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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Remember 'The Big Book of British Teeth' from The Simpsons? Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the... [06 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News The UK will never create a software giant to rival the likes of Microsoft, Google or Oracle. That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury which voted 10 to two against, when asked whether the UK could create a global... [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo British Airways Apple's iPhone might be seen by many as largely a consumer device, with games and media apps regularly topping the 'What's Hot' list on iTunes. However, the App Store currently stocks more than 2,000... [27 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up We British love our broadband. If broadband bickering isn't enough to show the dark side of our British obsession with technology, the next story will show how close to some kind of technology-induced... [23 Oct 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News While the US has ready-made communities of developers working together with leading universities to secure investment, British software developers often struggle much more to gain access to venture capital funding. [23 Oct 2009]
Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The public service side of the project would involve setting up a federation of British broadcasters, which would then provide access to their on-demand video content via the iPlayer. The BBC Trust has rejected a... [21 Oct 2009]
Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers honoured
News Miliband said: "The people here are not just my heroes, they are also the heroes of the British people. The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has paid tribute to the work done by the World War II codebreakers at Bletchley... [13 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.10.09
Round-Up This week the internet was accused of bringing an end to a great British institution - the car boot sale. The Round-Up's request for the next great British institution up for the chop by the internet:... [02 Oct 2009]
Media Company Expects Lower Phone Costs, Less Travel With Communications Solution
White Paper BBC Worldwide, a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation, produces and sells television programs and other media products. Employees often communicate between company locations but previously lacked sufficient... [02 Oct 2009]
Network Security for Unified Communications Infrastructures
White Paper Just as the digital age has ushered in a new era of increased productivity and opportunity, making communication between businesses and their customers easier and more economical, it has also introduced new threats. [02 Oct 2009]
What Is Formal Project Management and Who Needs It?
White Paper The Project Management Institute (PMI) and the (British) Office of Government Commerce (OGC) have developed practice standards to encourage and guide the adoption of project management (PM) practices. [01 Oct 2009]
ADACOM Expands Its Co-Operation With ALPHA BANK by Installing VeriSign Unified Authentication Solution at ALPHA BANK Cyprus
White Paper Alpha Bank Cyprus, founded in 1960, as an asset finance institution by the British company Lombard North Central. In 1998 the Bank becomes a member of the Alpha Bank Group, one of the largest financial groups in Greece,... [01 Oct 2009]
British Airways Makes Business-Critical Systems Unbreakable and Lowers Total Cost of Ownership
White Paper British Airways plc (BA) wanted to guarantee availability of passenger-facing and core back-office processes with instant failover, transparent disaster recovery, unparalleled performance, and seamless scalability. [30 Sep 2009]
Stephen Fry
AS Profile However, the technology perhaps most closely associated with this Agenda Setter is Twitter - his account has more than 700,000 followers - and he remains the best known British user of the service. While Martha Lane Fox... [30 Sep 2009]
British Airways' London to New York route lets flyers use mobiles
News Despite the OnAir rollout, British Airways CEO Willie Walsh recently said the airline will not extend in-flight mobile comms to any of its aircraft already in service. Air travellers flying between London and New York... [28 Sep 2009]
