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Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine? Part II
Comment When I'm in the office usually I plug my Toshiba laptop into a 15-inch monitor and keyboard. It was a different story with the netbook - I stashed it away in its neat little felt... [09 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment But now, as technology spending rebounds, aggressive M&A could help firms grow quickly. Smaller outsourcing firms such as Bangalore-based MindTree have adopted the M&A... [06 Nov 2009]
Magic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment And not just any mouse, a Magic Mouse. It's ironic that it's spent so much of the intervening time releasing really lousy mice - especially for a company given over so much to perfecting the user... [03 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment I'm giving my current hardware setup a holiday and instead will see if I can use a netbook as my main work machine. I start each day by working from home for a couple of... [02 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet But I'm sensing a but… The most basic examples of AR can be seen on televised sports games, where scores are overlaid on match footage, or digital annotations are added to show the trajectory of the ball... [27 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: What is intelligence?
Comment Written in a coffee shop on the corner of 1st and 71st Street in New York on bright autumn day. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi node. A = Actuator or some output device Much... [08 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News Speaking in London yesterday, Ballmer said the software giant's licence terms could be made clearer: "I'm sure we have fine print we don't need - I'm not trying to say we are saints. Ballmer was speaking... [06 Oct 2009]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Windows 7, Apple and those tablet rumours
News I think they do a great job for their 3.5 per cent, and I'm glad we're doing a great job with the other 96.5 per cent. Ahead of a visit to the UK, Microsoft CEO Steve... [05 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News Saying that, I'm still prepared to give it a go in the fullness of time as the benefits are potentially significant in a business like ours," he said. It's a situation... [02 Oct 2009]
Cliffs Natural Resources Cuts Month-End Close From Seven Days to Four Days, Standardizes Reporting
White Paper Cliffs Natural Resources engaged Oracle Certified Partner M-Power Solutions to implement Oracle's Hyperion solutions to aid the company in defining requirements; designing, building, testing, and deploying the solution;... [02 Oct 2009]
Twitter secures "significant round" of funding
News CEO Evan Williams confirmed on the company blog on Friday that Twitter has raised a new round of investment from Insight Venture Partners, T. Williams said it's "a significant round" but didn't say just... [28 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up This week Timms said: "The levy on telephone lines - 50p a month… will be in the finance bill which I'm also responsible for at the Treasury and my aim is that we should legislate for that this side of... [25 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Speaking at a British Computer Society (BCS) panel debate this morning, Timms said: "The levy on telephone lines - 50p a month… will be in the finance bill which I'm also responsible for... [23 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome
Cheat Sheet There were further tweaks for the beta version in August with new themes, a revamped new-tab page and support for HTML 5 video. Erm, no - Chrome is Google's open source web browser that launched around a... [22 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News So I'm off to the Apple store for a new MacBook Air! Apple may be reinvigorated with CEO Steve Jobs back at the helm and a new OS just out of the gates, but it looks like the business... [21 Sep 2009]
