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Nicholas Negroponte
AS Profile Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind the XO - the device formerly known as the $100 laptop - makes his third appearance on the Agenda Setters list. While his own agenda of bringing better education to the developing world... [30 Sep 2009]
Warren East
AS Profile Chipmaker ARM is the powerhouse behind the mobile revolution - the vast majority of the world's phones have at least one ARM processor which makes company CEO Warren East a very influential man indeed and an Agenda... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: Medical tech of the future, from robo-pills to cyber-surgeons
Photo Another care robot featured in the exhibition is the RI-Man developed by Japanese company Riken. This is the legged camera pill, a robotic prototype developed by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, part of the University of Pisa... [15 Sep 2009]
Out-of-Band Authentication
White Paper Join the experts as they examine out-of-band authentication, and show how you can use it to ensure your online transactions are protected against the most advanced security threats, including man-in-the-middle attacks. [15 Sep 2009]
Code, not patents, for Microsoft open source foundation
News Microsoft has contributed $1m to the foundation and has filled out its board and advisory panel with many Microsoft staffers, including Sam Ramji, who is leaving Microsoft as its open source point man but is also... [14 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News A 28-year-old Miami man who made millions breaking into computer networks and stealing credit card numbers pleaded guilty on Friday and agreed to forfeit more than $2.7m in restitution, as well as a condominium,... [14 Sep 2009]
Steve Jobs: Firmly back in the driving seat at Apple
News But it became very apparent soon after, when he thanked the man who had taken over day-to-day duties running Apple between January and June, COO Tim Cook, and all of the Apple executive team. Though technically he... [10 Sep 2009]
Douglas Coupland: "To say the machines have won over people, is like saying people won over people..."
Comment Coupland says the JPod gang are "one decade further down the line of electronic technology causing a retribalising effect in Western man". In an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Canadian author Douglas Coupland... [08 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.09.09
Round-Up Most of us carry more computing power in our trouser pockets these days than it takes to put man on the moon, so it's worth remembering that in the olden days computers used to be quite large, mechanical beasts. [04 Sep 2009]
Best Practices for Leveraging Business Analytics in Today's and Tomorrow's Insurance Sector
White Paper The franchise model provides a straw man for having this discussion internally by removing the either/or elements from the discussion. The use of business analytics continues to permeate the insurance marketplace. [02 Sep 2009]
Sustainable Operation and Management of Data Center Chillers Using Temporal Data Mining
White Paper In the absence of a "First-principles" approach to man-age these complex components and their interactions, data-driven approaches have become attractive and tenable. Data centers are a critical component of modern IT... [29 Aug 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and the Hannaford Brothers supermarket chain, and stealing data related to more than 130 million credit and... [18 Aug 2009]
New CTO provides Devine inspiration for Yell
News Yell has appointed a new UK chief technology officer. Rorie Devine, who has twice featured on silicon.com's CIO50 list, joined the directories company at the end of last month. Yell's new CTO, Rorie Devine (Photo credit: Yell) [11 Aug 2009]
Mahindra Satyam's new CEO on the road ahead for the outsourcing giant
News For a man at the helm of a business that has been through so much in the course of this year, Mahindra Satyam's new CEO CP Gurnani looks remarkably relaxed. With his smile and immaculate suit, Gurnani has been away from... [10 Aug 2009]
Structural Monitoring: Making Bridges Safer Across the United States
White Paper At any given point in time, bridges may also be threatened by natural disaster, man-made events, and defective materials or simply by long-term "Wear and Tear. High-Speed Wireless Networks are Helping State and Local... [06 Aug 2009]