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Rise of the robots - can APM save us?
Blog Infuriated by electronic kiosks as I often am, I feel the rise of the robots may just feature as something of a theme in the months ahead. After my e-retailing blog last week, I have been keeping my eyes, ears and mind open to the subject of...
[January 11, 2009, 23:56]
Mobile Threats Rise as Global Markets Fall
Blog Mobile Threats Rise as Markets Fall Likewise mobile malware threats are also on the rise. Author: Eric Everson - MyMobiSafe.com In the UK there are over 25 million text messages sent each day despite the struggling global economic markets.
[December 18, 2008, 2:06]
Google and Nokia rise to App store challenge
Blog from the Guardian The iPhone App Store has redefined how advertisers can communicate with their audience. But with Google and Nokia hot on its heels, Apple cannot rest on its laurels http://www.guardian.co.uk/digital-tribes/google-nokia-app-store...
[November 30, 2009, 15:03]
The rise of the column-based database
Blog I always get the feeling that I need to tread carefully when talking about the relationship between developers and DBAs and that there might be some sense of hostility between the two based upon the perceived significance of their roles in the...
[November 7, 2008, 8:39]
What Is the Threat: Truth About Cell Phone Security
Blog Practically everyone these days has a cell phone, but with a rise in media attention towards “mobile security” what has happened to the security of cell phones? Added to the rapid manufacturer developments and lack of regard for handset security at...
[August 6, 2007, 14:21]
Have OSS-inspired developer self-study techniques come of age?
Blog I was fortunate enough to sit in on a Java training course at Sun Microsystems’ UK headquarters not so long ago and good though it was, I had a discussion this weekend with a journo pal of mine in the USA which leant towards the rise of developer...
[December 7, 2009, 7:36]
On the Saving Edge: New Tech in Disaster Zones
Blog Reporting of disasters is not on the rise, actual disasters are. Civil war is on the rise in the developing world. By Matthew Cordell A new report commissioned by the UN Foundation and Vodafone Foundation has found the intersection between two...
[December 14, 2009, 15:52]
T-Mobile to raise voice-roaming charges
Blog Large companies on the Corporate Plan or Business 1-Plan will not be affected by the rise in voice-roaming charges, although smaller, non-corporate business customers will see their charges rise. T-Mobile is to raise its per-minute charges for...
[May 26, 2009, 17:28]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog And then we shall rise - well, some may rise, some may pull the duvet over their heads - and mankind will be at war. Tuesday 29/3/2005 Easter is notoriously quiet on the tech news front, so what better time for MIT's Media Lab to coyly unveil...
[April 1, 2005, 19:35]
Would you put your datacentre near a volcano?
Blog But all that aside, given the rise and rise of cloud computing, it's clear that Google is focusing on the silver lining when it comes to geothermal energy. The news last week that Googleis investing more than $10m in geothermal energy could be...
[September 1, 2008, 14:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The irresistible rise of the wireless network is getting faster, in all sorts of ways. Wednesday 25/02/2004 Sales of the 54Mbps 802.11g standard is likely to outpace 802.11b's slowpoke 10Mbps for the first time this year, says a report , while...
[February 27, 2004, 16:05]
Is it a bird, a plane? No, it's Super CTO
Blog Our analyst friends at Ovum have put out a piece of commentary that points to the rise of a new breed of "Super CTOs". Commenting on SAP's appointment of Vishal Sikka as chief technology officer David Mitchell, software practice leader at Ovum...
[May 31, 2007, 17:45]
Is your boss a secret Bond?
Blog Nice piece over on silicon.com about the rise in popularity of high-tech gadgets in the business world. Bug-detectors disguised as fountain pens, keyboards that can secretly record everything typed on them and clock radios with hidden cameras...
[November 17, 2006, 10:04]
Coders compete for kudos, cash & Cairo
Blog But given the rise of the ‘consolidated’ corporate IT behemoths around us, are we at risk of losing our competitive edge in software application development? Henry ‘model-T’ Ford once said that, “Competition is the keen cutting edge of business...
[April 6, 2009, 8:01]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Good to see that following a war where the country sent troops to die under false pretences and the BBC saw its standing rise internationally and at home by never losing sight of that possibility, sanity has been restored by the utter destruction...
[January 30, 2004, 15:10]
Is Microsoft going to Violate the Military Secrets Export Laws ?
Blog Crackers the world over are going to rise to the challenge to crack the encryption used on the image. If Microsoft is going to put the entire image of Win7 on every system, that's begging to be cracked.
[February 4, 2009, 12:20]
Facebook confused about the way forward
Blog To date, you cannot deny Facebook's rise has meteoric. Have a number of recent announcements reduced Facebook's usefulness to members and also derailed any prospects of realising its estimated value? From a social network for Harvard students, the...
[May 28, 2008, 9:22]
Should Instant Messaging Be A No-Go?
Blog You only have to look at the rise in the popularity of Web sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn over the last 12 months to see the impact that Web 2.0 is starting to have. Reality check. The last time I looked people were collaborating and sharing...
[May 9, 2008, 11:41]
Web 2.0 gurus don’t practice what they preach
Blog Continuing my recent thoughts on the rise of virtualised desktop application development, I immediately questioned whether the suits and boots brigade in attendance would be tapping into web 2.0 technologies and take their ‘hosted’ office on the...
[April 30, 2009, 12:00]
Linux, Laptops and Dual Displays
Blog That gives rise to three basic "states" for display - using the laptop display only (not connected to the port replicator); using the external display only (connected to the port replicator with the laptop lid shut); using both displays...
[July 22, 2008, 17:26]
