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Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine In a blog posting this week, Alex Brown, leader of the ISO group in charge of maintaining the Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, revealed Microsoft Office 2007 documents do not meet the latest... [21 Apr 2008]
Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Red Hat's desktop team said in a blog report: "We have no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market in the foreseeable future. [21 Apr 2008]
Google invites developers to play on the Bigtable
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine In his staff blog, Google App Engine technical lead Kevin Gibbs said: "Google App Engine is free to use during the preview release, but the amount of computing resources any application can use is... [09 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... green carrots, cloud nine chats, open source ponderings …
Comment ¦ Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Multitasking mastery ¦ Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors ¦ Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine ¦ Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine With the Easter weekend now a distant memory and... [27 Mar 2008]
Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
News Leaving technology of the future for a moment, silicon.com took a trip down memory lane to witness computing's pivotal role in WWII espionage with an exclusive peek at Bletchley Park's Colossus codebreaking machine. [27 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time for 'listed' computers?
Comment Ancient even.silicon.com has been to visit Bletchley Park, home of the World War II codebreakers and Colossus - the world's first electronic codebreaking machine - which smashed the codes used by the German Enigma machine. [20 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: The pyramids versus Macclesfield
Comment There's probably an obvious few - Bletchley Park home of the WWII codebreakers and Colossus the world's first electronic computer, for example. A couple of new destinations to add to your holiday list: after you've visited the pyramids and the Taj... [23 Jan 2008]
Firefox developer blasts Google
News In a blog posting last week, Blake Ross argued Google is wrong to include plugs for its Calendar, Blogger and Picasa at the top of search results for terms such as 'calendar', 'blogging' or 'photo sharing'. [02 Jan 2007]
Editor's Blog: Dell and Google - titans in trouble?
Comment Another tech colossus that the man in the street is just as likely to know about as a tech industry insider is Google. Dell is having to recall batteries - just over four million of them - that power some of its notebook PCs. [15 Aug 2006]
