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Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...

News It was time for some tech nostalgia during April with the Sinclair ZX spectrum crowned the most popular first home computer by silicon.com readers. ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics Meanwhile, back in the present, silicon.com's Apple...

Tags: jobs, vista, iphone, heathrow

[28 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…

Comment ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket ¦ Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Athens...

Tags: mac, zx spectrum, rfid

[24 Apr 2008]

Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod

News Check out the latest in Apple innovation…   Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Apple yesterday posted a 36 per cent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Mac computers, iPod players and iPhones, but its...

Tags: ipod, iphone, mac, apple

[24 Apr 2008]

Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? The June Apple developer conference is likely to focus heavily on the iPhone and development roadmap, probably more so than the Mac. More on the iPhone ¦ Apple iPhone 'ready for business' ...

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum

Comment While many approved of the ZX Spectrum being crowned king - including one reader who keeps his machine in a display case - we also received comments from antique computer fans up in arms that their beloved hardware of yesteryear wasn't included in...

Tags: sinclair, commodore, spectrum

[22 Apr 2008]

ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics

News The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer, beating off competition from other classics such as the Amiga and BBC Micro. Another classic, the IBM PC got 10 per cent of the vote, and was joined by the Amstrad CPC...

Tags: commodore, spectrum, bbc, sinclair

[18 Apr 2008]

Apple patches up Safari

News Check out the latest in Apple innovation…   Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Apple has released another round of security patches for its web browser this week, targeting a vulnerability which allowed a MacBook Air...

Tags: safari, apple, security, macbook air

[18 Apr 2008]

Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user

Comment What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Partly because it seems to be a shortcut to a proper criticism of Apple products but mostly because it ignores the obvious point that form and function needn't be mutually exclusive.

Tags: leopard, iphone, mac, apple

[17 Apr 2008]

Winner: Apple voted brand with biggest impact

News Check out the latest in Apple innovation…   Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world's consumers, while Microsoft and the US nation brand are those considered most in...

Tags: us, microsoft, apple

[31 Mar 2008]

Mozilla chief slams Apple's Safari-iTunes move

News Check out the latest in Apple innovation…   Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Mozilla CEO John Lilly has hit out at Apple, accusing the company of doing a disservice to Windows users everywhere by including its...

Tags: itunes, safari, apple, install

[25 Mar 2008]

Apple's iPhone opens its arms to business

News Check out the latest in Apple innovation…   Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Apple has finally granted the wish of business users who have craved the coolness of the iPhone but couldn't live without their push work...

Tags: iphone, rim, email, blackberry

[07 Mar 2008]

Steve Jobs slams Flash - opens door to Silverlight?

News Check out the latest in Apple innovation…   Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? At Apple's shareholder meeting this week, CEO Steve Jobs took a bat to Adobe's Flash - leading to speculation the door is open for...

Tags: flash, steve jobs, iphone, silverlight

[06 Mar 2008]

Steve Ballmer: Yahoo! bid still 'makes sense'

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Microsoft still considers its takeover offer for Yahoo! currently valued at about $40.9bn, to be reasonable despite Yahoo! s rejection of the bid, Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer said.

Tags: steve ballmer, yahoo, bid, microsoft

[04 Mar 2008]

iPhone on the Edge 'disappoints' Apple co-founder

News Check out the latest in Apple innovation…   Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has hit out at smart phones, accusing device manufacturers of putting technology before people - and...

Tags: iphone, 3g, edge, apple

[03 Mar 2008]

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Server 2008 has been given a cautious welcome by customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched Windows Server 2008 this week, calling it the most...

Tags: microsoft, cio jury, windows server 2008, cio

[28 Feb 2008]

EC monopoly warning after record Microsoft fine

EC monopoly warning after record Microsoft fine

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Competition commissioner for the EC, Neelie Kroes, has issued a stern warning to any company planning to blow off the regulatory agency and European antitrust laws.

Tags: microsoft, antitrust, ec, compliance

[28 Feb 2008]

Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London Congestion Charge could benefit from the technology.

Tags: congestion, cars, cctv, schemes

[26 Feb 2008]

Praise for Microsoft from open source Linux leader

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Linus Torvalds, leader of the Linux kernel project that's among the best-known open source threats to Windows, has words of praise for Microsoft's...

Tags: microsoft, torvalds, linux, open source

[26 Feb 2008]

Top of the class for online ads? Search and social networks

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? For online advertising, the word is portals are out but search, entertainment and social network sites are in. Photo stories Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here…

Tags: ads, search, social networking, microsoft

[25 Feb 2008]

Open source gains business credibility

Open source gains business credibility

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? The use of open source is on the rise in the corporate IT environment as organisations look to cut the cost of developing and using software. Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury...

Tags: cio jury, microsoft, linux, open source

[22 Feb 2008]

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