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Comment Bill Gates is just the most recent example of a big name leaving the world of tech. Instead, one might argue we've become slaves to the fickle and unreliable nature of a voracious consumer technology. [17 Jul 2008]
iPhone 3G: The wait is over
News Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Photos: Apple's Jobs slims down laptop for Macworld 2008 Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel Photos: Who's in the iPhone queue? [11 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Photos: Apple's Jobs slims down laptop for Macworld 2008 Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel Photos: Who's in the iPhone queue? [10 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News Check out the Editor's Blog for the silicon.com chief's take on the hot tech issues of the moment. Users of social networking sites are mainly motivated by consumer demand and entertainment rather than business objectives, according to Gartner. [10 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone to storm enterprise world, says O2
News Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Photos: Apple's Jobs slims down laptop for Macworld 2008 Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel Photos: Who's in the iPhone queue? [04 Jul 2008]
Email: The tip of the cloud iceberg?
News Check out 30 years of tech's most famous name here With the consumer mail platforms serving millions of users Cain said there is a clear opportunity to transfer these economies of scale to enterprises. [03 Jul 2008]
Data - The D in RFID
White Paper While the tech innovation RFID is revolutionalizing the retail & consumer goods industry, the need for clean product data is often ignored. This whitepaper discusses how clean and synchronized product information forms the base to a retail... [03 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News Check out 30 years of tech's most famous name here According to the report - entitled Mobile Payment Markets: Digital & Physical Goods 2008 - 2013 - the ticketing segment will represent more than 40 per cent of the global transaction value by 2013... [01 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates, iPhone 2.0, mini laptops and much more...
Photo This month silicon.com looked at tech being used at the summer music festivals, the best mini laptops, the 3G iPhone and a tribute to Bill Gates on his departure from Microsoft. HP opened the doors to its research labs in Bristol this month to show... [30 Jun 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News Check out 30 years of tech's most famous name here She said: "On the tech front, I'd say Gates will be remembered for making good on his goal of helping popularise personal computing. Microsoft did end up enabling consumer and business users to... [25 Jun 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News Despite femtocells' current low profile on the consumer radar, the survey - conducted by ABI Research for mobile operator Motorola - found significant appetite for the tech once the great unwashed are told about 'key benefits', such as increased... [23 Jun 2008]
Photos: Top 5 Bill Gates moments
Photo See what other interesting situations tech's biggest name found himself in during his spectacular 30-year career. Eight years later and Gate's tries his best to look like the modern and relaxed tech mogul. [23 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News The analyst said growth will be driven by consumer demand for ubiquitous internet access - and mobile broadband laptops will therefore not replace fixed networks but remain a complementary access tech for use outside the home. [20 Jun 2008]
Best Practices for Customer Support in Consumer Electronics
White Paper The race for convergence has blurred the lines between traditional consumer electronics and high tech companies - resulting in increased competition, shrinking margins, and compressed product life cycles. [13 Jun 2008]
Richard Williams
CIO Profile As AstraZeneca CIO - a role he took up in April 2006 - Williams is responsible for worldwide application development, information management, tech infrastructure and telecommunications at the company. [11 Jun 2008]
