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RSS back-upBT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending £1.5bn to bring fibre broadband to around 10 million homes and businesses by 2012. BT is offering a free taste of superfast broadband to businesses in Glasgow. [05 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Apple mouse through the ages
Photo Firstly, it was the first Apple mouse I used, back when the whole one-button thing was quite charming. Lisa mouse Apple's Lisa of the early 1980s was among the first computers to sport a mouse - albeit a boxy and clunky... [03 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment What started back in 2006 as a niche product aimed at children in the developing world, have quickly become the latest must-have piece of hardware - with many people considering them not as a second machine, but indeed... [02 Nov 2009]
Photos: Salesforce.com rides the Google wave with CRM app
Photo The Wave app copies all of the information contained in the wave back into Booyah's customer records, held on a Salesforce system, so customer service staff can pull out any useful information when needed. [30 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Looking back over the past 40 years we see the rate of economic crises is speeding up, and the severity of each gets worse. Compiled at the IoD, Pall Mall, London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a... [29 Oct 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News For the most part… they haven't actually sat back and asked, what are the material issues that we should be addressing? It's no surprise that for some companies green initiatives are dropping down the list of IT priorities. [29 Oct 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment It's the mother of digital conundrums: you log into your Facebook account and there's a friend request from a work colleague staring back at you. If they've sent you a friend request, make no mistake: they have you in... [28 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - the latest PCs from Acer to Samsung
Photo The above PC is a touchscreen all-in-one computer produced by Acer, where the computer is built into the back of the monitor. The official release of Windows 7 last week has seen the debut of a slew of hardware sporting... [26 Oct 2009]
A better backup to get you back up, fast
White Paper Hardware failure, viruses and user errors can strike any time. Maintaining regular backups of data is crucial for recovery after such a disaster. But manual processes such as tape backups can be time-consuming. [21 Oct 2009]
Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust has rejected a proposal that would allow UK broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and Five to share the BBC's iPlayer technology. The BBC Trust, the body that oversees the BBC, announced yesterday it thought the scheme "was... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News If you are in a medium-sized organisation you may not have the capability to do the clean install, put back all of the applications and find out where all the data is for every machine. The outlook from analysts,... [21 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment Needless to say, they are among the first to be put on the back burner as the recession shifted executive attention to more fiscal priorities. In good times and bad, green IT deserves a spot on the CIO agenda. [21 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet It looks like the software behemoth is already putting Vista behind it: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has even stated that he doesn't mind if businesses skip the OS as long as they come back for Windows 7. [20 Oct 2009]
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News The thinking goes: if database checks can be made, and information at least entered on a mobile handset and sent securely back to police systems, the officer can remain for longer where they are most wanted: out on the... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Gartner analyst Rakesh Kumar told silicon.com that because project managers buy more new hardware and new software for each project, consolidation is not happening - and that IT departments need to be going back and... [19 Oct 2009]
