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Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News The first Colossus machine was completed in 1944, just before the Allies mounted the Normandy beach landings to retake France from the Germans, and the intelligence it revealed played a key role in what proved to be a... [05 Nov 2009]
Magic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment Except they may have a point with the Apple mouse. After all, Apple was one of the first companies to popularise the mouse when one accompanied the first Lisa computer in 1983. Seb... [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Apple mouse through the ages
Photo The mouse was a key selling point of the first Macintosh in 1984, as it allowed the Mac user to break free from the command-line prompt and explore exciting new graphical user interfaces. Apple's Lisa of... [03 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet The first mobile device running Google's Android OS - the G1 - came with GPS and a built-in compass which gave app developers an exciting toolkit from an augmented reality point of view - allowing the... [27 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News It said that in some cases, for example for low-end servers sold at a price point below €800 and with an average life of three years, it will cost more to power these machines than it cost to acquire them. [19 Oct 2009]
Minority Report: Is Microsoft competing with imaginary Apple tablets?
Comment A reader comment below the article, by an IT architect called Ruprecht, suggested I may have missed the point. A truly excellent point and one well taken, Ruprecht. Microsoft founder Bill Gates... [01 Oct 2009]
Toshiba TEC France Imaging Systems Halves Order Lead Times Through Flow Automation
White Paper Known in Europe for its laptop microcomputers and as a manufacturer of sophisticated electronic components, the Japanese group Toshiba also enjoys an enviable position in office systems through its subsidiary, the Toshiba TEC group,... [01 Oct 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News We had to take a very different approach from a financial point of view. There are some projects that have already come out of it and for the first time we have seen government tenders coming through... [29 Sep 2009]
Dell ditches the wires with Latitude Z for business
News The ultra-thin laptop measures 16-inches across, and is 14mm at its most narrow point and has the ability to charge wirelessly - a first for the laptop market. Dell is also introducing touch-sensitive... [29 Sep 2009]
Google: Apple rejected Google Voice for iPhone
News Other Apple and Google representatives met to discuss the application on several occasions between 5 July and 28 July but Schiller and Eustace were the point men for their respective organisations, Google said. [21 Sep 2009]
Piecewise Planar Stereo for Image-Based Rendering
White Paper First a discrete set of 3D plane candidates are computed based on a sparse point cloud of the scene (recovered by structure from motion) and sparse 3D line segments reconstructed from multiple views.... [16 Sep 2009]
Steve Jobs: Firmly back in the driving seat at Apple
News At that point, it wasn't yet clear whether this was a farewell or a welcome home event for Jobs. Jobs was the first person to emerge on stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco to... [10 Sep 2009]
Four steps to smarter outsourcing
Comment The key point is to eliminate confusion in the management of your IT security. We always put security first on the list. Whether you're new to outsourcing or an old pro, William Benn offers advice to... [02 Sep 2009]
Cloud vendor shakeup on the horizon
Comment According to my strategy professor Gordon Walker: "The trigger point [for shakeout to begin] is when one or more firms achieve a level of productivity that neither weaker rivals nor potential entrants can match. [01 Sep 2009]
Leader Stores Cuts Help Desk Calls by 50% While Reducing Energy Costs by 20% With Dell Outsourced Solution
White Paper Leader Stores' Point-Of-Sale (POS) environment was outdated. The company was eager to expand into Northeast Brazil, but needed to upgrade its POS desktops and its servers first. The company leased 1,000... [28 Aug 2009]
