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Just whose legislation rules the internet?
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO In the autumn of 2005, I wrote a column welcoming the arrival of the citizen journalist as a much-needed boost to an increasingly moribund democratic process in the UK. [05 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Protestors clueless on wireless health risks
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Written in the bar of a London hotel and dispatched via a free wi-fi service from Canary Wharf in the capital's docklands. Scare stories about mobile phones cooking our brains... [04 Mar 2008]
HSBC vows to increase tech investment
News Exclusive column: The Naked CIO The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe HSBC will continue to increase investment in technology despite its profits being hit by a $17.2bn writedown on bad debts from its US business. [04 Mar 2008]
How to prepare for the interview
Comment In my last column I looked at how to write a killer CV. In my next column we'll look at how to shine in the interview. First and foremost we are trying to work out whether or not you can do the job to our client's satisfaction. [08 Feb 2008]
Learning GNU Emacs: Writing Macros
For example, let's say one wants to delete the third column of a table. Normally, one would go to the first line; move over to the third column; delete it; then go to the second line; give the same set of commands; and so on, until one finishes... [17 Oct 2007]
Learning GNU Emacs: Writing Macros
White Paper For example, let's say one wants to delete the third column of a table. Normally, one would go to the first line; move over to the third column; delete it; then go to the second line; give the same set of commands; and so on, until one finishes... [17 Oct 2007]
Minority Report: Will the iPhone save the iPod?
Comment As I wrote in part one of this column, the true challenge of convergence isn't so much being able to pack a lot of features into a small device, it's about making sure it works without diminishing the user experience. [10 Nov 2006]
Upwardly Mobile: Sente and sensibility
Comment Welcome to the first instalment of Upwardly Mobile, a new column from silicon.com senior reporter Jo Best which will cover mobile and wireless innovations from around the world - and what they mean to the UK. [25 Oct 2006]
Take the anti-outsourcing pill -- Hybrid your IT career
White Paper Steven Warren opens this week's column by writing, "In today's cutthroat, highly-competitive IT job market, there simply aren't many guaranteed jobs. This column is also available as a TechRepublic article in HTML format. [17 May 2006]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Online poker
Comment No, what I'm thinking for the purposes of this column is the mass of messages that are bombarding us and how it feels like the good old (bad old? So to the meat of this column. Way back when, it seemed it was impossible to move without seeing... [15 Jun 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Buying secrets on eBay
Comment The hope that I expressed in last week's column, that we retain at least a degree of privacy online, may be doomed by the huge increase in the data that is stored about every aspect of human life. It is several years now since convicted hacker... [22 Feb 2005]
SME Philes: 6 questions CIOs should ask themselves
Comment silicon.com is proud to introduce a new column by Jonathan Steel which will focus on the IT concerns for small to medium-sized businesses. Well, apart from reading this column over the coming months, here are some questions which could help you to... [10 Nov 2004]
How Microsoft keeps its edge
Comment In a column, I suggested that Microsoft did a great job listening to customers and fixing what was missing, not because the company developed 'wow' technologies. More about that in a future column. It also says something about how this company goes... [15 Oct 2004]
The BBC: The monopoly it's OK to love?
News Some took issue with silicon.com's own Will Sturgeon after he spoke out in support of limiting the corporation in his Web Watch column, while others were all in favour of changes to the BBC's website, which they believe has spread itself too far... [14 Jul 2004]
Cheat Sheet: CIO and CTO
Cheat Sheet A column from another silicon.com contributor, rather provocatively entitled 'The Death of the CIO', points out how many CIOs these days are executives who have moved sideways into IT, often from marketing or other operational roles. [14 Jul 2004]
