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Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Illustrating the corporation's commitment, during the past year the Beeb has signed deals with IBM, YouTube and Apple's iTunes, to name but a few. Well users can download or stream BBC content broadcast during the preceding seven days and watch it... [05 Mar 2008]
Google invests in web to fight disaster
News He said: "We can send an SMS message onto Google Earth in an emergency centre, and it sees a dot with a colour-coded response, with my name and date. At the time, Brilliant said: "My dream for InStedd [a name that plays off the TED conference] is... [17 Jan 2008]
Ordnance Survey opens up mapping code
News The data will consist of up to 30,000 map tiles per day, along with 1,000 place name look-ups. People and organisations will register for a free feed of OS data which they can experiment with - initially for non-commercial purposes. [14 Dec 2007]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News Ollie Clark, a software developer from Leeds, said: "Surely if you advertise your unsecured wireless network to people by broadcasting its name and the fact that it's unsecured, you're inviting them to use it. [19 Nov 2007]
Web 2.0 portals open doors for businesses
News These apps could include Googlemail, various news feeds, YouTube and weather reports, to name but a few. Businesses must look at how they can use online portals to get the most out of established and emerging web 2.0 services. [09 Nov 2007]
Learning Perl: File Tests
White Paper If a person knows how to open a filehandle for output, he or she will be able to create a new file, wiping out any existing file with the same name. Perhaps he or she wants to check that there isn't a file by the same name, he or she needs to know... [17 Oct 2007]
Windows XP Hacks: Surf Anonymously Without a Trace
White Paper They can track the online travels, know what operating system and browser one is running, find out the machine name, peer into the clipboard, uncover the last sites one has visited, examine the history list, delve into the cache, examine the IP... [10 Oct 2007]
Redmond squaring up to Google's web apps
News It's not quite ready - starting from today customers will be able to put in their name to be part of a beta testing programme expected to begin later this year. For Microsoft, Office Live Workspace is also the next step in what the company touts as... [01 Oct 2007]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News The emails included the company name in subject field, purporting to be a recruitment company. When recipients attempt to open the file, a message is displayed stating: "Microsoft has encountered an error and had to close. [26 Sep 2007]
Microsoft and NHS team up on software design
News On Google, Smokoff said, the first result for earache is a rock band by that name. Inside a business, software with a good user interface can improve productivity. Inside a hospital, it can save lives. [10 Sep 2007]
Photos of the month - July 2007
Photo These days data centres come in all shapes and sizes - shipping containers, ex-MoD bunkers, you name it. Jointly developed by the BAA and British Airways (BA), T5 is due to open on 27 March 2008.silicon.com got a behind-the-scenes look at this five... [27 Jul 2007]
Is social networking a threat to your security?
News Munroe added: "Fraudsters can use this information to steal an individual's identity and open accounts in their name. Equifax has issued a list of top tips for users of Facebook et al, including the following: set up privacy on your profile so... [23 Jul 2007]
Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity
Comment I think the sector is moving to a more open architecture, using pretty much the same suppliers, which will allow more consolidation. I've long believed that if you can't be vanilla, you will eventually run into difficulty. [02 Jul 2007]
Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity
CIO Analysis But Francis also claims the days of huge transformational projects are over and that retailers are now looking at how they can build on core systems to differentiate themselves. I think the sector is moving to a more open architecture, using pretty... [06 Jun 2007]
Legal risks in naming wi-fi networks
News Anyone taking legal action would need to trace those who own the network, which can be done in a number of ways, and prove a number of people - perhaps as few as half a dozen - had read the message and that message had libelled them. [04 Jun 2007]
