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Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo This week saw hardware maker Acer announcing the latest additions to its laptop and smartphone ranges. One of the devices to debut was this dual-boot version of its Acer Aspire One D250 netbook (pictured above in white). [16 Oct 2009]
Google's Chrome OS: On the frontline of the new operating system war
News Here's a round up of the silicon.com coverage of the technology that could have Microsoft quaking in its boots. Google is developing its own PC operating system in its latest attempt to move into a new market and... [09 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News Somehow, I do not see the al-Qaeda sleeper cells all rushing down to Boots with their 30 quid to make sure that they have their own ID cards. The government has defended itself against fresh calls to drop its troubled ID... [07 Jul 2009]
Contactless payments hamstrung by battle for hearts and minds
News And while a handful of high-street names, including Boots, Coffee Republic and Pret A Manger, are already trialling or deploying contactless payment technology, the majority of retailers remain unmoved. [24 Jun 2009]
Sainsbury's goes shopping for new IT director
News Previous to joining CSC, Fraser held the position of group IT director at Boots until the post was axed in 2007. Previous to his 10 years at Boots, Fraser also held positions with Arthur Andersen, Marks... [04 Jun 2009]
Nigel Underwood
CIO Profile Underwood spent his early career with consumer goods companies Boots, Coca-Cola Schweppes and Mars. Nigel Underwood, former CIO of DHL Logistics, is no stranger to the silicon.com CIO50 - this year marks his third... [03 Jun 2009]
David Lister
CIO Profile Prior to that, Lister was at Boots, where he overhauled the health and beauty retailer's IT strategy with a £300m modernisation programme and major outsourcing deal with IBM. David Lister joined the National Grid in... [01 Jun 2009]
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Comment David Lister has held senior IT roles at Boots, Reuters and RBS. During his career, the National Grid CIO has overseen more transformations than style guru Gok Wan, building a global tech platform and cutting IT costs... [29 May 2009]
Reducing Logistics Costs and Improving Margins Through Consolidation and Better Alignment of Supply and Demand
White Paper As the leading retailer of health and beauty products in the UK, Boots sources large quantities of merchandise from manufacturers around the world. In 2002, challenges with the Christmas supply from Asia made... [16 May 2009]
Boots dispenses contactless payments
News UK health retailer Boots is to trial contactless payments at UK stores. Customers at 15 Boots shops in London and six in Liverpool will be able to use MasterCard PayPass cards to make contactless... [13 May 2009]
SmartDraw Boots Visio From the Software Designer's Toolbox
White Paper Ted Grzesik, a software engineer for i2 Technologies, Inc.is responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing webhosted applications. Grzesik was looking for an easy way to draw software diagrams and deployment drawings that... [15 Apr 2009]
Facebook Koobface worm strikes again
News This loads a proxy server called Security Accounts Manager the next time the computer boots up. A worm responsible for sending Facebook users malicious code has surfaced. Although the worm appears to be limited in... [05 Dec 2008]
Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo Here you can see a keylogger loading itself into the Windows Registry so it boots up with the computer. Symantec threat researcher Candid Wüest's job is to rip apart the malware that the company discovers each day, look... [09 Oct 2008]
Design of the Light Weight Linux O.S on the DOM Memory
White Paper The new designed LILO boot loader boots the new designed light-weigthed Linux O.S as a normal Linux O.S. Many people are studying the embedded system. The embedded system becomes a small size device. The DOM memory is... [01 Oct 2008]
Adams rips and replaces supply chain tech
News It will also be used to manage the interfaces between Adams' suppliers as well as its relationship to provide children's clothes to Boots. Pound added the warehouse and merchandising systems will also provide a... [16 Sep 2008]
