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Cheat Sheet: Faster Payments Services
Cheat Sheet There are currently 13 member banks signed up, with one more joining in November, but not all of them have launched a faster payments service. The combination of the words 'faster' and 'payment' can only be a good thing,... [22 Sep 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Microblogging
Cheat Sheet Weirdly and beautifully rural sound for downtown Manhattan' is one stream-of-consciousness tweet I was Twittered earlier today, or this from the official Downing Street Twitter: 'Gordon Brown has been visiting the troups... [02 Sep 2008]
Cheat Sheet: QR codes
Cheat Sheet However, at least one UK newspaper has just started printing QR codes on its pages to point its readers to the latest news. QR codes? I'm thinking this is something to do with barcodes… And you'd be right. [28 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Google Android
Cheat Sheet So that's an awful lot of big name tech companies feasting off of one man's creative energies. But as one example of what might be possible, a developer could write an app that grabs a GPS-positioning... [12 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Is this another one of those shiny Apple gadgets from Cupertino? The Open Source Consortium was one of the main critics while an e-petition posted on the 10 Downing Street website about the issue... [05 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Galileo
Cheat Sheet There are other benefits with Galileo, such as better coverage in northern Europe due to a greater inclination of the Galileo satellites to the equator and greater accuracy - a claimed one metre compared to the five... [28 Jan 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet Most computer encryption systems belong in one of two categories - symmetric-key encryption or public-key encryption. An example of this is the work that went on at Bletchley Park to decipher Nazi messages during World... [28 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV
Cheat Sheet The ending was not a happy one either: the service is now defunct as BT pulled the plug on Movio. The service had four TV channels and there was only one compatible handset so it was a modest offering to... [22 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Supercomputing
Cheat Sheet One such application is using supercomputing technology to carry out research that could radically speed up the development of drugs. Formula One teams have been embracing supercomputing tech, with the... [20 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Femtocell
Cheat Sheet For one thing, it's a way for mobile operators to handle backhaul. I can't be exhaustive here but there are issues around interference, security (cellular networks are generally pretty secure, home internet connections... [25 Sep 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Social networking
Cheat Sheet That's one aspect of it. This is something Cisco for one is talking up. GPS-enabled social networking, for one. A slightly less high-tech example of mobile social networking, but... [15 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Chip and PIN
Cheat Sheet Others say signatures are the less secure of the two options, especially because many shop keepers don't actually examine the signature and compare it to the one on the card at the time of purchase. There was also... [13 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Itil
Cheat Sheet One that Itil promoters tout is lower IT costs because of the greater efficiency and productivity and better control of projects which it can bring about. One must take all such claims with a pinch of salt. [05 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
Cheat Sheet But what's the point in having a virtual version instead of an actual one? One of the most common examples of how companies use virtualisation is within data centres. Virtualisation? So I get to put on a... [04 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: The $100 laptop
Cheat Sheet The idea was developed by a not-for-profit organisation called One Laptop per Child (OLPC) - set up by the MIT Media Lab. How and when can I get me one? You probably can't unless you're a disadvantaged... [29 May 2007]
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