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News Although the UK is falling compared to its peers in terms of speed, availability is one of the great British success stories. Most of the remaining dial-up connections are likely to be down to consumer "inertia" rather than a lack of broadband... [26 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: MS licensing, Tesco CIO and online shopping
News Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days and explains why they matter. If you are a UK-based IT director or CIO and would like to take part in the CIO Essentials series by choosing your top five stories of... [20 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: Male techies, data breaches and web 2.0...
News Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past week and explains why they matter. If you are a UK-based IT director or CIO and would like to take part in the CIO Essentials series by choosing your top five stories of the... [18 Sep 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, BBC iPlayer, BlackBerrys and spam
News Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past week and explains why they matter. If you are a UK-based IT director or CIO and would like to take part in the CIO Essentials series by choosing your top five stories of the... [24 Jul 2007]
How shiny is the iPhone's halo?
News An O2 spokeswoman told silicon.com any stories linking the company to the iPhone are "entirely rumours". And Thomas Husson, mobile analyst at JupiterResearch said: "The iPhone has a huge consumer demand. [05 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: Stolen laptops, PC-killing phones and RFID
News If you are a UK-based IT director or CIO and would like to take part in the CIO Essentials series by choosing your top five stories of the week, send us an email here at silicon.com. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from... [15 May 2007]
CIO Essentials: iTunes, Glastonbury tickets and Bluetooth ads
News Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days and explains why they matter. If you are a UK-based IT director or CIO and would like to take part in the CIO Essentials series by choosing your top five stories of... [10 Apr 2007]
India - the inside track on outsourcing
News This special report will bring you stories from each of those cities and a daily diary which will chart silicon.com's day-to-day experiences of visiting and working in these cities. We want to hear your stories about India. [05 Mar 2007]
Stories of the month - February 2007
News The big names of the tech world dominated February's stories - with Apple, Google and Microsoft all featuring heavily in this month's content. Stories of the month - February Click on the links below to read the stories everyone is talking about. [28 Feb 2007]
Minority Report: The 10 worst things about Apple
Comment In the time silicon.com has been reporting on the company, the comments received on Apple-related stories are always the most animated and the most polarised in their views. However, the old arguments persist over why a consumer should buy Apple... [05 Feb 2007]
Stories of the month - January 2007
News Stories about work generated lots of interest in January - perhaps because it is traditionally the month when everyone starts looking around for new jobs. Stories of the month - January Click on the links below to read the stories everybody is... [31 Jan 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.01.07
Round-Up So what were the big stories from this year's show? The annual shindig that is the Consumer Electronics Show once again rolled into town like the world's largest battery-operated circus. Like a washed-up gambler eyeing his final chip on the... [12 Jan 2007]
Leader: The big issues of 2006
Leader Many of these people do a great job implementing IT but we still hear so many stories of failure. Mobile phones (the world's most successful consumer device), services such as MySpace and hardware like the iPod - they are all loved by millions. [21 Dec 2006]
Smart phone love all about the OS
News Click here to browse the full archive of our photo stories. Randy Giusto, group vice president of mobility, computing and consumer markets for IDC, said: "Nokia is the number one phone manufacturer in the world and the number one brand for market... [29 Nov 2006]
Luke Mellors: Why you should pay for hotel wi-fi
Comment We've all heard worrying stories about how insecure some public wi-fi networks are. It is important as not all hotels offer the same degree of product or service and while the consumer may not be aware of this it is a huge issue within the industry. [17 Nov 2006]
