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The Weekly Round-Up: 11.07.08
Round-Up Yes, that's right folks - the business and technology site you know and love has been delivering news from the world of tech for a decade - and the occasion required some serious letting down of hair. [11 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ ¿Dónde está el iPhone 3G? Kangaroo web TV faces competition scrutiny The issue that got readers talking this week was the IT-teacher drought - is... [03 Jul 2008]
From CIO to consultant: Project manager or salesman?
Comment It's true that the client is extremely happy with the shiny new web publishing site. This effort got us live on time but also provided no respite because we went straight into phase two to complete the remainder of the site by a second deadline. [02 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Migrant techies and BBC web budget busters…
Comment If you look at one thing on the site this week make sure it's this Tech Hotspots exclusive special report detailing the top 20 Tech Hotspots from around the world as voted by a panel of experts. Two things in particular this week have been getting... [05 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity ¦ Video Cheat Sheet: Data Breaches ¦ Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain ¦ India's high-tech... [01 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat ¦ Peter... [17 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...
Comment Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site.e-cops Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video: The Colossus WWII... [20 Mar 2008]
The truth about software as a service
Comment Microsoft is trying to define a new category with software plus services that says sure, on-demand is a good thing and a big part of the future, but you will always need something more than a web browser on the premises to have fully functional... [23 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos of the year ¦ Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [20 Dec 2007]
Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century
Comment I just whipped up some code," says eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, "and by Monday afternoon, Labor Day, I had the site up. These services would offer improved, cheaper and better integrated mobile phone calling, web surfing and video for consumers. [17 Dec 2007]
Just why is Domino's alone in delivering online?
Comment If you have already set up an order profile on the Domino's site, ordering is easy as pie, apparently. Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups Last week, fast-food chain Domino's Pizza made £1m from online sales in one week alone. [10 Dec 2007]
The McCue Interview: eSure head of IT Mark Foulsham
Comment When a comparison site searches for prices across other insurers, those who can return prices faster and with the most information get the business if you appear quickly on that quote screen. The company also benefits from a hosting platform shared... [27 Nov 2007]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment Many website owners are simply unaware they are hosting drive-by malware that can infect users who surf their site or download it through web feeds. Essentially, an attacker can use a malicious page to request information from another site using... [26 Nov 2007]
Editor's Blog: Goodbye silicon.com - and thanks
Comment If I look back at some of our progress in the recent past I'd single out: the rebuilding of the silicon.com editorial team, to the extent that it has won several awards over the past few years.a close focus on core readers, coming up with formats... [08 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com news editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ RIM makes sweet plans for BlackBerry future ¦ The greening of IT: Do it yourself ¦ Somerfield gets serious about wireless security ... [08 Nov 2007]
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