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Quotes of the year: From Steve Jobs' impact to why architects are the Britneys of IT

...changing role of the CIO "If you go back 10 or 15 years, IT was in a very privileged position because whenever anyone said, 'Oh... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

From the iPad to ID cards: 2010's quotes of the year

...2010 draws to a close and we mark the passing of another year of big gadget launches, bold political pronouncements and industry spats, silicon.com... Read more

23 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Photos: Top five smartphones of the year

...out as something special? Smartphone adoption has continued its onward march this year, with more than a quarter of adults and close to half of... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Mobile data squeeze, fibre rising: 2010's networks stories of the year

...com takes a look back at the biggest networks stories of the year. The world of fixed and mobile networks wasn't rocked in 2010... Read more

29 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

2010: A good mobile year for Android and Apple

...com takes a look back at the biggest mobile stories of the year. 2010 was another action-packed year in the mobile arena with the... Read more

28 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
Hard Times Story 1.0

Hard Times Story 1.0

One of the most popular short stories of the year is finally available to you on the app store!!!See what the... Read more

25 February, 2012
The Official Ferrari Magazine 1.1

The Official Ferrari Magazine 1.1

...Enjoy the full-print edition also on your tablet: 4 issues per year, 180 pages each issue, 280 pages for the special December issue.Ferraris... Read more

22 October, 2011

Seventeen-year-old arrested over TeamPoison attacks

...on suspicion of being part of the TeamPoison hacking gang. The 17-year-old boy was arrested on Wednesday evening by Scotland Yard officers in... Read more

10 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Yuri Gagarin: 50 <endeca_term>years</endeca_term> since first space flight

Yuri Gagarin: 50 years since first space flight

...as well as the first flight of the US space shuttle 20 years later. Speaking to reporters prior to the launch, Garan noted how much... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Staff

Oracle: Enterprise cloud adoption could take 30 years

...It could be 30 years before the industry sees wholesale public cloud adoption by enterprises, according to... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job

Rebecca Rickwood, a 15-year-old pupil at Sawtry Community College in Cambridgeshire has been offered a... Read more

8 August, 2011

UK Facebook hacker sentenced to jail for a year

...a Facebook account and accessing the email facility. Gareth Crosskey, a 21 year-old man from Lancing in Sussex, was arrested on 14 July 2011... Read more

17 May, 2012

Londoner gets two years for Facebook riot posts

...in the London riots in August has been sentenced to serve two years in a young offenders institute. Terry Balson set up a Facebook group... Read more

9 May, 2012

Photos of the year: From weird datacentres to a 3D printer that prints chocolate

...University of Chicago's library. It opened its doors in May this year, relying on a robotic crane to retrieve books every time a user... Read more

21 December, 2011 by Nick Heath
DEC's 40 <endeca_term>years</endeca_term> of innovation

DEC's 40 years of innovation

...aren't that different to those of PCs that came just 10 years later. However, it achieved actual performance that belies those figures, supporting 30... Read more

12 February, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

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J.A. Watson

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Moley

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J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

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apexwm

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

5 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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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

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...

23 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...

24 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...

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Jack Schofield

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

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