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Editor's Blog: My Freecycle identity crisis
Comment As internet-based services become a standard way to interact, shop and play, the difference between an online identity and a real identity begins to narrow. Recently I had a bed I wanted to get rid of - one that was, I felt, too good to spend the... [01 Apr 2008]
BlackBerry exec on women in tech, iPhones, Facebook - and finding the off switch
Comment At RIM, Eggberry is involved with a company initiative to promote the role of UK women in technology via its annual BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards - which she describes as a "year-long project" to highlight the part women play in the tech... [18 Mar 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment Q is for Quad-play Q is for Quad-play During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including Europe and signed up its millionth UK member in October, making Blighty the largest market outside the US.silicon.com spoke to... [28 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ silicon.com Classics: The Peeping Tom phone filter ¦ How fans can grab a slice of the music pie ¦ The Naked CIO: Innovation - same old story ... [21 Feb 2008]
How fans can grab a slice of the music pie
Comment Q is for Quad-play Q is for Quad-play It also gives bands unprecedented access to accurate and valuable feedback from the music public.silicon.com spoke to founder David Courtier-Dutton to get the lowdown on Slicethepie and how it is taking on the... [18 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.02.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, Microsoft's entertainment and device division president, Robbie Bach, announced the business mobile is now dead and what people want is a device that combines work and play. In a deafening cacophony of ringtones that could be heard from... [15 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Christmas wish list
Comment Q is for Quad-play The software that will allow me to model, role-play, war-game, hypothesise and test out situations in real-time or ahead of actuality. Every year of my life seems to have been challenging for one reason or another. [20 Dec 2007]
How to baseline power consumption
Comment But their solutions don't play well with other vendors' systems, argues Gartner's Kumar. But how easy is it to come up with a baseline and why aren't suppliers ready with an integrated, cross-platform system to help you? [14 Dec 2007]
Where is outsourcing heading?
Comment Outsourcing is becoming less tailored to individual organisations and providers are offering more standardised plug-and-play services. Tony Virdi says the new industrialised model that will emerge will offer plenty of advantages but companies may... [05 Dec 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment I love technology and I tend to go out and experiment and play with everything. As head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology unit Ashley Highfield, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, is responsible for dragging the Beeb into the... [30 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... work and play, mobiles on planes, data leaks...
Comment So not far from his idea, but could do with being a bit more plug and play and user friendly for the average home user before we see wide spread use. Terms like "plug and play", "pay as you go" and "on demand" exist in our society because, as... [25 Oct 2007]
Pizza sauce runs in our veins, says Domino's IT chief
Comment Maybe they want to use their mobile device to play some games or whatever. So Kimberlin had screens installed around each store kitchen that show the orders in play and the time they took to make, compared with average times across the portfolio. [24 Sep 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Social networks
Comment But I reckon they may well emerge as a new social force for those seeking justice and fair play across the board. Written at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK, and dispatched via a free wi-fi service One of the great features of the internet is the... [18 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment It makes perfect sense to target the most popular operating systems first, then play catch-up with the other 'major' OSs. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [13 Sep 2007]
Leader: How green is your (silicon) valley?
Leader How about encouraging homeworking more in the spring and autumn, when heating or air-conditioning bills don't come into play as much for households? A report by the Energy Saving Trust has questioned the 'greenness' of working from home (WFH). [05 Jul 2007]
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