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Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo The Xperia X10 runs version 1.6 of the Android OS - aka Donut - and is skinned with a propriety UI which the mobile maker says will be used for other Android devices in future. Sony Ericsson said the X10 will... [06 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up It probably doesn't help that all our best techies are spending all of their free time clearing out spyware from their mates' PCs for cash or beer when they should be thinking of how to invent the next Twitter. [06 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment It would be hard to find any potential targets that could meet those goals. But acquisitions are a strategic activity that should be undertaken very carefully, SD Shibulal, Infosys' COO, told silicon.com. [06 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Canon PowerShot S90
Photo Rear controller can be frustrating; lack of a hi-def movie mode Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's... [06 Nov 2009]
Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News Up to two-thirds of the staff at Bletchley Park were young women and Osborne was one of up to 400 other Wrens at Woburn Abbey, home to the Duke of Bedford, but her accommodation was less grand than might be expected. [05 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending £1.5bn to bring fibre broadband to around 10 million homes and businesses by 2012. The fibre service will be free until the end of March 2010. While FTTC... [05 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment You have people come together [on Wikipedia] with different viewpoints but in general they tend to be trying to work in good faith to collaborate and compromise with other people," he adds. This small group mentality can... [05 Nov 2009]
Covert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Local authorities must cut down on using covert-surveillance techniques to investigate petty offences, the government has said. Ripa (the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) granted public authorities the power to use surveillance to... [05 Nov 2009]
Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight
News In separate news, employment prospects for job seekers in the UK look to be on the up. What do Blighty's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? A shared love of moonlighting for a little extra cash, apparently. [04 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News While the debate over bankers' bonuses may still be generating headlines, it seems the financial services industry has found one way to cut back - slash IT budgets. Financial services firms' IT budgets fell by 8.3 per... [04 Nov 2009]
Photos: Inside a Microsoft datacentre
Photo Although the containers are heavy (and even heavier when packed with servers), air skates allow them to be moved in place with just four workers. Microsoft recently opened its Chicago datacentre. In its first phase, the... [04 Nov 2009]
Phishers set their sights on corporate accounts
News The scammer will typically target the people who handle financial transactions in a company, sending them emails containing a link that, when clicked on, causes key-logging malware to be installed on their computer. [04 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job
Comment While social networking sites can be fun for connecting with family and friends, they're no use when it comes to professional networking, says the Naked CIO. It used to be that social networking websites... [04 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Spire Healthcare IM&T director Marc O'Brien said the UK does not applaud success and doesn't respect the entrepreneurial spirit in the way the US does, warning: "I can see a future where the ideas and initial launches are UK based but... [03 Nov 2009]
£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News As a result, the system will be able to cater for thousands more users from within the police, fire and ambulance services across the Olympic venues, the Home Office said. Security Minister Lord West said in a statement:... [03 Nov 2009]
