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Photos: Broadcasting live holograms across the Atlantic
Photo Live music and comedy performances shot in London using the Musion Eyeliner telepresence system were streamed to the InfoComm09 conference in Orlando, where holographic performers walked around the stage and interacted... [18 Jun 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet Sounds like a rubbish tech-themed comedy show. Digital Britain. According to some of the more acerbic industry watchers, you may well be right. However, to put it a little more literally, Digital Britain is the... [21 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.04.09
Round-Up Any tips for other beleaguered techies considering a switch of career to comedy? Q: How many computer programmers does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, it's a hardware problem. Ahem. Technology and humour are... [17 Apr 2009]
From IT sales to stand-up comedy
Comment So how do IT and comedy compare? But then again there aren't that many people in the IT industry that have swapped software and hardware for stand-up comedy, either. Stand up comedy is... [14 Apr 2009]
Photos: Xmas presents for the techie who has everything
Photo The unofficial uniform of the tech team has always swung between the ancient band hoodie and the comedy tech T-shirt. Check out silicon.com's suggestions for the perfect techie gifts. First up, for the would-be... [04 Dec 2008]
Photos: Top 10 Xmas presents for the tech team
Photo The first and second series of The IT Crowd, the hit comedy series about the joys of working in the tech department, is another good option for the square-eyed sysadmin.silicon.com caught up with the show's writer and... [01 Dec 2008]
Kurzweil's future, iPhone love, NHS IT, ID card insecurity
News Expect the Turing Test to be passed by 2029 - when computers will apparently have mastered human, intelligence, emotional intelligence and the whole gamut of manmade comedy, from slapstick to sarcasm. [25 Nov 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up OK, it's not exactly comedy gold. There's a row brewing in Whitehall and just for a change it has nothing to do with government policy on immigration or the loss of yet more personal data. Instead, some MPs are getting... [22 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick starring Steve Martin is also a neat segue into the Round-Up's opening gambit, after a week gorging itself senseless on chocolate eggs and iPlayer... [28 Mar 2008]
BBC beds down with MySpaceTV
News Shows will include surreal comedy show The Mighty Boosh as well as Doctor Who, Robin Hood and Top Gear. BBC Worldwide has clubbed together with MySpace to bring new and archived content to the social networking site's... [24 Jan 2008]
Stories of the month - October 2007
News We also found out how techies can inspire television comedy, with an intriguing interview with writer and director of The IT Crowd, Graham Linehan. This month Vista, The IT Crowd, wi-fi and naked PCs all proved a hit... [31 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Graham Linehan, writer and director of The IT Crowd
Comment Graham Linehan has written a string of popular UK comedy sitcoms, from Father Ted's eccentric group of Catholic priests on Craggy Island, to a grumpy bookstore owner in Black Books - and his most recent endeavour, The IT... [12 Oct 2007]
Photos: Are you part of The IT Crowd?
Photo Now the comedy comes a little more from the characters and the Seinfeldian situations," he added. The IT Crowd is a sitcom about a group of social misfits which make up the IT support team in the dingy basement of a... [12 Oct 2007]
Red Dwarf lands on mobiles
News Fans of cult sci-fi comedy series, Red Dwarf will soon be able to watch classic moments recreated in animated form on their mobile phones. The 'mobisodes' are available from mobile entertainment company Pitch... [12 Oct 2007]
Microsoft Case Study: Comedy Central
White Paper Comedy Central cable network, jointly owned by Viacom and Time Warner Entertainment, provides comedy programming to some 46 million cable viewers around the U.S. Headquartered in New York,... [31 Aug 2007]
