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News An Orange retail shop in Birmingham (Image credit: Orange) Orange and T-Mobile have entered talks to combine their operations in the UK. Orange, owned by France Telecom, and T-Mobile, parented by Deutsche Telekom, could... [08 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can tech end bloody wars?
Comment Compiled on the M6 driving to Birmingham, edited later in my hotel, and dispatched to silicon.com from Leeds via a free wi-fi service the next day. Throughout my life I have seen warfare mutate from the World War II... [28 Aug 2009]
Orange: New home for ad-funded mobile operator who gave away free credit
News An Orange retail shop in Birmingham (Image credit: Orange) The ad-funded mobile virtual network operator Blyk will cease to run its service and instead provide advertising technology to Orange, the companies announced on... [28 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News Birmingham, northern West Midlands The rollout of fibre - whose high speeds are expected to enable a new range of online business and consumer services - is widely regarded as the next major battle between broadband... [09 Jul 2009]
Four years on, which NHS projects have failed to hit their targets?
News Six "early adopter" primary care trusts, Bradford and Airedale, Bolton, Bury, Dorset, South Birmingham and South West Essex have been chosen to create summary care records for patients and upload them to The Spine. [23 Jun 2009]
Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo Glyn Evans, corporate director of business change at Birmingham City Council, features on this year's list. The launch of silicon.com CIO50 2009 - the list of the UK's 50 most influential CIOs - took place last week at... [19 Jun 2009]
Police mobiles cautioned for bad behaviour
News The Home Office claims that mobile devices are cutting time officers spend doing paperwork at the station, citing the Birmingham force where handhelds have helped reduce the time taken for stop and searches from 20... [12 Jun 2009]
Myron Hrycyk
CIO Profile An MBA graduate from Birmingham University, he has held CIO positions in financial services, publishing, automotive and distribution sectors. This is Myron Hrycyk's first year on the CIO50 list, although he has been a... [03 Jun 2009]
Glyn Evans
CIO Profile Glyn Evans has helped save costs and increase efficiency at Birmingham City Council by spearheading a business transformation programme. Before joining Birmingham City Council, Evans worked as head of... [01 Jun 2009]
Inbox: Brits ditching mobiles? Fat chance
Comment Anonymous, Birmingham Anonymous, Birmingham The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. This week: Brits ditching their... [18 May 2009]
Inbox: Chip and PIN latest big IDea - and still no readers
Comment Anonymous, Birmingham Ian Smith, Birmingham ID cards: still with unreadable chips but with added chip and PIN? The latest on this controversial government IT project spurred some strong responses. Also... [20 Apr 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News As of February 2009 fingerprints and facial scans for foreign nationals were being captured at seven UK Border Agency centres, Armagh, Birmingham, Cardiff, Croydon, Glasgow, Liverpool and Sheffield. With the first ID... [15 Apr 2009]
Dean of Academic Records Improves Communication With SmartDraw Graphics
White Paper Dean of Academic Records at Birmingham Southern College, a private liberal arts school with more than 1,300 students from 30 states and eight foreign countries was looking for an easy way to create graphics and diagrams... [13 Apr 2009]
Google's Street View gives UK its close up
News The full list of UK cities covered by the service includes: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Manchester,... [20 Mar 2009]
Investment Firm Expands Service Recovery, Lowers Costs With Virtualization
White Paper Munder Capital Management of Birmingham, Michigan, thrives on information. Interruptions to business systems often left traders and analysts without access to information needed to make quick decisions. [27 Feb 2009]
