creating british computer society

Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action

Photo Silicon Valley is a society that drives with no rearview mirrors. The British government initially funded the project but withdrew funding when they saw very little progress made. It can actually print numerals on paper or make an impression onto... [12 May 2008]

Greens slam Vista 'landfill effect'

News The Green Party's warning about the environmental impact of Vista follows a similar statement from the British Computer Society (BCS) in December last year. PCs contain many toxic components, so if they end up in a landfill we are creating a real... [30 Jan 2007]

CIO Jury: Would you hire a hacker?

News If [serial-killing doctor] Harold Shipman had been younger, served his sentence in full and been released as 'rehabilitated and having served his debt to society', who would trust him as a doctor to treat their ailing and aged mother? [22 Sep 2004]

Devil's Advocate: Why certifying IT workers won't help

Comment The Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Computer Society tell us that a lack of professionalism in software engineering is a major cause of money wasted on poor IT systems. People are always talking about creating more requirements for... [26 Apr 2004]

Tim Berners Lee: inventor of the World Wide Web

News Berners Lee's work was recognised last year when he was made a fellow of the Royal Society, the prestigious British scientific body. To make this possible, in 1990 Berners Lee started work on creating the first World Wide Web server - "httpd", the... [22 Aug 2002]

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