forced in comment and analysis
Editor's Blog: Why we write about the iPhone
Comment For us the more interesting thing about the iPhone is the way it has forced the mobile industry to change how it does business. I'm fed up with all the headlines about this device. Or am I missing the point - what does it do that a high-end Nokia... [17 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment And still no thought of all the IT people forced out of the industry because they are over 40… First thing on readers' hit-lists this month was the government plan for prisoners to gain IT skills.then readers found a moment to engage in some iPhone... [19 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment At the moment, in 22 out of 27 European member states, manufacturers are forced to pay an extra fee or copyright levy on the sale of products that might allow consumers to copy protected content such as books, music and films. [18 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment Taylor says: "Just the banging together of a lot of very bright people really drove a huge amount of energy and success based on a quite tough but very analytical regime, so you really had to think through what you wanted to do, you had to be... [11 Jun 2008]
Nigel Beighton
CIO Profile Beighton was then forced to take a long term break after a serious road accident. Before joining Teletext, Beighton has had a long career in IT, although he started his career at British Steel, within his home city of Sheffield. [11 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.05.08
Round-Up Ofcom said that people, often forced against their will to live outside the sprawling grey cities of the UK, had at last gained a modicum of decency on the personal technology front. Recently, silicon.com reported that take-up of broadband in rural... [30 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment Nobody forced the employers to go abroad, they chose to on the idea of shareholder value! The so-called skills slump in the UK has attracted a lot of attention this week, with many readers blaming the education system and outsourcing for the drought. [22 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...
Comment Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police All car owners forced to pay for a car crime police, home owners forced to pay for burglary police. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [20 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up It’s only gone and announced it is ditching plans that would have forced people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. Are you worried that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will render your precious applications unusable? [07 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook row spells trouble
Comment Only a few weeks ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was forced to change the way the Beacon advertising system worked after receiving 50,000 complaints from users over releasing information about their internet activities without permission. [29 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.01.08
Round-Up After twice rebooting the computer running the display, the three-man fireworks crew were forced to detonate the remaining rockets manually. In January 2007, Microsoft underwhelmed the world with the public launch of Windows Vista. [04 Jan 2008]
Minority Report: 12 months that changed Apple
Comment Not only has the iPhone forced other handset manufacturers to go back to the drawing board, it's also torn up the standard rules of engagement between handset makers and telecoms carriers. In April, Apple was also forced to announce delays to the... [21 Dec 2007]
The End of Year Weekly Round-Up: 21.12.07
Round-Up Heaven knows how they find the time with all the trance festivals and Zen workshops they're forced to attend. Redmond, Seattle. A screen saver of a roaring log fire flickers on a huge LCD monitor perched on a wide expanse of mahogany desk. [21 Dec 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The government was forced to come clean on this breach because of the sheer scale and seriousness of it and accountability to Parliament, but there is no such obligation for the thousands of businesses who collect and store vast amounts of our... [22 Nov 2007]
Jonathan Ive
AS Profile More than that, he has established levels of design in consumer electronics that the rest of the industry has been forced to follow. Jonathan Ive is the British designer who has set Apple's products apart from those of its rivals. [12 Oct 2007]
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