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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up If nothing else, she ought to stop putting a fiver in his birthday card if the broadband tax does come to pass… For the Apple II it was the early spreadsheet VisiCalc. For the IBM PC it was another spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3. [25 Sep 2009]
Oracle celebrates 11g's second birthday with database overhaul
News Oracle said on Tuesday that the second release of its 11g database is generally available. The update comes two years after the launch of 11g. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is heavily focused on consolidating hardware and virtualisation,... [02 Sep 2009]
Could You Remind Me?: Creating Calendar Reminders From SAS
White Paper The application of this technique can range from the trivial, such as birthday reminders, to critical business processes. The iCalendar standard allows users to send meeting requests and tasks to other users through e-mail. [30 Aug 2009]
Rogue Facebook apps start stealing log-ins, spamming
News So far, six malicious applications have been identified: "Stream," "Posts," "Your Photos," "Birthday Invitations," "Inbox (1)," "Inbox (2)" according to a blog post by Trend Micro researcher Rik Ferguson. [20 Aug 2009]
Photos: Google Street View takes on Stonehenge
Photo Anna Pepperall, public art curator at Gateshead Council, said the angel - which celebrated its 10th birthday last year - has become one of the modern icons of Britain. Google and VisitBritain have revealed the seven... [15 Jul 2009]
Happy birthday silicon.com
News Happy birthday silicon.com - the UK's best business and technology publication celebrates its 11th birthday today. The UK's leading business and technology publication first saw the light of day on 6... [06 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up A self-aware mobile that refuses to call your ex once you've had more than four pints, and remembers to call your mum on her birthday? The Round-Up is a big fan of Scandinavian countries. They've got some of the most... [26 Jun 2009]
£70bn birthday present for Faster Payments service
News One year on from the launch of the Faster Payments service and 180 million transactions - worth more than £70bn - have passed through the system. The Faster Payments directive, which first went live on 27 May 2008, aims to cut the time... [27 May 2009]
Photos: Happy Birthday Sir Tim's world wide web
Photo While working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern), former physicist - and now Sir - Tim Berners-Lee produced a proposal that was to lay the foundations of the modern day internet. [12 Mar 2009]
Cheque celebrates 350th birthday
News The venerable paper cheque celebrates its 350th birthday next week, although the prospect of the payment method celebrating many more is diminishing. According to the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company (CCCC), the... [12 Feb 2009]
Mac history, Windows 7 and a high-tech KFC
Photo Shown here is the £9,000 Mac built for Apple's 20th birthday in 1997 - just before Steve Jobs returned to turn the struggling company around. Apple unveiled its first Macintosh 25 years ago and the Mac has been a... [28 Jan 2009]
Inside the V&A's boiler room
News Half the desktops were soon to see their seventh birthday - and the "make do and mend" server room played home to a sprawling server portfolio. The Victoria and Albert Museum's IT department - dubbed the "boiler room" by... [26 Jan 2009]
"It's either Segways or Strangeways"
News So, as we arrive at iPhone's first birthday we're gonna take it to the next level. January There are very few companies that understand software. Former chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, speaking in an interview with... [23 Dec 2008]
Your chance to win a third generation iPod Nano
News Question 7 silicon.com celebrated its birthday in July this year. Please note: this competition is now closed.silicon.com is giving away three third generation 4GB iPod Nanos. Just answer each of the seven questions... [27 Nov 2008]
Photos: The best of Google Labs
Photo The system can resend emails replying to common questions - for example, if a user gets a lot of email requests asking for their birthday, Canned Responses will recognise these requests and send an automated response... [19 Nov 2008]
