing nature of the job requires softer skills - according to one of the w...
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How 3D printing could make robotic hands more affordable
The start-up that wants to make customised, robotic hands available to the millions of people with missing hands worldwide.
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How to scale online services for millions of users without losing vital data
European gambling portal bet365 on how the programming language Erlang and the NoSQL data store Riak is helping it handle millions of transactions at once.
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Forget the smartphone hype, PCs are still the most important business gadget
Smartphones might create gadget envy, but it seems that nothing beats a PC for real work.
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The machines that defined British computing: From the Spectrum, BBC Micro and Amstrad to...the Flan
As the Raspberry Pi edges closer to becoming the best-selling British computer of all time we take a look at the classic machines to come out of the UK.
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UK poised to relax rules on employing overseas workers for some IT jobs
The UK government is recommended to allow start-ups to employ workers from outside Europe in developer and cyber security roles without trying to fill those roles domestically.
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Bigger budgets, better tech: Why 2015 is a good year to be working in IT
CIOs are feeling optimistic about their prospects and budgets are on the up.
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Raspberry Pi 2 launch: Six times faster with Windows 10 and Ubuntu support
A major update to the credit card sized Raspberry Pi board is introduced, with a boost to the CPU and memory expected to help it run as a general-purpose PC.
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Why your urine could usher in an era of personalised medicine
How big data analytics is providing insight into the chemical make-up of our bodies at a unmatched level of detail, and why it could lead to bespoke treatments and diagnoses.
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Time for IT jobs to be set aside for women
With women accounting for only a fraction of people studying computer science, there have been calls for gender-related quotas for IT roles.
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Mayor of city that threw out Microsoft told to end attacks on Linux
The mayor of Munich, the city that replaced Windows with Linux, is told his public attacks on the move to open source are hampering efforts to end the authority's IT staffing shortage.
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Businesses not hiring IT apprentices despite skills shortage claims
Despite claims the UK and US are in the grip of an IT skills shortage, the number of people being accepted for IT apprenticeships has fallen by one third - with fewer than one in 10 applicants securin...
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On-demand 3D printing services take aim at small businesses
Almost half of of consumer, heavy industry and life sciences manufacturers are expected to be using 3D printers within three years. To help companies experiment with the technology on-demand 3D printi...
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It's not just Munich: Open source gains new ground in Germany
Another municipality in Germany makes the switch to open source from Microsoft software.
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Windows 10: What CIOs think of it so far
Tech chiefs think Windows 10 is a step in the right direction, but does it offer any reasons for firms to migrate from Windows 7?
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Is open source really harder work? Munich's experience shows it's more complicated than that
Claims the shift to free software left the mayor without access to email on his phone are wide of the mark and ignore genuine issues organisations can face when switching to an open-source office suit...
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Could ultrafast broadband over copper speed the rollout of gigabit internet?
Researchers in the UK have revealed a technique that could enable up to one gigabit internet speeds over existing copper connections.
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Why the future of tech demands smarter people, not smarter gadgets
The next 30 years of innovation risk being wasted unless society does a better job of educating people about the potential - and downsides - of technology.
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Women in tech: Under-represented and paid less
Girls do better than boys in tech exams - so why don't they want to join the industry?
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The robots are coming: The big question is will you hand over your job - or your life?
A military think-tank has painted a grim picture of the rise of robots in society and warfare.
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How businesses are getting creative with the Raspberry Pi
How the $35 Linux board is being used to rapidly piece together custom appliances to solve specific business problems.
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Spy agency uses game to find tomorrow's cyber security stars
Cyber Security Challenge seeks out new recruits for IT security industry with hacking scenario.
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The driverless car edges closer to becoming a reality
A look at the possible future of autonomous vehicles as the UK gives the go-ahead for trials of computer-controlled cars on public roads.
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ARM's first 64-bit servers: Just what can you expect to run on them?
With the first enterprise-ready ARM-based servers due this year, it's starting to become clearer which workloads suit these low-energy machines.
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APIs: Bringing down barriers between businesses
How UK broadcaster Channel 4 has simplified the way it shares information with the many different outside organisations it does business with.
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Are universities failing computer science students?
Businesses ask why graduates in the UK enter the jobs market without the required technology skills, while the US manages to produce IT workers ready-made for the industry.
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Keeping XP on life support: Will UK NHS drag it out for another year?
More than one in 10 English health authorities recently polled can't say when they will switch away from the aged OS, raising the prospect of yet more costly custom support from Microsoft.
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One day or ten years? Just how long do you need to learn how to teach coding?
How long does it take to gain the knowledge needed to give kids a grounding in programming and computer science?