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HP opens UK Cooltown for digital nomads

The UK Cooltown project in Wokingham is a vision of the future, says Hewlett-Packard, with mirrors that dissolve into to-do lists, and democratic desks Read more

22 January, 2002 by Rupert Goodwins

Futurologist predicts need for 'digital bubble

...digital bubble' to protect them from unwanted electronic information, according to BT futurologist Ian Pearson. Pearson, speaking in London at a briefing on the future... Read more

24 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Semantic schmantic - all I want is my TV

...the funky sci-fi uncle. Every so often, it wheels out a futurologist to promote either the thunderingly obvious ("In the future, people will use... Read more

14 December, 2006
The Big Interview: William Webb

The Big Interview: William Webb

...telecommunications industry — but on the other hand he's also an established futurologist and senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE... Read more

12 December, 2006 by David Meyer

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...2005 Whoop! Whoop! Scanners are picking up the distinctive emissions of a futurologist, Captain. Identity... Ian Pearson, from the BeeTee homeworld. Futurology is a peculiar... Read more

27 May, 2005

Two development streams needed for next mobile killer-applications

...has outstripped demand in any other market globally. I spoke to ‘technology futurologist’ Professor Peter Cochrane on this subject some time ago now and he... Read more

10 November, 2008

Artificial Intelligence: The edge of research and beyond

Part 3: In the third and final part of a special report into AI, it's time to skirt the edges of science fact and examine where current research may eventually lead, if anywhere Read more

29 March, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Broadband campaigners: the job's not finished

...the sponsorship of its keynote speech, to be given by former BT futurologist Peter Cochrane, on eBay. "The government doesn't think this is important... Read more

10 November, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...2005 Whoop! Whoop! Scanners are picking up the distinctive emissions of a futurologist, Captain. Identity... Ian Pearson, from the BeeTee homeworld. Futurology is a peculiar... Read more

27 May, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

BT's visions lack focus

...services and only indifferent connectivity. You don't have to be a futurologist to be able to concoct something more exciting — unfortunately for BT, other... Read more

24 May, 2005 by Leader

VoIP tipped to drive down mobile prices

...has dropped from $500 a month to $50," said Peter Cochrane, a futurologist at ConceptLabs. "But you get two modes — brilliant and crap. I pay... Read more

18 April, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Broadband tipped to relight dot-com dreams

...another chance, thanks to broadband. That's the view of Ian Pearson, futurologist and a director of BT Exact. In a new report on the... Read more

3 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Text, lies and videophones

...in the end to many more situations. Clever stuff. As a paranoid futurologist, I'm terrified. At first, it doesn't seem that big a... Read more

16 May, 2002 by Rupert Goodwins

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...K Dick anthology and a decent press agent. What makes BT's futurologist, Ian Pearson, so special? Apparently, he has an 85% success rate on... Read more

31 January, 2002 by Rupert Goodwins

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...K Dick anthology and a decent press agent. What makes BT's futurologist, Ian Pearson, so special? Apparently, he has an 85% success rate on... Read more

31 January, 2002

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

15 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

17 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

17 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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