Play.com in comment and analysis
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment They get together to pull gadgets apart, play with code and build things. As my fellow silicon.com columnist Jim Mortleman has pointed out, this open imperative is now bleeding into the wider business... [14 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.10.09
Round-Up They can simply use their computer and drink coffee and play with the cat. Over the years, the internet has been blamed for many of the world's ills. Sometimes fairly, though often not. The internet is corrupting the... [02 Oct 2009]
Vivek Kundra
AS Profile The panelists have confidence that Kundra "will play a key role in making sure our government is running in the most secure, open and efficient way possible". Kundra is the man charged with using technology to transform... [30 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment I have seen that play out in multiple companies in my career," Robin Johnson tells silicon.com. The Dell CIO is seeing it play out right now - with revenues dropping $3.7bn year on year... [04 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: Why Apple was smart to OK 'iTunes killer'
Comment It would also lead to a new model for mobile media devices needing to play the streamed music, lessening the reliance on device storage. Though Apple has rejected many iPhone apps that may threaten its business, it's... [03 Sep 2009]
Cloud vendor shakeup on the horizon
Comment Force.com may have started things off a few years ago but today there are at least 40 companies, and probably more than that, who play in the space. The cloud applications space is on the verge of major... [01 Sep 2009]
How tech can help your company win business
Comment IT can play a vital role in steering organisations through the recession. So how can technology play its part? IT director Peter Birley explains how. In these difficult economic times, IT and business... [26 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.08.09
Round-Up Summertime - a couple of weeks of quiet contemplation before finance start moaning again about how much you've spent on the new network that coincidentally makes it surprisingly fun to play the latest first person... [21 Aug 2009]
Minority Report: Mac tablet? I remain unconvinced
Comment A pure play tablet is a huge gamble even for a company with a track record of developing winning form factors. Seb Janacek is not so sure… Apple has a successful track record of taking things that exist already and... [18 Aug 2009]
Let's shine a light into the public sector IT money pit
Comment This uncertainty over spending levels must play a part in the government IT budgets which are spiralling out of control more often than a city banker's bar tab. Government spends loads of cash on IT with few returns. [17 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.08.09
Round-Up Have you ever imagined who would play you if someone made a movie about your office? Five security-themed movies, based on genres from science fiction to rom-com, were created for a Barclays campaign to... [07 Aug 2009]
There's just one problem with tablets: No one wants them
Comment These and other fine keyboardless computers get great play on gadget blogs but in the real world, I believe this whole category is a nonstarter. With rumours abounding that hardware makers are falling over themselves to... [05 Aug 2009]
How to secure your on-the-go data
Comment For a full summary of the consultancy's activities, see www.quocirca.com. Their series of columns for silicon.com seeks to demystify the latest jargon and business thinking. According to the FBI, two... [30 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Three clicks away from eight million people
Comment This is not a criticism, merely an observation on the state of play of our level of understanding and sophistication of analysis. Compiled at the IoD and various hotels in London over several days, polished on TG409... [23 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.07.09
Round-Up Of course, not all gamers are going to get on board this one - surely part of the attraction of games consoles is the ability to play athletic games like football without all the unnecessary puffing and sweating and... [17 Jul 2009]
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