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News The Museum of Computing will reopen in new premises in Swindon in July, showcasing a collection of 2,500 machines - from mechanical computers and slide rules to the first PCs and modern games consoles. [26 May 2009]
LTE gets a tryout in Swindon
News The communications equipment maker began the trials at its testing facility in Swindon on Monday. The Swindon site, which Motorola has long used for the testing of GSM base station equipment, is now open... [04 Feb 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Imprudent exposure
Comment Compiled in my hotel room in Swindon, UK and dispatched via a free, and really fast, wired LAN About 15 years ago the incidence of indecent images online had scaled to the point of being a political, legal and social... [13 Jan 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New Year wishes
Comment Compiled in my hotel room in Swindon UK and dispatched via a free wi-fi service Christmas lunch seems long past and the decorations have been packed away until next year. It's a new year and I have been pondering the... [05 Jan 2009]
Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
News These are: Bury College; Canterbury College; Chichester College; Tresham Institute, Kettering; Sandwell College; Somerset College of Arts and Technology; New College, Swindon; Stockport College; Stratford upon Avon... [06 Aug 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of the Museum of Computing in Swindon.silicon.com asked a number of CIOs whether the UK made the... [15 Jul 2008]
Museum of computing looks for new home
News Staff at The Museum of Computing in Swindon are hopeful of finding a new site after being given office space to store its thousands of exhibits for 18 months. Webb told silicon.com he was reasonably optimistic that the... [02 Jul 2008]
Building soc buys Experian mortgage engine
News Stroud and Swindon Building Society (SSBS) has signed a contract to implement a mortgage sales and originations system from an Experian company, N4 Solutions.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial... [10 Jun 2008]
Woolworths slashes costs with supply chain tech
Case Study The company therefore decided to move onto SAP SCM software and started implementation at its Bedford and Swindon distribution centres at the beginning of the year. High street retailer Woolworths has streamlined its... [02 Jun 2008]
Computing museum at risk of being thing of the past
News The Museum of Computing in Swindon will lose its base at the University of Bath in Swindon when the Oakdale campus shuts in July. The museum is considering a couple of options for a new short-term... [01 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment Matt Fisher, Swindon Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Scary figures Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts As if these figures aren't... [21 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…
Comment Matt Fisher, Swindon, UK What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [20 Dec 2007]
Call for e-voting to be scrapped amid security fears
News In Swindon laptops and live electronic voting registers were unreliable and kept crashing, while in Rushmoor an online ballot paper temporarily included a Labour party logo next to the Conservative party candidate. [25 Jun 2007]
Planet broadband: Population 300 million
News Swindon has been the top town for broadband in the UK since December 2005, with nearly two-thirds of its homes hooked up. Broadband is now being piped to some 300 million people around the globe. And although the US is... [13 Jun 2007]
Swindon still top dog for fat pipes
News Swindon remains the UK's top broadband town but Milton Keynes is hot on its heels, having rocketed up to second place from 62nd last year. Nearly two-thirds (65.3 per cent) of homes in Swindon had a... [23 May 2007]
