commercial after all
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Too old and possibly too opinionated for the IT industry, I've spent the past two years building up my aviation business, Airads, while studying to become a commercial pilot. I told the Ministry of Justice IT conference at the QEII centre in London... [17 Jul 2008]
GCI Improves Network Availability to Provide an Enhanced Customer Experience
White Paper GCI is the primary cable and telecommunications carrier for the State of Alaska, providing a variety of cable TV, high-speed Internet, and telecommunications and managed services to residential and commercial customers alike. [02 Jul 2008]
Game over for Mobile Linux standards forum
News There's a question of pace; standardisation bodies tend to operate in a more deliberative and stately fashion, but commercial interests are interested primarily in having code to work with. The attempted standardisation of mobile Linux has been put... [27 Jun 2008]
How many people will it take to fill Gates' shoes?
Comment Flake is responsible for "setting the technology vision and future direction of the MSN portal, web search, desktop search and commercial search efforts," according to Microsoft. In a new video interview posted to Microsoft's Channel 9 website on... [24 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Migrant techies and BBC web budget busters…
Comment I used to work at BBC Worldwide (BBC's commercial arm) and I always said to anyone who would listen that the BBCi website should have been under BBC Worldwide's control and be a commercial proposition, rather than being paid for by the licence-payer. [05 Jun 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News Crothers said he was confident the different suppliers could gel together to deliver different parts of the ID card system, saying this was guaranteed by shared commercial terms, codes of practice and financial incentives and sanctions. [23 May 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo The brothers were commissioned to build the machine by the Ministry of Supply to make a small and inexpensive analogue computer for commercial use. Russell said: "The big red buttons are quite telling as this was all very new technology at the time... [01 May 2008]
Geographic database opens doors to private sector
News A national geographical electronic database is now available for commercial use after all 376 English and Welsh local authorities signed up to supply data. The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) was initiated in 1999 to centralise all... [30 Apr 2008]
WiMax to make it as a 'last-mile' broadband tech?
News The many well-publicised trials of WiMax must be translated into commercial networks offering reliable and attractively packed services, it added. He added: "We anticipate that mobile usage will develop after initial demand for fixed and portable... [01 Apr 2008]
High speed TGV trains get online
News Bernard said SNCF is still developing its wi-fi business plan but the commercial service is likely to carry a charge of between five and 10 euros per passenger per trip as the satellite solution is "quite expensive". [26 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up Next, Microsoft will be saying it won't sue open-source developers who create non-commercial software based on its protocols. After all, despite a recent admission by most of silicon.com's CIO Jury that they were employing open source software in... [29 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.02.08
Round-Up These days the phrase is commonly associated with Microsoft after its much trumpeted commitment to improve consumer faith in its commercial software. After all, surely it would be better getting decent mobile access to the Home Counties and parts... [22 Feb 2008]
Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue
News Microsoft said it will not sue open-source developers who create non-commercial software based on Microsoft's protocols. Smith said: "As we said immediately after the CFI decision last September, Microsoft is committed to taking all necessary steps... [22 Feb 2008]
Ethical Implications of Windows Vista's New DRM Technology
White Paper The new version of Microsoft Windows, known as Windows Vista, "includes content protection infrastructure specifically designed to help ensure that protected commercial audiovisual content, such as newly released HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs, can be... [11 Jan 2008]
Clothing recognition tech nabs armed robber
Case Study The proliferation of CCTV cameras in the high street and around commercial buildings has helped the police to detect crime and secure convictions to a greater degree. However, not all of the footage they collect is of a high enough quality to be of... [13 Dec 2007]
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