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RSS countdownWindows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News October's highlights on silicon.com were all about software - from fresh rumblings in the perennial Mac vs PC debate, to question marks over open source cost-cutting and the countdown to the launch of Windows 7, which... [09 Nov 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News According to Michele Hyron, Atos Origin's chief integrator to the London 2012 Games, the team remain acutely aware of the countdown to the big event. With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London... [27 Oct 2009]
LHC restart on track for November
News The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is set to be back colliding particles before the end of this year. The Large Hadron Collider will be restarted shortly Photo credit: Cern) According to Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research,... [05 Oct 2009]
Microsoft's free antivirus coming in weeks
News Microsoft plans to release the final version of its free antivirus software soon, according to a note sent to testers late on Sunday. The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials will be released to the public in the coming weeks,"... [22 Sep 2009]
Photos: The tech timetable to the 2012 Olympics revealed
Photo The company overseeing the tech for the London 2012 Olympic Games has revealed how it's warming up in preparation for the starter's gun. A technology roadmap for the Games, released today, details how Atos Origin, the London Olympics IT... [24 Jul 2009]
Channel 4 CIO set to leave for new business
News Channel 4's tech chief Ian Dobb is set to leave the broadcaster from June this year. Dobb is succeeded by his direct report Kevin Gallagher - previously the broadcaster's head of applications delivery - now CIO in post. [17 Mar 2009]
Photos: Windows through the ages
Photo Microsoft Windows has been around for more than 20 years and love it or hate it, it's the most ubiquitous desktop operating system in the world. The first version, aptly called Windows 1.0 (seen in its box above) was released in 1985 and... [10 Dec 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Mark Zuckerberg
News As the countdown begins to silicon.com's ninth annual Agenda Setters poll of tech's 50 most influential individuals, it is time to look back at those who held top five positions in 2007. Today we catch up with last... [26 Sep 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Steve Jobs
News As the countdown begins to silicon.com's ninth annual Agenda Setters poll of tech's 50 most influential individuals, it is time to look back at those who held top five positions in 2007. Today we catch up with last... [24 Sep 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Eric Schmidt
News As the countdown begins to silicon.com's ninth annual Agenda Setters poll of tech's 50 most influential individuals, it is time to look back at those who held top 5 positions in 2007. Today we catch up on last year's... [22 Sep 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... John Chambers
News As the countdown begins to silicon.com's ninth annual Agenda Setters poll of tech's 50 most influential individuals, it is time to look back at those who held top 5 positions in 2007. Today we catch up with last year's... [18 Sep 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Ashley Highfield
News As the countdown begins to silicon.com's ninth annual Agenda Setters poll of tech's 50 most influential individuals, it is time to look back at those who held top 5 positions in 2007. Today we catch up with last year's... [16 Sep 2008]
Editor's Blog: Coming soon - our list of the UK's top CIOs
Comment Here at silicon.com we spend a lot of time talking to - and listening to - CIOs. What constantly impresses me is how wide the role of the CIO is - and how big an impact the decisions they make can have on their organisation. [30 May 2008]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News Strange ways of damaging hardware in the company's top ten countdown this year include: Ant infestations, oil and failed parachute jumps are some of the unusual fates which have befallen innocent data storage devices... [05 Dec 2007]
Photos: St Pancras steams ahead with new tech
Photo The countdown is over. This is the main entrance to the newly reopened London St Pancras station which is now home to the Eurostar and a high speed train service to the south coast. The station opened its doors to the... [19 Nov 2007]
