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Open Data Institute will act as biz incubator

...The government has fleshed out its plans for the Open Data Institute, which it says will spur economic growth in the UK by releasing... Read more

23 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Programming languages can't be copyrighted: EU court

...ECJ) ruled in favour of World Programming Limited (WPL) over the SAS Institute, which developed the SAS System, an integrated set of programs that enables... Read more

4 May, 2012 by Rachel King
MIT project eyes print-your-own robots

MIT project eyes print-your-own robots

...The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on Tuesday a five-year research initiative to let... Read more

4 April, 2012 by Martin LaMonica

Seti releases alien-hunting Android app

...signs of extraterrestrial life. Photo credit: James Martin/CNET News The Seti Institute launched a private beta test on Thursday of SetiQuest Explorer in the... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Elinor Mills

RIM hits out at Apple's tactics in nano-SIM battle

...votes, according to a letter RIM sent to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the group deciding the issue.The letter, filed on Wednesday, alleges... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Steven Musil

Government unveils £100m for urban broadband

...funding The National Infrastructure Plan also includes £50m for a National Graphene Institute, although the government had already announced that funding in October. Graphene is... Read more

29 November, 2011 by David Meyer

MIT develops smartphone clip-on to detect cataracts

...Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on an inexpensive way to use smartphones to... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Tim Hornyak

Reid calls for government to recruit hackers

...cyber-environment, a former home secretary has urged. Lord Reid of the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies, based at UCL, has called for the... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Scientists hit record-breaking 26Tbps by laser

...beam, according to the group of scientists, led by Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. With the demonstration, which sent the equivalent of 200,000... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Jack Clark

Report: Apple aims to shrink micro-SIM card in iPads

...Tuesday that Apple has put forth plans to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for a smaller version of micro-SIM that could bring extra... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn
Space volunteers 'land' on Mars

Space volunteers 'land' on Mars

...in 2004. The ESA is backing the Mars500 study alongside the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP), which has been conducting human isolation studies since... Read more

20 February, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

Breath sensor could make instant cancer diagnosis

...Photo credit: Purdue University/NIST Scientists at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology said on Tuesday that even though diagnostic breath... Read more

31 December, 2010 by Edward Moyer

Stuxnet malware threatens multiple industries

...Security experts from the Sans Institute has said they have found multiple instances of Stuxnet-like malware tailored... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Darren Pauli

Microsoft shows off Azure power with software test

...also collaborated with Microsoft to test Windows HPC Server. Photo credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology The company collaborated with the Seattle Children's Hospital on... Read more

17 November, 2010 by Tom Krazit

Europe pumps £8.5m into hardware-agnostic apps

...total. The international research consortium developing Webinos is led by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and has more than 20 partners, including the University of... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

6 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
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...

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

9 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

10 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

10 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

11 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

13 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...

14 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

15 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

16 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

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....

17 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...

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

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

18 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

19 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

23 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

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

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry